Cindy Deng's work experience includes:
- Embedded Software Engineer at Zipline, starting in 2023.
- Software Engineer roles at Microsoft, where they worked as a Software Engineer II at Azure IoT from September 2022 to May 2023, and as a Software Engineer at Azure IoT from February 2021 to September 2022. In these roles, they designed and built real-time embedded software systems, collaborated with semiconductor companies on next-generation MCU/MPU ports and features, and created new APIs using networking standards.
- Teaching Assistant roles at Carnegie Mellon University, where they taught classes in Electrical Computer Engineering Capstone and Introduction to Robotics from July 2020 to December 2020, and from January 2019 to June 2020, respectively.
- Embedded Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft in 2020.
- VP Energetics and High Voltage Captain roles at Carnegie Mellon Racing, where they managed electrical and software engineering activities for a team of 30+ members in the Energetics division, held weekly department meetings, facilitated collaboration, organized communication with suppliers, and maintained engineering documentation. Cindy also worked on completing the waterproof tractive trunk for the race car.
- Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft in 2019.
- TOC Career Fair Corporate Relations Chair at the Society of Women Engineers at Carnegie Mellon University, where they served as a liaison between the university and outside companies interested in hiring students.
- Girls Who Code Teaching Assistant in 2017.
- Co-President of the Homestead High School Robotics Club from August 2012 to June 2016, where they led a team of 50 people in building a robot each year and coded various functions in Java.
- Student in the Girls Who Code program in 2015, where they learned about computer science and programming languages such as JavaScript, Python, JQuery Mobile, SQL, HTML, and CSS.
Cindy Deng completed their education in chronological order. Starting in 2012, they attended Homestead High School, where they did not pursue a specific degree or field of study. Following this, they enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University in 2016 and graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Robotics. In 2020, they continued their education at Carnegie Mellon University and obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Additionally, in 2014, they briefly studied engineering at The Johns Hopkins University.
May, 2023 - present