Career

Resume

Engineer who enjoys building systems and exploring ideas.

Shawn Cai

@San Diego, CA

Engineer who enjoys building systems and exploring ideas.

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Education

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
M.S. · Computer Engineering
Sep 2024 – Mar 2026
Shanghai Normal University
Shanghai, China
B.Eng. · Electronic Information Engineering
Sep 2020 – Jun 2024

Skills

Category
Programming Language
Python C/C++ Java Shell SQL Go Matlab C# JavaScript TypeScript HTML
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Framework and Tool
Git Linux Docker MySQL PostgreSQL MyBatis Flask REST APIs Spring Boot AWS

Experience

ivector
Sacramento, CA
Software Engineering Intern
Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
  • Designed and implemented the phone terminal interaction pages in Unity, integrating backend logic for user navigation.
  • Developed C# login functionality with Firebase authentication, enabling secure user sign-in and session management.
  • Set up Firebase database and authorization rules, ensuring consistent data flow and reducing access errors by 20%.
  • Mapped Unity page assets with backend code, improving app responsiveness and cutting loading times by 15%.
Sentari
New York City, NY
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Developed modular service using cosine similarity and topic matching to track emotional continuity in user transcripts.
  • Built a TypeScript parser extracting user intents from 200+ diary entries with over 90% pattern-based NLP accuracy.
  • Used 768-dim MiniLM embeddings with storage to simulate full NLP pipeline for cold-start and long-term users.
  • Implemented clean architecture with utility separation, typed interfaces, and comprehensive pipeline logging.
  • Proposed workflow enhancements: clearer task breakdown, structured ownership, and standardized code reviews.
FORVIA HELLA
Shanghai, China
Advanced Engineering Intern
Jan 2024 – May 2024
  • Worked on BLDC motor control system development using Model-Based Design (MBD) and embedded integration.
  • Built motor control logic in Simulink and auto-generated code for Arduino, reducing low-level coding time by 40%.
  • Designed and validated motor driver circuits, ensuring firmware-hardware compatibility across control states.
  • Developed Simulink models for speed, rotational direction, and fault behavior, targeting real-time deployment.
  • Established a reusable MBD workflow adopted by the team, improving consistency and reducing test iteration cycles.