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Polin Liao

Industrial Automation Developer / Maker

Highlights

  • Familiar with embedded machine vision products development.
  • Proficient in computer vision neural network models and embedded systems (Linux, Jetson, OpenVINO system).
  • Experienced in rapid prototyping of embedded systems.
  • Experienced in electronic automation testing and measurement (circuit / PCBA / IC test).

Work Experience

Self-employed
2021.07 -
Engineering Consultant
Taiwan/India
  • Machine vision product development and algorithm updates.
  • Provide proof of concept based on client requirements.
  • Develop backend, frontend, and testing of a software application.
Spingence Technology
2017.07 - 2021.07
Technical Manager / Director
Taiwan
  • Product & business development:
    • Build deep-learning-based machine vision products.
    • Deploy 150+ systems on the production line
  • Team building for growth and success:
    • Build and lead the product development team (4 members).
SolutionMakers.io
2015.07 - 2017.6
Co-founder
Taiwan
  • Design and execute water and air purification projects in Cambodia.
  • Develop an elder care project (iOS app development and project execution).
National Instruments
2011.01 - 2015.01
Application Engineer / Field Sales Engineer
Taiwan
  • Project development and technical sales in measurements and AOI systems.
  • Revenue growth: 1M/yr to 1.6M/yr USD (15% growth YoY)
  • Technical support for all product line (DAQ, modular instruments, vision software, industrial camera…).
ASML
2010.11 - 2011.01
Test Engineer
Taiwan
  • Equipment refurbishing and test for PAS series (8-inch wafers).

Projects

In machine vision
  • Defect inspection vision system for factories: Develop a user-friendly, deep learning-based vision tool for factory environments using either PC-based or embedded systems. By leveraging the latest models and domain knowledge, it can achieve high accuracy with relatively less training data and a low-latency inference server.

  • 2-in-1 mask detection device: Integrated with Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA Jetson to enable real-time body temperature and mask detection. Completed in two weeks.
    English news: https://ppt.cc/fUDiMx
    Chinese news: https://news.microsoft.com/zh-tw/cth-ms-ai-mask-temparture-detector/

  • Population-Based Augmentation: Contributed a visualization example to check parameter results after training.
    https://github.com/arcelien/pba

In electronic measurement and testing
  • Electric car power managements circuit board test: Discuss with client about test plan. Select the measuring instrument for customer. Using programmable power supply, DMM and oscilloscope to build an automation test software for the customer via LabVIEW.

  • Picoamp test: For a customer needing to measure 200 pA , I selected a low-noise amplifier and a DMM to achieve 1 pA accuracy. Measurements were taken in a semiconductor factory for a MEMS component used in cars, via a GPIB connection.

  • Wi-Fi modem test: Utilized programmable power supplies, function generators, DMMs, oscilloscopes, and RF testers to evaluate modem functions. Tests included current, voltage, multi-frequency, and Wi-Fi signal functionality.

  • 1 Power : Created a side project that allows you to monitor your power bank’s battery life via your phone. Used ESP-32’s analog input to measure voltage changes and displayed the data on a web server.
    Projects and demo video: https://github.com/prob1995/1power

Education

National Taiwan University (NTU)
2007 - 2009
Applied Mechanics (Bio-Nano Electro-Mechanics system lab)
Master of Science

Certificates

AWS Certifications
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Certifications
  • Azure IoT Developer Specialty (AZ-220)
  • Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Deeplearning.ai

Deep Learning Specialization

National Instruments
  • Tony Vento Inspirational FSE Eagle Award
  • Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD)

Awards

2022 AWS Taiwan Startup Partner Competition
2022

1st in Defect Inspection Group

Languages

English [Professional]
German [A1]
Chinese [Native]