Fan Zhang

Building things that
think — and things that fly.

Software engineer with a decade-plus shipping Android and AI-integrated apps at scale, now pursuing entrepreneurial work. Equally at home in code, in the cockpit, and under an airframe — instrument-rated pilot and hands-on builder of an experimental aircraft. I'm drawn to hard problems that cross software, hardware, and the physical world.

12+ yrs engineering Ex-Google Tech Lead Manager FAA Instrument-Rated Pilot Rotax iRMT certified
02Resume
Experience
Jan 2021 —
Apr 2026

Tech Lead Manager

Google · Mountain View, CA
  • Eng manager and lead IC for several Pixel apps and key Pixel engineering goals around helpful AI integration and mobile device experience launches.
  • Oversaw development of Google Clock, Google Calculator, Pixel Recorder, and Pixel Weather.
Jan 2014 —
Jan 2021

Software Engineer

Google
  • IC / TL across several Android apps: Google+, AOSP Settings & Google Pixel Settings, and Personal Safety.
Jul 2010 —
Dec 2013

Software Development Engineer

Amazon.com
  • Built web-based tooling enabling merchants to create and manage product listings.
Education
2007 — 2010

B.S. Computer Science, Mathematics & Economics

Purdue University
  • Graduated with Highest Distinction · Distinguished Senior in CS.
2005 — 2006

B.S. Computer Science

Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics
03Selected Projects

WingsLog

Kotlin Multiplatform app for pilots and experimental aircraft builders. Android + iOS with Material 3 / Cupertino adaptive theming, and on-device intelligent search tuned for aviation terminology.

KotlinKMPComposeSQLDelightFTS5

Rotax CAN Reader

ESP32 + SN65HVD230 CAN bus reader for the Rotax 915iS engine, streaming live engine parameters over WiFi to a Kotlin Android app built on ViewModel / Flow.

ESP32C++TWAI / CANKotlin

Sling TSi Build

N532SL

Hands-on build of a Sling TSi experimental aircraft with a Rotax 915iS engine. Documented on YouTube in Shorts and long-form, with build notes in Notion and Obsidian.

AircraftAvionicsFabrication

OpenClaw

Community framework extending Claude Code into a persistent agentic system reachable over messaging platforms, self-hosted on a cloud VM with token-conscious orchestration.

Agentic AIPythonSelf-hosted
04Skills & Credentials

Engineering

KotlinJavaAndroidKMPJetpack ComposeC++PythonEmbedded / CANAgentic AIGit & Mercurial

Aviation & Hardware

Experimental AircraftAvionics WiringRotax 915iSFabricationFAA Regs

Licenses & Certifications

FAA Private Pilot — Instrument RatedJul 2012
Rotax iRMT — Engine Maintenance & Service2025–2027

Honors

Tech Impact Award — GoogleJun 2024
05Contact

Let's build something
that gets off the ground.

© 2026 Fan Zhang · Designed & built from scratch.