Interview notes for XtalPi's Boston-based Automation Engineer position in fall 2026.
Received an offer after five interview rounds. This is a personal recollection, not a complete or definitive interview guide.
XtalPi Boston Automation Engineer Interview Experience
Involution Implementation Basics (Study Notes)
Involution is a neural network operator proposed by Li et al. in 2021. It is designed with characteristics opposite to standard convolution, and is often referred to as an inverse-style convolutional operator.
This post records my study and implementation notes from undergraduate thesis work, including core ideas, structural modifications, and early parallelization attempts for acceleration.
Solutions to STM32G0 OTA Development Issues
During internship OTA development on an STM32G0 board, I ran into several issues and summarized the fixes, mainly around Bootloader jump logic and APP partition strategy.
- The system hangs after Bootloader jumps to the APP region.
- With dual APP partitions, Bootloader can jump to only one partition instead of both.
Building a Remote Mobile Productivity Setup with ZeroTier and Terminal Emulators
A practical guide to using ZeroTier virtual networking with terminal emulators on mobile devices, so tablets and phones can be used as remote productivity terminals.
Windows Docker Installation and Storage Migration
Docker Desktop is the common GUI client for Docker on Windows, but its installation and storage settings are not very transparent by default.
This post summarizes practical steps to change the Docker Desktop install path, migrate WSL distributions, and move Docker data storage to reduce C drive pressure.