Menglei Zhang
Network Software Engineer at ByteDance
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMenglei Zhang is a Network Software Engineer with 11 years of experience at the intersection of wireless systems research and production software, currently at ByteDance after a multi-year research track at Intel Labs and NYU. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from NYU and combines deep expertise in C++ and Python with practical Linux development to build and optimize network protocols, congestion control, and ns-3 simulations. His work spans millimeter-wave propagation, beamforming and obstacle modeling—contributions to a well-cited ns-3 mmWave module demonstrate his impact on open-source wireless simulation. Menglei also explores reinforcement learning and large language models, bringing ML-informed approaches to networking problems. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he blends rigorous academic training with hands-on system optimization for both research and large-scale engineering.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.9, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.9 at New York UniversityBachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (7)
simulations10
simulation10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ns310
simulator10
beam10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nyuwireless-unipd/ns3-mmwave
Jun 2015 - Mar 2019
ns-3 module for simulating mmWave-based cellular systems. See https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8344116/ (open access) as a reference.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 157 commits, 6 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Menglei primarily contributed to the development of mmWave-based cellular systems by making several changes to the beamforming and propagation loss models within the ns-3 module. They addressed beamforming-related issues, including code cleanup, and corrected a typo in the propagation loss model. They also added a building obstacle model, optimized the beamforming class, and implemented the correct equations.
ns3ns-3mmwavemmwave-5g-networkssimulation
MengleiZhang/XperiaKernel
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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