Hi, I'm Robin Li!

I enjoy working on software, hardware and more recently, silicon.

Currently a Silicon Design Engineer @ AMD, based in Sydney, Australia.

Previously, I spent most of my time outside of university classes being involved with Monash Motorsport, where I designed and developed custom PCBs and electrical systems. Before that, I was a Student Test Engineer at Bosch, writing test scripts and testing automotive products.

I learn the most when I tinker with things. My most recent project is the design of a traction inverter for a Formula SAE electric vehicle. This is the most challenging project I have worked on, involving power electronics, control systems and high-speed layout.

Apart from being an Engineer, I am also a home barista, home cook and a motorsport enthusiast.

Experience

Silicon Design Engineer

AMD

June 2025 - Present

Getting my hands dirty with SystemVerilog, designing and verifying the newest GPUs powering video games, LLMs and much more.

Student Reliability Test Engineer

Bosch

December 2021 - November 2022

I took on a year-long, full-time position at Bosch the summer of 2021. Looking back, it was a very rewarding year, where I:

  • worked in a cross-disciplinary international team on the design and validation of a Body Control Module, with a focus on developing test scripts for automated test systems to validate product reliability in adherence to industry standards and customer specification.
  • employed Python and Pandas to perform data analysis on extensive test result datasets collected, ranging up to terabytes, and communicated findings through interactive data visualisation.
  • developed multiple test data and report processing tools, which accelerated the workflow for engineers and technicians engaged in other projects.

My Projects

Custom SiC traction inverter

For the final year project of my honours degree, I designed a Custom SiC Traction Inverter with my project partner. The 120kW traction inverter is a key component of the electric powertrain on our FSAE vehicle, enabling precise power and torque distribution to the 4 individual motors.

This project is by far the most difficult that I've attempted, it challenged me to acquire extensive knowledge on power electronics, multilayer PCB layout, circuit simulation and so much more.

This Website!

I wanted a personal portfolio website to showcase my past work and projects, so I learnt how to build one.

I built this website with Jekyll, HTML, SCSS and JS, and it is hosted on Github pages.