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Senior Radar Systems Engineer

Zhengyu
Peng, Ph.D.

  • Sr. Radar Systems Engineer at Aptiv building next-gen imaging radar
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Radar Systems
  • Former Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement
  • Author, Builder & Father of two
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Years at Aptiv
Carmel, IN
Working on automotive radar at Aptiv in Westfield, Indiana, USA
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About Me

Dr. Zhengyu Peng is a radar systems engineer with deep expertise in automotive radar, signal processing, and antenna arrays. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2018, following graduate work at Zhejiang University in China.

At Aptiv, he leads work on next-generation high-resolution imaging radar and automotive interference mitigation. He currently serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems and previously held the same role for IEEE TIM. He sits on the SPIE Defense+Commercial Sensing Radar Sensor Technology Committee.

Beyond engineering, Zhengyu is an avid maker — 3D printing robots, building hexapods, and releasing open-source tools for the radar and RF engineering community.

Next-gen imaging radar Interference mitigation
PythonMATLABC++CUDAROS2GitCANape
JavaVerilogCST Microwave StudioKeysight ADSCadence Virtuoso
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My Journey

Present
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Jun. 2018 – Present
Work Sr. Radar Systems Engineer — Aptiv
Carmel, IN
Next-gen imaging radar · Interference mitigation · Interior sensing · Radar signal processing
The-Road-to-a-Dedicated-IEEE-Radar-Journal
Jun. 2025 – Present
Role Associate Editor — IEEE Trans. Radar Systems
IEEE AESS
2026
2024
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2024
Patent Slow-time modulation for multiple radar channels
Z. Peng, Z. Li, C. Gianelli
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Nov. 2024
Award 2nd Place — Robotics & Mechanical Design Challenge
UltiMakers Thingiverse
2023
2022
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2022
Patent FMCW radar-based detection of living objects
Z. Peng, J. F. Searcy, A. Rahman
2021
Engineering and Technology
2021
Book Modern Radar for Automotive Applications
IET · Ed. Peng, Li, Uysal
2020
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Mar. 2019 – Jun. 2020
Role Guest Editor — MDPI Remote Sensing
Special Issue: Radar & Life Activities
2019
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2019
Patent Digital beamforming transmitter array system
MERL · Wang, Peng, Kim et al.
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2019
Patent Beamforming transmission with analog hardware resource sharing
MERL · Kim, Peng, Wang, Teo
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Jan. 2019
Award
Outstanding Reviewer
IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement
2018
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Aug. 2014 – May 2018
Education Ph.D. — Electrical Engineering
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX
2017
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May – Aug. 2017
Internship Research Intern — Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs
MERL · Cambridge, MA
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Feb. 2017
Award
Horn Professors Graduate Achievement Award
Texas Tech University
2016
MTTS
May 2016
Award
Graduate Fellowship
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
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Jan. 2016
Award
Excellent Demo Track Presentation
IEEE Radio Wireless Week · Austin, TX
2015
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May 2015
Award
3rd Place — High Sensitivity Radar Competition
IEEE IMS · Phoenix, AZ
2014
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Aug. 2011 – Mar. 2014
Education M.S. — Information Science & Electronic Engineering
Zhejiang University · Hangzhou, China
2011
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Aug. 2007 – Jun. 2011
Education B.S. — Information Science & Electronic Engineering
Zhejiang University · Hangzhou, China
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Featured Works

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Publications

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Book
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Book Chapters
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Journal Papers
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Conference Papers
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Patents