I'm a results-driven Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision, video understanding, and generative AI, with experience deploying multimodal models at scale and optimizing inference for edge and GPU platforms. I thrive on building end-to-end AI systems, from data pipelines and infrastructure to model optimization and deployment, and I enjoy collaborating in fast-paced Teams to deliver impactful AI solutions.

Simon Ren

I'm a results-driven Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision, video understanding, and generative AI, with experience deploying multimodal models at scale and optimizing inference for edge and GPU platforms. I thrive on building end-to-end AI systems, from data pipelines and infrastructure to model optimization and deployment, and I enjoy collaborating in fast-paced Teams to deliver impactful AI solutions.

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I’m a results-driven Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision, video understanding, and generative AI, with experience deploying multimodal models at scale and optimizing inference for edge and GPU platforms.

I thrive on building end-to-end AI systems, from data pipelines and infrastructure to model optimization and deployment, and I enjoy collaborating in fast-paced Teams to deliver impactful AI solutions.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Deep Learning Engineer at Insta360
March 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025
Researched and implemented vision-language models for video understanding. Fine-tuned and deployed multimodal CLIP-like models such as MobileCLIP on edge devices, achieving ~10x faster inference and ~6% higher accuracy on internal benchmarks. Improved action recognition by ~8% by adapting various VLMs for video understanding. Led an agentic AI-powered video editing workflow to autonomously identify, extract, and assemble highlight-worthy segments from large volumes of raw footage. Maintained a million-video dataset with rigorous quality control pipelines. Created a video style-transfer workflow using Stable Diffusion, LoRA, and ControlNet; developed local object style transfer by integrating SAM and XMEM for mask tracking and local target creation. Optimized UNET with TensorRT, reducing inference time by 10~30%. Implemented traditional vision algorithms and lightweight model optimization (distillation, pruning) to accelerate MobileNetV2 and TSM.
Silicon Validation Engineer (Internship) at Intel Corporation
August 1, 2018 - September 8, 2025
Ensured protocol integrity (SPI/I2C) for pre-silicon ASIC designs through rigorous validation. Engineered C++ test suites to efficiently evaluate emulator communication on FPGA platforms. Improved technical documentation and cross-team collaboration.
Deep Learning Engineer at Insta360
March 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025
Led research and deployment of vision-language models for video understanding, including fine-tuning CLIP-like models on edge devices, achieving faster inferences and improved accuracy. Developed agentic AI-powered video editing workflows to autonomously identify and assemble highlight-worthy segments from large footage collections, and maintained a million-video dataset with rigorous quality-control pipelines. Pioneered a video style-transfer workflow using Stable Diffusion variants, integrated SAM and XMEM for local mask tracking, and optimized UNet-based architectures with TensorRT. Also developed an OpenCV-based whiteboard correction algorithm for video conference products and applied model distillation/pruning to create lightweight models with substantial inference-time reductions.
Silicon Validation Engineer (Internship) at Intel Corporation
August 1, 2018 - September 8, 2025
Ensured protocol integrity (SPI/I2C) for pre-silicon ASIC designs through rigorous validation. Engineered C++ test suites to efficiently evaluate emulator communication on FPGA platforms. Improved technical documentation and cross-team collaboration to streamline validation workflows.
Deep Learning Engineer at Insta360
March 1, 2025 - September 11, 2025
Researched and implemented vision-language models for video understanding, fine-tuned and deployed multimodal CLIP-like models on edge devices, and led a data-driven video editing workflow. Maintained a million-video dataset with quality-control pipelines; contributed to video style-transfer projects using Stable Diffusion, LoRA, and ControlNet; optimized models (UNET) with TensorRT for faster inference; and developed lightweight vision algorithms for real-time applications.
Silicon Validation Engineer (Internship) at Intel Corporation, Canada
August 1, 2018 - September 11, 2025
Ensured SPI/I2C protocol integrity for pre-silicon ASIC designs, engineered C++ test suites to validate emulator communication on FPGA platforms, and improved technical documentation and cross-team collaboration.
Deep Learning Engineer at Insta360
October 1, 2022 - March 1, 2025
Researched and deployed Vision Language Models for video understanding tasks, including OCR, caption and action recognition. Evaluated and adapted CLIP-style ViT backbones, improving action recognition accuracy by approximately 6-8%. Fine-tuned and adapted MobileCLIP on edge devices, delivering around 10x inference speedups and ~6% accuracy gains on production benchmarks. Designed an agentic AI video processing pipeline using LangGraph to automate highlight discovery and editing from large volumes of raw video data.

Education

Master of Engineering at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Applied Science at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2015 - May 1, 2019
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2015 - May 1, 2019
Master of Engineering at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Applied Science at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2015 - May 1, 2019
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering at University of British Columbia
September 1, 2015 - May 1, 2019

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Education