EXPERIENCE

2024-now DevOps software engineer, ASML, Eindhoven
Responsible for automating and managing both on-site and cloud infrastructure, working closely with development and operations teams to build and deploy custom automation tools that serve thousands of enterprise users, while ensuring system reliability through CI/CD practices and configuration management.

2021-2024 Metrology Design engineer, ASML, Eindhoven
Design, testing, and qualification of software products for ASML’s D&E department. Successfully migrated and maintained one of the company’s largest diagnostics codebases while implementing comprehensive CI/CD pipelines for documentation, testing, and deployment workflows.

2018-2020 Student assistant, QuTech Academy, Delft
Preparation and testing of online courses on quantum mechanics.

2018-2019 Flow Engineer, Spirocco Kft., Budapest
Design, simulation, and testing of volume flow meter within an asthma inhaler using Autodesk CAD and CFD programs, and 3D printing.

2016 Software engineer intern, PinkRF, Nijmegen
Prototype software of 3D volume reconstruction from stereometric imaging via MATLAB.

EDUCATION

2017-2018 Master of Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology
Electives on fluid dynamics, imaging physics, and quantum mechanics. Master thesis on quantum error correction at QuTech; development and benchmarking of a new decoder for the surface code via a self-produced quantum simulator in Python.

2013-2017 Bachelor of Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology
Bachelor thesis on imaging and biophysics; description and further development of a software package for analysis of protein movement during DNA replication in E. Coli with MATLAB.

2015-2016 Medical Delta, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Leiden University
Minor program in medicine. Includes courses on anatomy, biophysical processes, and radiology.

2007-2013 Gymnasium, Lorentz Casimir Lyceum
Curriculum track: science & engineering and science & health with additional German, French, and geology courses.

AWARDS

2020 Unitary Fund, non-profit microgrant program,
To further develop Qsurface, a simulator package for surface codes. The grant will improve visualization methods and facilitate the collaboration of an open, modular platform for surface code simulations.

2012 Singapore International Mathematics Challenge, NUS
Second prize and presentation award for the 2012 SIMC challenge.

PUBLICATIONS

TBA Quasilinear-Time Decoding Algorithm for Topological Codes with High Decoding Performance, S. Hu, D. Elkouss
Pre-print
Conference paper

2020 Quasilinear Time Decoding Algorithm for Topological Codes with High Error Threshold, S. Hu, D. Elkouss
Master thesis

2017 User-friendly analysis of fluorescent spot position of bacterial proteins using a microfluidic device and agarose pads, S. Hu, R. de Leeuw
Bachelor thesis

PROJECTS

2025-now maxx/mkdocstings-matlab

Python library for parsing and analyzing MATLAB code, providing support for extracting signatures, documentation, and metadata from MATLAB projects. Automatic API documentation from sources in via MkDocs.

2023-now textmate-grammar-python

A lexer and tokenizer for grammar files as defined by TextMate and used in VSCode, implemented in Python.

2019-2020 Qsurface (Open Surface Code Simulations)

Open-source simulator for benchmarking and visualizing surface code decoders, written in Python. Grant received from the Unitary Fund.

ACTIVITIES

2006-now Participant and Volunteer First Lego League, FLL Brabant, FLL Benelux, FLL Germany, FLL Denmark, FLL Norway, FLL Japan
As participant: Winner of FLLOEC Norway 2007 and first in robot design in FLLOAC Japan 2008.
As volunteer: Judging and organization for the regional, national, or international finals of the First Lego League competition in the Netherlands and Germany.

2012-2017 Various committees and activities, Vereniging voor Technische Physica, AEGEE Delft, Lorentz Casimir Lyceum
Presidential role in organizing the freshmen weekend activity for 300+ students (2017). Graphic design, communication, and planning for the organization of a 30-day study tour to South-East Asia and China (2015-2016). Various other roles including organizer of symposia, editor, and graphic designer for the faculty magazine and yearbook, and IT related committees (2012-2015).

SKILLS

Languages

native Dutch, Chinese

fluent English

Development

export Python, MATLAB, GitHub Actions CI/CD

competent Julia, Go

beginner Rust, Javascript, SQL

creative Adobe Creative Suite

3D prototyping (modeling & printing)

Home Automation

Selfhosting

DIY electronics