Olivia Zheng

oliviazheng.ca

@oliviazhg

in/oliviaszheng

Next available

Spring 2026

School

University of Waterloo

Program

Mechatronics Engineering

Class

2026

Specialties

FashionIllustrationIndustrial DesignMechanical Design

Work terms

Spring 2026Fall 2026

Bio

Olivia is a mechatronics engineering student at UWaterloo, where she co-founded and runs the creative tech group PRISM collective, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, artists, scientists, and designers building public-facing installations. She's also passionate about researching and developing sensory tech that interfaces with the human body (neurotech, bioelectronics, wearables, etc.). Previously, she worked on embedded systems for neurosurgery and underwater robotics at both startups and in academic research, and also contributed to the development of the iPhone 17 as part of Apple's product design engineering team. She would love to meet people with aligned interests in any of the above spaces and is always open to chatting about potential project collabs! In her spare time she enjoys painting, cafe hopping, playing piano, hiking, and snowboarding!

Experience: Research Assistant
MIT Media Lab
2025 - Present
Product Design Engineering Intern
Apple
2025
Surgical Robotics R&D Intern
EPFL
2024
Robotics Firmware Intern
Fleet Robotics
2023
Robotics Software Control System Developer
Impossible Metals
2023
AI Accelerator Hardware Engineer Intern
Untether AI
2022

Leadership: Co-Founder
PRISM Collective