Resume

• Built and scaled a 30-engineer robotics organization across 3 teams; drove org design, talent strategy, and compensation frameworks to recruit and retain top-tier talent.
• Shepherded the Vaux vision system from ideation through first-generation customer deployment by owning multi-quarter roadmap planning, departmental OKRs, and key vendor and partner engineering relationships.
• Unified hardware, cloud, and product teams around a shared smart autonomy strategy for semi-autonomous forklifts, translating complex technical tradeoffs into clear executive-level decisions.
• Defined robotics systems architecture and engineering standards; established a customer ticketing process with the support team and led the build-out of a homegrown DevOps and MLOps pipeline to accelerate deployment velocity.
• Cultivated a strong internal leadership pipeline by developing engineers into senior technical and management roles, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous growth.

• Orchestrated expedited development and deployment of Gen2 robotic software within three months, transitioning from X86 to ARM-based systems — delivering enhanced performance and significant cost reductions.
• Developed and deployed an innovative 3D awareness system using LiDAR sensors, enabling vehicles to operate safely around humans and other entities in warehouse environments and materially reducing incidents.
• Spearheaded integration of third-party localization products through strategic partnerships, reducing go-to-market time by one year.
• Deployed a camera-based teleoperation platform enabling remote joystick control of forklifts from anywhere globally, reducing physical hazards and improving operator safety.
• Partnered with business and senior leadership to prioritize and roadmap feature development, ensuring consistent on-time delivery across the robotics portfolio.

• Technical Lead for Semi-Autonomous Forklift Team: Automated forklift functionalities with a team working on motion planning algorithms, computer vision applications and several robot networking configurations.
• Created Webots Simulation with Multi-Agent Systems: The simulation enables testing various warehouse layouts, and multi-agent congestion scenarios to gain different productivity KPI's.
• Developed Event Management System for Robot: Monitored the health of all systems and modules in the robot and created the system for autonomous upload of recorded logs to a cloud-based server.
• Multi-Agent Planning in Warehouse Environment: Successfully designed pipeline for simultaneous motion planning of multi robots with dynamic collision avoidance.

• Designed Controls Algorithm for Maneuvering Heavy Systems: Implemented various algorithms, including the Stanley controller, to ensure precise robot navigation along predefined global paths.
• Developed Robot Fleet Manager: Engineered a unified communication framework for diverse agents within warehouse operations, enabling adaptive planning in dynamic environments to optimize efficiency.
• Position Estimation using Computer Vision Techniques: Designed and validated algorithms for orientation estimation using cameras, integrating Lidar and RGBD camera data for precise robot attachment.

• Robotics in Hydroponics System: Engineered and constructed an automated hydroponic system for cultivating leafy vegetables underwater, integrating robotic automation for picking and inspection.

• Robotic Pick-and-Place in 'P-Mech 2018': Developed groundbreaking 3D SCARA of RRP-type system, marking a pivotal moment in the Indian market as the first company to introduce such technology.
• Biscuit Packer Innovation: Introduced a specialized Biscuit transfer attachment capable of packing 110 biscuits per minute, opening new avenues for ACG in the FMCG market.
• Value Addition and Value Engineering: Led 'Value Addition and Value Engineering' in the Design department which caused a high reduction in overall costs due to the design optimizations.
• Operational Excellence Achievement: Improved output efficiency by 15% yielding a record-breaking machine production.

Delivered customized gifts created using advanced manufacturing processes and modern design tools.

Led a team of 40, responsible for finalizing robot design and competition strategy. Secured 15th rank out of 90+ college teams across India.