Career Journey
From startups to industry leaders, building innovative solutions at every step
Startup Partnership with CEO
Sept 2025 - Jan 2026
Founding Middleware Lead
Cerulion
Mountain View, CA
Key Achievements
- Rust robotics middleware: sub-ns zero-copy publish, network discovery, production CLI, C++/Python APIs
- Integration of a custom Nvidia Isaac Sim GenAI pipeline & Lichtblick visualization, validated on a Unitree Go2
- End-to-end platform demo with ROS2 (rcl) reverse-compatibility option won Pitch-Fire at RoboBusiness 2025
Technologies
RustC++PythonROS2Nvidia Isaac Simiceoryx2Lichtblick
Full-time
Apr 2023 - Aug 2025
Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Brembo
Sunnyvale, CA
Key Achievements
- Achieved MQTT transport of CAN/Ethernet sensor data to AWS IoT on Nvidia DRIVE OS (ARM/RTLinux)
- STM32/TI sensor fusion (C/C++) to ROS2 (C++) for road recognition AI (Python) on TensorRT/Triton gRPC
- Architected ROS2 CAN/Ethernet sensor pub-sub (C++) for ISO26262 ASIL D Brake Control System & 5G-V2X
Technologies
C/C++PythonNvidia DRIVEROS2AWS IoTCANTensorRTISO26262
Full-time
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Cisco
San Jose, CA
Key Achievements
- Brought up SPI/I2C/UART BSP drivers (C) for WPAN/Industrial IoT routers supporting 915-MHz RF mesh
- Extended U-boot, OTA updates, & diagnostics (C/C++) on Linux/IOS CLI for smart grid automation features
Technologies
CC++LinuxIOS CLIU-bootSPII2CUARTWPAN
Contract
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
Embedded Software Engineer
cPacket
San Jose, CA
Key Achievements
- Upgraded NIC-GPU Ethernet packet capture line-rate by 4x using RDMA (C/C++) for Data Centers & Cloud
- Integrated drivers (C) for SPI/I2C sensor & BMC interfaces on custom packet capture & broker hardware
Technologies
C/C++RDMAGPULinuxSPII2CBMC
Contract
Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
Embedded Software Specialist
Waymo
Mountain View, CA
Key Achievements
- Sped up lidar/camera/audio AV perception latency by 20% (C/C++) while keeping F1 > 0.94 (Python)
- Tuned RTOS scheduling and drivers (C/C++) under ISO26262 constraints and monitored safety-critical metrics
Technologies
C/C++PythonRTOSLiDARComputer VisionISO26262
Full-time
Feb - Oct 2020
Embedded Machine Learning Engineer
Codersdata
Remote, USA
Key Achievements
- Wrote firmware module (C) for SRAM in/near-memory compute of activation functions on ASIC AI accelerator
- Optimized multi-threaded systolic array operations (C++), cutting latency by 30% & raising throughput by 20%
Technologies
CC++ASICSRAMSystolic ArraysMachine Learning
Internship
May - Aug 2017
Embedded Software Engineer Intern
Hewlett Packard
Chennai, India
Key Achievements
- Implemented Linux C drivers and control logic for webcam image sensor and audio codec (I2C/I3C/I2S)
Technologies
CLinuxI2CI3CI2SDevice Drivers
Internship
May - Aug 2016
Embedded Systems Engineer Intern
HCLTech
Chennai, India
Key Achievements
- Optimized ARM Cortex/PIC firmware and RTOS drivers in Embedded C, validating improvements via JTAG
Technologies
Embedded CARM CortexPICRTOSJTAG
6+
Years Experience
4
Industries
2
Patents/Papers