Karthik Sriram
US Permanent Resident (Citizenship Applied)
Experience and Achievements
Cerulion
Founding Middleware Lead
Sept 2025 - Jan 2026
Mountain View, CA
- 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
Brembo
Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Apr 2023 - Aug 2025
Sunnyvale, CA
- 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
Cisco
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023
San Jose, CA
- 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
cPacket
Embedded Software Engineer
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
San Jose, CA
- 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
Waymo
Embedded Software Specialist
Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
Mountain View, CA
- 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
Codersdata
Embedded Machine Learning Engineer
Feb - Oct 2020
Remote, USA
- 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%
Hewlett Packard
Embedded Software Engineer Intern
May - Aug 2017
Chennai, India
- Implemented Linux C drivers and control logic for webcam image sensor and audio codec (I2C/I3C/I2S)
HCLTech
Embedded Systems Engineer Intern
May - Aug 2016
Chennai, India
- Optimized ARM Cortex/PIC firmware and RTOS drivers in Embedded C, validating improvements via JTAG
Skills
Selected Projects
H.E.I.M.D.A.L.L
2026GPU-accelerated telemetry-to-insight pipeline for robotics and autonomous systems. Turns fleet telemetry into natural-language insights via cuDF, NVIDIA NIM on GKE, and local LLM inference.
Barn Door Protocol
2025Production-ready firmware solution for monitoring doors and windows using ESP32 microcontrollers. Supports up to 8 monitoring zones with magnetic reed switches, providing instant notifications via Telegram and MQTT integration.
Vision Karts
2019Automated checkout system using YOLO11 object detection and face recognition to eliminate queues and reduce checkout times at retail facilities.
Education
New York University
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
2018 - 2020
New York, NY
- Focus on Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, and Machine Learning
- Graduate Academic Scholarship recipient
Illinois Institute of Technology
Semester Abroad in EE and Embedded Systems
Spring 2017
Chicago, IL
- Exchange program from SRM Institute of Technology
- Electrical Engineering and Embedded Systems coursework
SRM Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
2014 - 2018
Chennai, India
- First Class with Distinction
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago - Semester Abroad (Spring 2017)