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• ADAS & AI Engineer, 

  Dec, 2023 - Present

  ADAS perception and automation development on TI SoCs and test vehicles.

  • Deployed production-ready perception pipelines on TI TDA4 SoCs, transitioning AI prototypes into a full C++ stack with TIDL.

  • Redesigned the radar software stack using metaprogramming to provide a driver framework.

  • Established CI/CD pipelines and containerized infrastructure for algorithm development and testing.

  • Spun-up ROS2 nodes for test control, data handling, and visualization, integrating with FastDDS middleware.

  • Brought up ADAS cameras and enabled video pipelines using GStreamer and custom drivers.

  • Served as Product Owner for High-Beam Assist, developing a hardware-aware lighting module with scalable features.

  • Provided technical leadership and support on system design, development stack setup, and troubleshooting for the team.

• Drive-by-Wire & Perception Lead, 

  Mar, 2019 - Dec, 20223 years 9 months

  Led development of a drive-by-wire EV kit.

  • Led design and implementation of an autonomous drive-by-wire EV kit, integrating electro-mechanical systems with ROS middleware, embedded CAN controllers, and perception modules.

  • Acted as the key technical lead, guiding and instructing voluntary contributors to ensure consistent architecture and progress.

  • Developed MCU firmware, prototyping infrastructure, and testing interfaces that accelerated vehicle integration and validation.

• Robotics Engineer, 

  May, 2020 - Dec, 20211 year 7 months

  Converted industrial scanning equipment into robotic platforms.

  • Converted a radiation-scanning cart into a robotic platform with live LIDAR-based SLAM, dynamic URDF model, and diagnostics.

  • Automated radiation data collection with continuous binning and 3D visualization, and added radiation messages to ROS.

  • Designed and built sensor circuits for gas supply control; implemented I2C drivers for Arduino and Embedded PCs.

  • Built a source test bed with an rPi-controlled precision actuator, custom-boot Ubuntu, and a JavaScript touchscreen interface.

• Research Assistant, 

  Nov, 2017 - Feb, 20191 year 3 months

  Supported research on teleoperated nursing robot systems.

  • Supervised graduate research and undergrad project teams regarding perception and motion of a teleoperated nursing robot.

  • Deployed the robotic system, implemented various controllers for the ROS robotic platform, and maintained the lab’s Git collection.

  • Recreated a user study to reduce training time from 9 hours to 2, with improved user performance.

  • Enhanced ROSJava camera libraries and created a mobile app with a master Linux app to monitor perception experiments.

Projects Experience

• Jan, 2022 - Nov, 20231 year 10 months

• Dec, 2021 - Dec, 20221 year

• Sep, 2017 - May, 20188 months

• Jul, 2017 - Aug, 20171 month

• Jul, 2017 - Jul, 20171 day

• Aug, 2016 - Jun, 201710 months

• Aug, 2015 - May, 20169 months

• Jan, 2015 - Feb, 20151 month

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