Jul 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Designed and developed communication protocol device drivers for seamless hardware integration
• Jul’23 - Now
• Ensured end-to-end communication between the Ambiq BLE module and PC by implementing robust Python-based solutions
• Spearheaded SDK development tailored to product constraints, enhancing usability and extensibility for diverse use cases
• Engineered bootloader solutions for Ambiq MCUs, enabling secure and efficient firmware updates over BLE and USB
• Documented tools and setup environments to streamline onboarding processes and ensure quick ramp-up for new hires
• Conducted detailed power consumption comparisons across multiple MCUs in different operating modes

Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Led and directed a team of five members in all aspects of planning, development, and maintenance of a cutting-edge safety-rated autonomous mobile robot with impressive payload capacities of 1000kgs and 300kgs
• Developed hardware test jigs and robust processes to ensure quality control of motors, PCBs, linear actuators, safety scanners, PLCs, and industrial PCs achieving 100% test coverage and reducing time required by 50%
• Implemented enhancements to the Controller Area Network communication architecture, leading to a notable 30% decrease in network load while enhancing the overall robustness and reliability of communication.
• Developed an error diagnostic framework that reduced root cause analysis time by 50%, resulting in an 80% reduction in weekly bug count and a 30% increase in production cycles at customer sites
• Refactored, maintained and initiated documentation of firmware designs for 7 control boards and 4 ROS nodes
• Proposed a centralized control architecture for hardware to optimize space, reduce cost & harness complexity

Feb 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · Hybrid

• Attained a thorough comprehension of the benefits and intricacies associated with solid-state storage devices, software development flow, automated testing, and review processes
• Resolved 30+ software bugs, improving product quality through effective troubleshooting and problem-solving
• Worked on upgrading firmware and modified communication interface as per hardware design changes
• Synchronized & maintained branches across 6 projects to ensure the stability and integrity of the master branch
• Developed sanity tests using Jenkins to ensure the stability of patches being pushed to the master branch

Apr 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Leadership & Initiatives
• ● Leading a team of 4 members, managing their tasks and priorities as per organization’s requirements
• ● Maintaining proper low of information of organization’s goals to help the team understand the priorities
• ● Initiated weekly planning and review meetings to keep track of tasks and maintain the team on the same page
• ● Divided ownership of the work in the team to make them take initiatives & become self suficient
• Embedded Software
• ● eCAN Bootloader design for TMS320F28035 Piccolo™ controller for remote software upgrade
• ● Working on Arm based processor F28M35H52C as a system controller for a 6DOF robot
• ● Implemented pallet touch & counter feature to ease the robot programming at customer site
• ● Restructured variable declaration to make eficient use of external RAM and to reduce stack usage
• ● Implemented cylindrical jog & delta JOG for a 6DOF robot
• ● Implemented testing commands on command interface to ease testing done by hardware testing team
• Harness & Control Cabinet
• ● Formulated guidelines for harness design and user guide for the harness design software tool
• ● Designed a compact control cabinet, as per our requirements, to save space on factory shop loor
• ● Worked closely with cabinet manufacturer to make a design for easy manufacturing and reduce cost
• ● Worked on earthing schemes to avoid earthing loops while maintaining preventive earthing connections
• PCB Design - Testing & Manufacturing
• ● Formulated guidelines for schematics design, footprint creation, PCB layout design & gerber generation
• ● Created a PCB design process lowchart & checklists to better evaluate timelines & avoid errors
• ● Performed design reviews at every level to avoid mistakes and communication GAP between design team
• ● Designed test setups, test processes & guidelines for PCBs to ensure reliability & robustness of the system
• ● Brought down PCB cost per robot to 50% by better vendor & component selection and by optimizing design

Jul 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Electrical & Electronics
• ● Designed a 80V, 20A BLDC motor driver using TMS320F28035 Piccolo™ controller with 98% eficiency
• ● Designed an isolated power ampliier circuit to provide USER IO at robot end effector
• ● Contributed in a system controller design using F28M35H52C Concerto Microcontroller
• ● Contributed in an IO expansion design using MSP430 for USER IO application in Robot
• ● Contributed in IOT module design using CC3220 SimpleLink™ for robot IOT application
• ● Worked on motor selection for a 6DOF serial link robot based on power requirement
• Embedded Software
• ● Worked on motor controller and implemented current sensing in trapezoidal commutation using interrupts
• ● Implemented hall signal ilter using commutation table to avoid torque ripples at very low speed
• ● Designed self calibration algorithm for analog sensors calibration to help sensing for accurate signal
• ● Restructured data saving technique inside EEP-ROM for easy addition and removal of new data
• ● Worked on CAN, SPI, UART, I2C for joint synchronisation in robot and sensor integration in motor drive
• Controls
• ● Designed and implemented a model for feedforward parameters as a result, reduction in robot vibration
• ● Algorithm design for smooth start and stop of robot in any motion between two points
• Cable & Harness
• ● Designed a harness for a 6 axis serial robot arm from scratch with easy serviceability
• ● Reduced the cost in revised design by minimizing different connectors, crimps and wire spools
• PCB Design
• ● Designed schematics and layouts for double layer & 4 layer PCBs from scratch
• ● Created 3D model of PCB having all the components in detail for component interference check

May 2015 – Jun 2015 · 1 mo · Beawar Area, India

• Preformed detailed analysis on the installed solid, liquid and steam flow meters, and found out the problems by collecting data on daily basis
• Designed a cost effective and reliable solid flow meter with good accuracy using pneumatic and load cell for lime feeding system
• Proposed a cost effective and maintenance free solution for solid flow meter having 3D-laser scanner as a sensor
• On the basis of analysis recommended a solution, with high accuracy and repeatability, for demineralized water line
• To optimize the coal oxidation, proposed an air flow meter having low pressure drop with high accuracy
• Proposed a maintenance free solution for level measurement of bunker of solid having heavy dusty environment
• Synchronized the installed relays present in the electrical system with GPS Time resulted in easy plant trip analysis

Oct 2014 – Oct 2014 · 0 mo · Kanpur Area, India

• Led a team of 25 students to manage security arrangements
• Ensured smooth conduction of events and professional nights with security team
• Formulated security plans for more than 20 events with 4 venues for audience of 2000+ people

Apr 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr · Kanpur Area, India

• Managed the overall club activities and led a recruited team of 16 secretaries
• Organized the activities club and fulfillied its requirement with a fund of 0.6 million INR
• Encouraged people to participate in different national and international competition
• Organized robotics events in Takneek, an inter-hall technical Festival of IIT Kanpur
• Organized lecture and workshop on IMU(Inertial Measurement Unit) and Pneumatics
• Started Hexapod Workshop for first year student as their first learning experience in robotics
• Started semester long project for first year student through proper recruitment
• 2 projects published in Times of India and Deccan Chronicle
• Achieved best implementation award in the Student Research Convention, IIT Kanpur for Bi-ped

Aug 2013 – Apr 2014 · 8 mos · IIT Kanpur

• Managed an International Competition having around 40 teams came from India and abroad
• Made a problem statement of Maze Solving and tutorial of Line Following Robot
• Organized lecture and workshop in different colleges in India

Jul 2013 – Apr 2014 · 9 mos