I design mixed-signal PCBs, high-speed vision and compute subsystems, and power architectures from schematic capture through lab bring-up and launch.
With an M.S. in ECE from Carnegie Mellon University, published IEEE robotics research, and hands-on ownership across autonomous robots and electric vehicles, I focus on clean hardware architecture and reliable real-world systems.
M.S. in ECE at Carnegie Mellon (3.95/4.0 QPA, IEEE-HKN) & B.E. in Instrumentation & Control at SPPU (8.83/10 CGPA, Distinction).
Three peer-reviewed IEEE Xplore robotics papers, one published energy-harvesting patent, and invited IEEE T-RL reviewer.
Led 3+ OEM vehicle launches end-to-end, cut HV battery test time by 80%, and ranked All India #1 in National Engg. Olympiad.
From leading national competition robotics teams in Pune to graduate spacecraft hardware at Carnegie Mellon and autonomous robotics in Silicon Valley.
Designing end-to-end subsystem PCBs and driving hardware root-cause resolution for vision-first autonomous indoor robots.
Owned ruggedized autonomous compute & camera hardware and led electrical engineering across external OEM vehicle partnerships.
Published energy-harvesting patent, peer-reviewed IEEE robotics papers, journal peer-review service, and national engineering awards.
Published Patent: Compact electromechanical energy-harvesting and power-conditioning assembly converting biomechanical input into regulated DC power for off-grid and emergency portable electronics.
Modular material-handling surface pairing overhead computer-vision object tracking with real-time multi-actuator vector velocity control for 2D sorting.
Electromechanical leg design, inverse kinematics, BLDC/ODrive closed-loop actuation, IMU stabilization, and vision-based navigation over 15° slopes and steps.
Autonomous trajectory tracking for holonomic mobile robots combining quadrature rotary encoder dead-reckoning in Cartesian coordinates with tuned multi-axis PID loops.
Editorial & Peer Review Service: Invited technical reviewer evaluating manuscripts in robotics hardware-software co-design, motion planning, and learning-enabled control systems.
Honored as Team Leader among 80 participating engineering institutions nationwide at IIT Delhi.
Secured 1st Rank nationwide based on quantitative analytical and technical engineering aptitude.
Awarded as Team Leader for intelligent PLC/HMI & IoT Building Energy Management System.
Recognized for clean embedded electronics design and reliable pneumatic/mechatronic execution.
Hands-on robots, spacecraft & battery electronics, smart-grid systems, and industrial automation builds — with videos, schematics, and engineering diagrams.
Designed a custom Rev 3 mixed-signal PCB (TI battery monitor AFE, isolated DC-DC, RA8875 TFT touch UI, USB-C) and 3D-printed handheld enclosure that screens EV cell voltages, F1–F5 fuses, and NTC thermistors with QR diagnostic output prior to HV pack assembly — cutting inspection time by 80%.
Engineered stackable nanosatellite flight control PCBs, multi-cell 18650 Li-ion Battery Management System (BMS) protection/telemetry hardware, and side-mounted optical camera interface electronics in CMU’s CubeSat Design-Build-Fly Lab.
Designed leg linkage mechanics, control electronics, and closed-loop locomotion for a four-legged walking robot using Raspberry Pi vision path planning, IMU stabilization, and BLDC motors with ODrive controllers to climb 15° slopes and step hurdles.
Built an infrastructure-free factory AGV navigating `(X, Y)` plant coordinates via high-resolution quadrature encoders and IMU feedback, paired with a custom linear-actuator pick-and-place arm.
Bridged an industrial Allen-Bradley PLC and SCADA substation controller with NodeMCU gateways and Google Firebase to enable real-time remote load control and fault monitoring via web and Android.
Designed and validated holonomic drive electronics, pneumatic ball-handling grippers, and a high-impulse solenoid kicking mechanism stabilized via IMU heading feedback.
Certifications and hands-on workshops across digital logic design, IEC 61131-3 PLC programming paradigms, pneumatic simulation, and factory automation.
Comprehensive foundation in combinational and sequential digital electronics, logic synthesis, finite state machines (FSMs), timing analysis, and digital IC principles.
Industrial IEC 61131-3 control architectures spanning Functional Block Diagrams (FBD), Sequential Function Charts (SFC), Instruction Lists (IL), Ladder Diagrams (LD), and Structured Text (ST).
Month-long intensive program combining industrial automation theory with practical electro-pneumatic and control cell application using simulation software.
Two-day factory automation workshop conducted exclusively for teams qualified to the national finals of the Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2019 competition.
Always happy to connect — whether it’s about robotics, hardware, new ideas, or just to say hi and chat.
Mobile: +1 (412) 657-7150 • Silicon Valley, California
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