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Senior Robotics Autonomy Engineer
SkySpecs · Full-time
Jun 2021 - Present
• 3 yrs 10 mos- Designed and built the C++ flight software stack for a fleet of 50+ fully autonomous drones, enabling 40,000+ inspections so far with industry-leading 15 min/turbine efficiency.
- Engineered efficient viewpoint-planning and camera perception algorithms, achieving >99% accuracy in detecting 1 cm-level damages under dynamic conditions.
- Developed a low-latency, graph-based time synchronization library, enabling microsecond-accurate data association across 7+ high frequency sensor streams (>200 Hz).
- Led software innovations to expand inspections into GPS-degraded floating offshore wind turbines,
overcoming localization and mapping challenges in dynamic maritime environments.
- Built LiDAR perception systems to unlock real-time semantic segmentation and safe navigation at >4 m/s.
- Developed a decentralized multi-agent mission planner, resolving 10+ competing objectives at 100 Hz.
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Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2020 - May 2021
Flight Controls Lead - DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Feb 2020 - May 2021
• 1 yr 4 mos- Led controls and planning for the quadcopter fleet to fly fast in GPS denied subterranean environments.
- Developed the guidance controller, search-based local planner, model predictive controller, and Kalman Filter disturbance estimation systems in C++ / ROS and deployed on 6 drones for the competition.
- Team Explorer results: Tunnel (1st place), Urban (2nd place), Finals (4th place)
Graduate Research Assistant - Biorobotics Lab
Jan 2020 - May 2021
• 1 yr 5 mosDeveloped a trajectory optimization solver leveraging inference on a sparse factor-graph in C++/GTSAM.
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Research Intern
Nanyang Technological University
Feb 2019 - May 2019
• 4 mosImplemented evolutionary algorithms for combined task and motion planning in automated construction.
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Summer Research Intern - Mitacs Globalink
Université de Sherbrooke
May 2018 - Aug 2018
• 4 mosDeveloped numerical models for design optimization and verification of high-tension lines with dampers.
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Vehicle Dynamics and Control lead
Hyperloop India
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
• 8 mosLed a subsystem of 6 people responsible for the underbody suspension and PID-controlled eddy-braking for the levitating 'OrcaPod'.
One of 24 global finalists in the SpaceX Hyperloop competition held at SpaceX HQ, CA.