Robotics Engineer working on industrial automation at Hitachi America. M.S. in Robotics & Autonomous Systems from Arizona State University, with hands-on experience designing ROS2 software stacks, integrating software–hardware components, and validating autonomous-vehicle pipelines. Co-author at IEEE IV 2026.
I'm a Robotics Engineer with hands-on experience in ROS2, Python, and C++ for autonomous systems. M.S. in Robotics & Autonomous Systems from Arizona State University; B.Tech in Electronics & Communications from NIT Andhra Pradesh.
At Hitachi America, I'm building control systems on WAGO field couplers, wiring real-time monitoring dashboards over MQTT and Node-RED, and applying the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Gemini agents and A2A orchestration to enhance quality-control processes.
Before that, I spent 18 months at ASU's BELIV lab building scenario-based tests for autonomous vehicles in CARLA-ROS-Autoware — work that turned into a co-authored paper at IEEE IV 2026 on real-time DDT assessment aligned with SAE J3237. I care about safety standards (ISO 26262 / 21448 / 34502, SAE J3016 / J3237), clean simulation pipelines, and writing code that someone else can debug at 2am.
PLC Engineer at Hitachi America Ltd. — control systems, MQTT, Node-RED, MCP / agentic orchestration.
ROS2 software stacks, autonomous-vehicle simulation, vehicle dynamics & control, industrial automation.
Python, C++, MATLAB, ROS1/2, MCP, CARLA, Autoware, Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Simulink, CarSIM, VI-CarRealTime.
Industrial automation, autonomous-vehicle research, and teaching across labs and companies.
Scenario-based testing of an autonomous vehicle in the CARLA-ROS-Autoware bridge.
Coursework: Robotics Systems · Principles of Systems Engineering · Real-Time Digital Signal Processing · Vehicle Dynamics & Control · Multi-Robot Systems · Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning · Linear System Theory.
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Built a Python control system on WAGO field couplers to automate Fischertechnik devices over MQTT, with a Node-RED dashboard for real-time visibility. Layered Model Context Protocol with Gemini agents and A2A orchestration to drive quality-control processes.
CARLA-ROS-Autoware bridge driving validation aligned with SAE J3237 — co-authored paper at IEEE IV 2026. Integrated a custom vehicle and sensor kit, and designed a ROS2 C++ node to synchronize multi-sensor data.
Modeling and simulating a Formula SAE vehicle in VI-Grade's VI-CarRealTime; running skidpad maneuvers to evaluate suspension and dynamics setup.
Implemented an enhanced tire-blowout model in Simulink + CarSIM, then co-simulated a trust-based control technique to keep a C-class hatchback in lane after a blowout event.
Shi-Tomasi corner detection plus Lucas-Kanade optical flow for object tracking, deployed on a mobile robot integrating RPLIDAR-A1, Astra Pro RGB-D camera, and NVIDIA Jetson Nano.
Certified UR5 operator. Tested the UR5's straightness and repeatability, then programmed a palletizing routine via the teach pendant.
Image-processing algorithms in C++ and ARM v7 assembly on STM32F407, plus an FFT-based vowel-analysis pipeline. Hands-on with SPI, I²C, and UART for sensor interfacing.
Designed a Kalman filter to infer a line-follower robot's position and velocity from a Parrot Mambo's onboard camera, then programmed the drone in MATLAB Stateflow to autonomously land on the moving target.
A working set, not a buzzword wall — these are tools I've shipped real projects with.
I currently work at Hitachi America in Santa Clara, but I'm happy to chat about robotics, autonomous vehicles, controls, and industrial automation. Email is the fastest way to reach me — I usually reply within a day.