Professional Experience

University of Applied Science Ingolstadt – Institute for Innovative Mobility (IIMo)

Technical Project Lead, Research Associate & pursuing PhD (01/2021 – Present)
Projects – IN2Lab & InFra

  • Area of work – Sensors and Sensor fusion Development for Infrastructure based Environment perception for Automated Driving

Automotive Safety Technologies GmbH, Ingolstadt, Germany (AUDI AG company)

Algorithm & System Developer – ADAS Sensors (08/2018 – 12/2020)
Projects – Environment Perception & Measurement System

  • Software design for Radar and Camera perception algorithms in OOPs based environment with UML
  • Development of Radar Algorithms – Clutter filter, RD maps, R-phi maps, clustering, object feature extraction, data association, multi object tracking of objects using Kalman filters
  • Development of Vision Algorithms for lane detection, traffic sign recognition, dynamic Object detections & classification based on CNNs, Multi object tracking
  • Implementation of metrics to validate perception results with Lidar as Ground truth data
  • Object level data fusion of Radar and Camera for enhanced environment perception
  • Involved in test drives, data collection, post processing and analysis of the data for specific scene interpretation for Radar, camera and Lidar
  • Annotation and Validation of radar data for deep learning-based algorithms
  • Test cases to evaluate high resolution radar prototype sensor for performance
  • Code documentation, presentation of work, weekly brainstorming sessions
  • Development of concept for Interface API for Measurement System with webserver-client topology
  • Software testing of multiple Sensors like Radar (MRR, LRR, Nanoradar), Camera, GPS, etc. for measurement system in Lab and on vehicle
  • Software testing for multiple interfaces like CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, 1G, 10G Ethernet, HSSL, GMSL, etc. for measurement system in Lab and on vehicle

Major Tools: C++, Python, UML, Eigen library, open-cv, Deep Learning, CNN, Computer Vision, Radar, Camera, git, keras, Tensorflow, JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, doxygen

Radar sensor system developer for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (02/2017 – 07/2018)
Project – Series development Radar for ADAS of AUDI A8

Work and Responsibilities:

  • Algorithm development to evaluate the radar sensor performance at different levels as detections, tracks, moving and static objects in Matlab
  • Re-simulation of sensor data collected from test drives in ADTF
  • Handling the function and SDF (Sensor data fusion)requirement to improve sensor performance by weekly meetings and technical discussions with sensor manufacturer
  • Working with sensor and function test catalogs and Test drives at AUDI facility
  • Major tools: Matlab, C++, ADTF, DOORS, KPMweb, MS-Office, Visual studio, Sandboxing, tortoise SVN.

(08/2016 – 01/2017) 
Master thesis: Radar sensor model development for Driver Assistance Systems 
Automotive Safety Technologies GmbH, Ingolstadt, Germany (AUDI AG company)

  • Radar real data collection and synchronization and association with Reference(GPS + IMU) data
  • Development of detection model using statistical analysis and regression algorithms
  • Validation of the developed model, documentation and presentation

(02/2016 – 07/2016) 
Internship: Software development for Radar Sensor performance evaluation for Driver Assistance Systems using Matlab
Automotive Safety Technologies GmbH, Ingolstadt, Germany (AUDI AG company)

  • Development of Object Oriented Programming based evaluation software for radar sensors in Matlab
  • Algorithms for Ego car trajectory and sensor detection analysis from angle, range, speed and RCS of the target objects
  • Analysis of Crossing Assistance System and Pre-Crash System test scenes in Matlab to find the limitations in radar sensor measurement

(07/2013 – 05/2014)
Adhoc Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vidhyavardhini’s College of Engineering & Technology, affiliated to Mumbai University, India

  • Taught Engineering Subjects – Mechatronics, Control Systems & Sensors
  • Conducted Lab work & oral exams of each subject
  • Written exam paper preparation and corrections
  • University Exam Supervision

(07/2012 – 05/2013)
Graduate Trainee Engineer, Department of Instrumentation Engineering
Petrofac India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India (EPC company in Oil & gas plants)

  • Verification of datasheets of Sensors, Actuators and Control Panels
  • Preparation of Junction Box list, flow meters, pressure sensors, temperature sensors list for the oil & gas plant
  • Verifying the routing of cables, flow pipes (upstream & downstream), valves & other devices using 3D Design software
  • Coordinating with Designers to solve the issues found during verification process
  • Actively participating in various internal knowledge sharing sessions & on site visits to various factories for gaining experience.
  • Assisting the Senior Engineer to verify the Control system Plant requirements.