I enjoy creating and bringing ideas to life.
Outdoors, I’m usually hiking, running, biking, or flying drones. Indoors, I’m sketching, editing videos, DJing, or working on new projects.
About
Passionate about technology from a young age, I’ve grown from tinkering with electronics to earning a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. Along the way, I transitioned from building machines to writing code, which ultimately fueled my fascination with transportation systems. This passion led me to pursue a Master’s in Automotive Engineering in Germany, where I specialized in machine learning and computer vision applications. Throughout, I’ve embraced a constant pursuit of learning and collaboration with like-minded individuals.
Beyond work, I enjoy editing videos, playing video games, flying drones, DJing, sketching portraits, and exploring the outdoors through trail rides and mountain hikes.
Career
Work Experience
CARIAD SE
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer
March 2022 - Present
Working as a senior ML engineer, specializing in embedded and cloud-based machine learning solutions across CV, NLP/LLM, and ASR data domains.
XORDER 360 UG
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
April 2023 - Present
Co-founded XORDER, a tech start-up
transforming the foodservice industry in
Germany through Mixed Reality and Generative
AI.
(Jun 2020 – Apr 2023, in stealth mode)
AUDI AG
Machine Learning Engineer
October 2020 - Feb 2022
Worked as a ML Engineer across various roles, including developing 3D facial reconstruction using CV GANs, leading the development of a real-time "transportation mode" classification algorithm to calculate users' carbon footprints based on smartphone IMU data, and preparing datasets for fine-tuning a StyleGAN-based design tool.
Education
Technical University Ingolstadt of Applied Sciences,
Germany
Master of Engineering in Automotive Engineering
September 2020
Thesis: ML-based automatic cross-calibration of perception sensors for autonomous vehicles (Patent)
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
May 2017
Thesis 1: CV-based position tracking of sun for Hybrid Parabolic Linea Fresnel Collector (HPLFC)
Thesis 2: Microcontroller-powered Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) for recyclable waste handling at Ford India Pvt. Ltd.
Recent Works
Explore some of my recent projects—these works have been pivotal in shaping my current pursuits!
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Programming, CV, NLP, Tech LeadXORDER. -
Progamming, Computer Vision, Machine LearningAUDI Autonomous Driving Cup 2018. -
Design, Prototype, Embedded ProgrammingAutomated Guided Vehicle at Ford India Pvt. Ltd. -
Design & Manufacturing, Embedded ProgrammingActive tracking for Hyrbid Solar Thermal Collectors. -
Design & Manufacturing, ElectronicsFormula Student Racecar
Pegasus Racing
My first engineering project involved designing and building a Formula Student race car for Pegasus Racing at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. I contributed as a Suspension Engineer in the vehicle dynamics team and as an Electronics & Instrumentation Engineer, managing the wiring harness and instrument cluster. Our team competed in the SUPRA SAE-2015 Formula Student competition, achieving 13th place overall out of 121 teams.
- Engineering
- Design & Manufacturing
Active tracking for Hybrid Parabolic Linea Fresnel Collector (HPLFC)
This research project, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, involved designing and fabricating two hybrid solar collectors. Led by Mruthun, our team, which included Suriya and me, collaborated on every step of the process. I still fondly remember the fabrication phase, where we rapid-prototyped custom drill jigs for accurately drilling holes in aluminum cross-section bars. Beyond mechanical fabrication, I contributed to designing and developing a stepper motor control unit for active sun tracking. This system utilized an image processing algorithm deployed on a Raspberry Pi, which communicated with the motor control unit's microcontroller.
- Embedded Programming
- Engineering
- Design & Manufacturing
Automated Guided Vehicle at Ford India Pvt. Ltd.
I designed an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) for handling discarded automotive parts'
packaging boxes at the Vehicle
Assembly and Engine Plant of
- Embedded Programming
- Engineering
- Design
AUDI Autonomous Driving Cup 2018 at AUDI AG.
I worked in the perception team of
"leTHIdrive" at
Technical University Ingolstadt of Applied Sciences, for the Audi Autonomous Driving
Cup 2018. This project marked my
introduction to Machine Learning and Autonomous Mobility. I worked on the object detection
algorithm
which
classifies objects (car, pedestrians, emergency vehicles) to respond appropriately
in an
autonomous setting. The platform was a 1:8 scale Audi Q2 with Intel Core i5 and
NVIDIA
GeForce 1050 Ti 4GB as the computing hardware. It featured an autonomous driving
sensor suite, including front and rear cameras, ultrasonic sensors, a front 2D
LIDAR,
an IMU, and wheel encoders.
- Competition
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
XORDER
XORDER is a tech start-up
revolutionizing the restaurant food ordering experience
using Mixed Reality and Generative AI.
I co-founded XORDER with Daniele Sirigatti and Florian
Voit in June 2023. Before its official launch, we operated in
stealth mode for three years, refining the product through pilot runs in various
restaurants across southern Germany.
This iterative approach led to a major deal with one of Germany’s largest bar and
cocktail franchises, scaling our
solution to over 40 cities.
Throughout this journey, I have led the research and development of the technology
stack, focusing on computer vision
and generative AI pipelines, while also managing the web development team. Operating
entirely bootstrapped from the start, we have also ventured onto international
stages, exploring the ASEAN market
through the German Accelerator's Southeast Asia program.
The well-established chip.de even featured an article about us. Check it out
here: "Is this what the future tastes
like? ...."
- Start-up
- Mixed Reality
- GenAI
Minimalismo
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- Branding
- Product Design
What I work with
I use these tools in my professional and side projects
Engineering Tools
Figma Blender Android Studio MATLAB/ Simulink SolidWorks
Programming Languages
Python C++ Moderate C#, Java, Kotlin for (ML) Android development
Progamming Tools/ Libraries
PyTorch Tensorflow OpenCV LangChain Opensource LLM backends - llama.cpp, ollama Docker Azure & GCP MLOps AWS Stack Unreal Engine & Unity Scripting API
Embedded Electronics
NVIDIA Jetson series Raspberry Pi Arduino Embedded AI - Samsung, Qualcomm NPUs
Great Scott!
My muses, accolades, and more!
Inspirations
Accolades
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PatentML-based automatic cross-calibration of perception sensors for autonomous vehicles. (2021) -
HackathonXREAL Augmented Reality Jam 2022 -
PatentMetaverse Meets Mobility: One-to-one coupling of automotive cabin elements with virtual worlds for an immersive user experience. (2023)
ML-based automatic cross-calibration of perception sensors for autonomous vehicles.
My master's thesis work at AUDI AG resulted in a patented innovation. Refer to
the abstract below for more
details.
Thesis Abstract : Understanding and
interpreting the scene is the fundamental
task
of an autonomous vehicle.
An autonomous vehicle understands the environment by fusing the raw data from
its sensor suite for multiple tasks such as object detection, semantic
segmentation, localization,
among others. The foremost step in this computational pipeline is the
calibration of
the different sensors against each other. This thesis presents an automatic
extrinsic calibration
algorithm for a stereo camera and a 3D laser scanner. The proposed method is a
targetless
online calibration method which alleviates the need for a controlled environment
with
known calibration targets. The method achieves accurate and precise estimation
of the calibration
parameters provided that an initial rough estimate of the parameters is
available. The
proposed system
was evaluated on the raw data sequence obtained from the KITTI dataset. The
results from
the evaluation show that the system accurately rectifies calibration offsets
within 3° in the
case of rotational degrees of freedom and within 20 cm in the case of
translational degrees
of freedom.
- Patent
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
- Autonomous Driving
Outstanding Prize at XREAL AR Jam for XORDER.
I participated in the XREAL AR Jam and won the Outstanding
Prize for the concept
behind XORDER. In the concept, the user could interact with an AR restaurant
menu
and visualize the high-fidelity 3D models of the
dishes before ordering. The concept was well-received by the judges and we were
awarded the
Outstanding Prize. Check out the real-life
implementation of this concept using the AR glass development kit from XREAL
(formerly
NREAL) below. The AR glass development kit features 6DoF tracking and a camera
for
SLAM and hand tracking.
- Hackathon
- Mixed Reality
- Computer Vision
Metaverse Meets Mobility: One-to-one coupling of automotive cabin elements with virtual worlds for an immersive user experience.
One of our projects at a company-wide (CARIAD SE) internal Hackathon led to my
second
patented innovation.
Patent Abstract: The invention
involves the utilization of a modular software component,
called as "metaverse-to-automotive cabin bridge", that connects a digital world
with an automotive cabin through an orchestration
logic unit built into the car itself. This software bridge is specifically
designed to provide an immersive experience to the users who
are interacting with the digital world via the internet. Interactions in the
digital world are mirrored in the automotive cabin in real-time, and vice versa.
- Patent
- Metaverse
- Computer Vision
Book Shelf
Art
Through my aftermovies and mixtapes, I share two perspectives of my world - the visual stories of my travels and the soundtracks that shape my journey.
Videos
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Türkiye: Güzel - 2023. -
India: The Malabar Coast - 2022. -
Portugal: From dawn till dusk - 2021. -
Austria: Through the third eye - 2020.
Mixtapes
Get In Touch
Thank you for visiting!
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