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Project Lead – Visual Computing Researcher
Hilti Group• January 2022 - Present• Liechtenstein
Technology leadership for a research project (under NDA) with an inter-departmental team. Providing consulting services to various Hilti business units regarding product strategy / roadmap planning, technology development and competitor analysis. Coordination with Hilti Venture (Open Innovation and Venture Capital team) in evaluating startup capabilities for potential collaborations. Project Lead for The Hilti SLAM Challenge 2023. Organized Hilti's presence at ICRA 2023.
Visual Computing Engineer / Interim Tech Lead
Hilti Group• January 2020 - January 2022• Liechtenstein
Interim Tech Lead and Test Lead for a Reality Capture based Construction Progress Monitoring project pilot in collaboration with Apple Inc. Led technology due diligence for startup acquisitions. Conceptualized, built, and shipped an Augmented Reality Layout feature of the PLT300 Robotic Total Station in partnership with Trimble Inc.
Senior Computer Vision Engineer
Phiar Technologies, Inc. – acquired by Google• January 2018 - January 2019• California, USA
Built a computer vision software stack for an augmented reality navigation app aimed at improving driver safety. Helped raise over $3M in seed funding and secured automotive partnerships.
Research Engineer
Vicarious AI – acquired by GoogleX’s Intrinsic• January 2017 - January 2018• California, USA
Spearheaded efforts at the hardware-software interface in a 3D perception stack for intelligent robotic systems.
Software R&D Engineer
Aurora AR – rebranded to Kura Technologies• January 2017 - December 2017• California, USA
Created a surface reconstruction/meshing and plane extraction pipeline for an AR headset.
Machine Vision Intern
Restoration Robotics – IPO 2017• January 2016 - January 2017• California, USA
Leveraged statistical shape models for object detection, and stereo 3D reconstruction in the field of surgical robotics.
Graduate Research Assistant
Robotic Systems Lab, Santa Clara University• January 2015 - December 2015• California USA
Worked on the development of computer vision applications in robotic systems on the Intel Edison platform.
Education
Santa Clara University
MS• September 2014 - September 2016
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, University of Mumbai
BE• January 2010 - January 2014