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Pranav User

@pranavk-2003

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Robotics software engineer specializing in autonomous systems, sim-to-real, and robot learning.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek hands-on roles in autonomous systems or robot learning where I can drive sim-to-real deployment, build robust perception and control stacks, and contribute to open-source robotics while growing technically.

I am a robotics software engineer focused on autonomous mobile robots, manipulation, and simulation-to-real deployment. I build end-to-end robotics systems integrating perception, planning, and motor control across legged, wheeled, and manipulator platforms.

My hands-on experience includes ROS 2, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Nav2, and Autoware, and I have commissioned hardware from motor controllers through CAN bus to reliable closed-loop odometry. I have prototyped mobile manipulation pipelines and architected AMR navigation stacks for sim-to-real transfer.

I have implemented imitation learning pipelines (ACT, Diffusion Policy) trained on CUDA GPUs, established sensor-fusion stacks combining LiDAR, IMU and depth, and contributed a bug fix to the ROS 2 Navigation2 open-source project. I also deployed Autoware on an F1TENTH and produced Autoware-compatible vector maps for localization accuracy.

I pursue roles in autonomous systems, robot learning, and full-stack robotics software development where I can apply my simulation, perception, and control expertise to deliver robust real-world robot behavior.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Robotics Software Engineer

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Neural Foundry

Feb 2026 - Present (1 month)

Commissioned a differential-drive robot using ODrive S1 with CAN bus and velocity PID tuning to achieve reliable closed-loop odometry, and designed AMR navigation pipelines in NVIDIA Isaac Sim with ROS 2 integration to enable sim-to-real transfer; architecting a mobile manipulation platform integrating a 6-DOF arm for pick-and-place prototyping.

ROS ODrive S1 Sim To Real

Robotics Software Engineer

Nxtwave Disruptive Technologies

Jun 2025 - Jan 2026 (7 months)

Extended a ROS 2 SDK for Unitree Go2 enabling WebRTC and CycloneDDS connectivity, implemented serial control for a 6-DOF manipulator with real-time FK, collected 50+ demonstration episodes to train ACT and Diffusion Policy models, and deployed Autoware on an F1TENTH for validated indoor autonomous navigation.

ROS Autoware Imitation Learning ACT WebRTC CycloneDDS

Robotics Lead

MES Wadia College of Engineering

Feb 2024 - Jul 2024 (5 months)

Led R&D for a two-robot Robocon team, integrating closed-loop motor control and custom firmware to improve motion accuracy and provisioned a ROS 2 stack with URDF, encoder odometry, LiDAR, IMU and Gazebo simulation for pre-competition testing.

ROS Gazebo Motor Control Firmware LiDAR IMU

Electronics Intern

Canspirit AI

Mar 2024 - May 2024 (2 months)

Connected IoT sensor nodes to Arduino Cloud for real-time data acquisition and developed cross-platform Python logging pipelines to streamline data storage and downstream analysis.

IoT Arduino Cloud Python Logging Embedded Systems Sensor Integration

Embedded Systems Developer

Indkarta LLP

Oct 2023 - Jan 2024 (3 months)

Engineered embedded systems for automated medication processing including custom PCB design in KiCad and firmware development from prototype through field testing for clinical environments.

Firmware Development PCB Design KiCad Product Development Hardware Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

M.E.S Wadia College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications

2021 - 2025

Grade: First Class

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications completed with First Class, covering embedded systems, robotics, and sensor fusion coursework.