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About

Gist​

  • Interested in Climate Tech.
  • Research Engineer in Robotics at Arrival Automotive.
  • M.Sc Mechatronics at Univeristy of Siegen.
  • B.Tech Mechanical Engineering at SVU, Tirupati.

CV​

Founding Engineer | Forge | November 2023 - April 2024 | Remote

  • Shaped the product from the ground up.
  • Mission centered on simplifying grant writing and enhancing UI/UX for users.
  • Responsibilities included data modeling, product architecture, and full-stack web app development deployed on AWS.
  • Developed an internal PDF chatbot to streamline workflows.
  • Created a context-based chrome extension chatbot leveraging the OPENAI API to enhance the user experience within Google Docs.

Open Source Developer | Climate Tech Handbook | July 2023 - October 2023 | Remote

  • Curated an expansive dataset using advanced web scraping and data collection techniques.
  • Employed advanced analytics using ML to derive actionable insights from the dataset
  • Developing a software tool for real-time climate tech job listings. Guiding newly graduated students in their software development journey.

Climatebase Fellow | Climatebase | May 2023 - July 2023 | Remote

  • Participated in a 12 week climatebase climate career accelerator focused on in-depth teaching on the drawdown solutions.
  • Made substantial software and research contributions to 2 projects poised for funding and growth.

Career Break | Travel | November 2022 - April 2023

  • Visited India and Morocco. Interrailed in Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Software Engineer | Shop3D | November 2022 - December 2022 | Remote

  • Contributed to a friend's startup (part-time), a 3D E-commerce website.

Research Engineer | Arrival | January 2022 - October 2022

  • Prototyped, shipped and maintained a developmental version of a service using FastAPI and Kubernetes that fetches the data of the assembly components.
  • Automated data extraction from designs using Fusion360 API.
  • Data Modeling, Extraction and Validation.
  • One of the contributors of our Auto-Assembly research project.

Junior Computer Vision Engineer | Arrival | October 2019 - December 2022

  • Reproduced the results of MeshCNN and used Spotifys annoy to find the nearest neighbors of a given 3D-Model from indexed models.
  • One of the contributors of our Deep Reinforcement Learning research project.

Graduate Research Assistant | University of Siegen | Oct 2018 - Sep 2019

  • Worked on 2D-localisation and system identification of KUKAs soft end-effector using Aruco markers in the department of Automatic control and Mechatronics.

Reflections​

I am grateful for the opportunities that have shaped my path towards contributing to ClimateTech.

🔬 Academics: As a Student Research Assistant at the University of Siegen, I collaborated with inspiring mentors like Tim Decker, Prof. Michael Möller, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert Roth, and Omar Gamal. My master thesis involved creating a device to assist visually impaired individuals, which sparked my passion for impactful research.

⚙️ Industry Experience: As a Research Engineer in Robotics at Arrival UK allowed me to dive into state-of-the-art Machine Learning Algorithms within the realm of robotics. As part of a talented team, we explored fascinating projects, leading to the publication of two research papers.

💼 Entrepreneurial Endeavor: I briefly explored the startup space, contributing to a friend's startup. It was an invaluable experience that exposed me to the business side of technology ventures.

🌍 A Call to Climate Action: Motivated by the pressing climate emergency, I recently joined a climate cohort for three transformative months. This experience deepened my understanding and conviction that technology plays a crucial role in driving positive change.

I firmly believe that there is still much to learn and achieve in the field of ClimateTech. I am eager to collaborate with fellow professionals and explore innovative solutions that make a real impact.

If you share a similar vision and are passionate about ClimateTech, I would be happy to connect and explore ways we can contribute together.