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Machine Vision Expert | Engineering Intelligent Machines

About

I thrive at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and real-world impact. I have delivered impactful solutions across diverse sectors like Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Healthcare and Defense. My passion lies in fostering strong collaborations between Research, Engineering, and Business stakeholders from different domains to translate complex AI concepts into transformative solutions that drive innovation and create lasting value. I'm open to discuss your challenges, thoughts and ideas. Let's collaborate to create a transformation.

Location

Pune Division

AI stack

cursor

gemini

hermes agent

hugging face

notebooklm

ollama

opencode

hermesagent

huggingface

CrewAI

Firecrawl

FLUX

LiteLLM

llama.cpp

Napkin AI

OpenRouter

Phind

Qwen

Work experience

Manager of Artificial Intelligence at Griffyn Robotech Pvt. Ltd. - A Phoenix Group Company, Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, ➣Steer an 18-member team tasked with the development of these projects: ☞Merlin – A DLOps tool for internal use developed using Open-Source technology ☞NLP – Named Entity Recognition for filling knowledge gaps ☞On Edge Deep Learning model deployment using Xilinx Kria System-on-Module ☞Using Nvidia DeepStream pipeline to deploy optimised machine vision applications using Nvidia Jetson Nano and Jetson Xavier ☞Sensor Fusion of Depth Measurement from Laser Profiler with Image ☞Drone Detection ➣Obtain business requirements to execute AI projects within the given deadlines ➣Understand the scope and risk to allocate resources and monitor the execution ➣Review and remove project-related roadblocks/issues and manage inter-dependencies ➣Design the technical architecture for development purposes ➣Strategize model performance improvement through hyperparameter tuning, algorithm selection, and data preprocessing

Asistant Technical Manager of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at Griffyn Robotech Pvt. Ltd. - A Phoenix Group Company, Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, ➣Directed a team of 5 Machine Vision Engineers in the design, development, testing and delivery of various machine vision projects using CNN in PyTorch and OpenCV, including OCR, object detection, anomaly segmentation, etc. ➣Successfully, deployed 4+ projects using Python with integration with Vision, PLC, and User Application that slashed the overall development time by 50% (from 4 weeks to 2 weeks)

Senior Product Engineer at Griffyn Robotech Pvt. Ltd. - A Phoenix Group Company, Apr 2018 - Mar 2021 · 3 yrs, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, ☞Deepsight (Prototype): ➣Steered a team of 4 Developers, including 2 Machine Vision and 2 Robotics Engineers, that developed a prototype using U-Net in TensorFlow ➣Led the design of a sophisticated architecture for the system based on extensive research and experimentation ➣Designed the Deepsight automation cycle, developed and tested in just 3 months, culminating in effective defect detection in mobile device manufacturing ☞Deepsight (Product): ➣Accomplished a 60-second cycle time per mobile phone through a team of 3 Machine Vision Engineers ➣Successfully, deployed the machine and finished on-site trials in the U.S ➣Secured a U.S patent for image processing-based inspection and grading system

Software Developer – Image Processing at Xcaliber Infotech Pvt. Ltd. - A Phoenix Group Company, Jul 2017 - Mar 2018 · 9 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, ☞ALPR: ➣Developed the application in Python using OpenCV and Tesseract technologies ➣Trained Haar Cascade classifier for license plate segmentation ☞Display Diagnostics: ➣Developed a mobile display diagnostic prototype using image processing that met the required criteria ➣Built a robotic system with Arduino and Stepper Motors ➣Conducted research and designed a robust vision system for image acquisition. Applauded by the CEO for successful completion ☞C++ Bindings for Python: ➣Developed C++ bindings for Python using PyBoost to enable deployment of CUDA-supported OpenCV libraries on the graphics processing units, improving performance and enhancing usability for machine learning and computer vision applications, providing a faster solution for processing large-scale images and videos

MATLAB Engineer at Opulent Infotech Private Limited, Aug 2016 - Jun 2017 · 11 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Played a crucial role in the success of these projects: ☞Fruit Classification ☞Diabetes Retinopathy ☞Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) Tracking ☞Control System Simulation Model ➣Created Simulink models for Control System problems, enabling accurate analysis of various systems ➣Researched optimum control strategy for different types of systems, improving performance and efficiency ➣Demonstrated expertise in assembly processes to create accurate simulation models and verified mathematical models of systems ➣Simulated effects of PID coefficients on systems, providing valuable insights into system behaviour and performance ➣Implemented computer vision research papers using MATLAB's image processing toolbox, resulting in advanced image recognition algorithms

Education

Master of Technology - MTech, Automotive Electronics, Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics Engineering, University of Mumbai