Professional Experience

Experience spanning NASA-aligned event-based space autonomy research, reliability-critical defense platforms, backend/data systems, observability, computer vision, and real-time autonomy evaluation.

Research Assistant

Arizona State University - Prof. Dr. Suren Jayasuriya; NASA project with Alphacore Inc. · Tempe, AZ, USA

Jan 2026 - Present

Researching event-based star tracking for high-speed spacecraft attitude estimation under low-SWaP constraints, with emphasis on centroid correction, adaptive uncertainty, and evaluation-driven state estimation.

  • Lead research on the ASU-Alphacore NASA event-based star-tracking project for high-speed spacecraft attitude estimation under low-SWaP constraints.
  • Led development of a centroid-correction algorithm, improving the measurement model from brightness-only correction to a speed-aware and brightness-aware formulation for fast-moving stars.
  • Implemented speed-aware centroid correction with adaptive measurement uncertainty, event batching, centroid extraction, astrometric initialization, and weighted Wahba attitude estimation.
  • Validated the prototype on synthetic star-motion tests and public real-night-sky resources; compared baseline and speed-aware runs on a 3.0 s sequence with 372 batches and about 8.7M events while preserving runtime feasibility.
  • Supported the Phase I proposal submitted to NASA and currently contributing to Phase II technical progress, including experiments, evaluation design, and research/proposal writing.
PythonEvent-Based VisionState EstimationWahba Attitude EstimationAstrometrySynthetic DataLow-SWaP SystemsPerformance Evaluation

Software Executive

Tata Advanced Systems Limited · Mumbai, India

Dec 2021 - June 2024

Built backend and data-intensive software for large, distributed defense platforms with strict reliability, availability, and performance requirements, including Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems and naval projects.

  • Led backend development for the Indian Army's Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS), delivering distributed C/C++ and Python services, data pipelines, and control-plane components across heterogeneous hardware; managed a team of 6 engineers.
  • Designed and documented a reusable Health Monitor SDK for Indian Navy programs (3D-ASR, CMS), standardizing telemetry, diagnostics, fault-detection interfaces, and observability across products.
  • Automated Fire Controller Units for Dhanush, ATAGS, and Pinaka platforms, reducing manual intervention by 75% through deterministic control logic, Python scripting, and repeatable validation workflows.
  • Implemented high-performance data cataloging and processing features in the Ballistic Logix library for ballistic range data, improving processing efficiency by 60% and enabling downstream analytics and model development.
PythonCC++QtDjangoFastAPIMySQLMongoDBLinuxDockerKubernetesObservability

Software Engineering Intern

Softnautics LLP · Pune, India

Jan 2021 - June 2021

Built machine-learning and computer-vision-driven automotive interfaces with real-time data exchange and visualization tooling.

  • Developed a gesture-driven car infotainment prototype using OpenCV and TensorFlow, integrating REST APIs for real-time data exchange and achieving 92% gesture-recognition accuracy.
  • Combined machine learning, computer vision, and data visualization for a real-time automotive interface; profiled and debugged the perception pipeline to resolve latency and performance bottlenecks.
PythonTensorFlowOpenCVREST APIsData Visualization