Abishalini Sivaraman
Robotics Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbishalini Sivaraman is a robotics software engineer with 9 years of experience building perception, control, and application-level systems for real-world robots. With a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M, she blends hardware-aware systems thinking with software expertise in C++, ROS2, Qt/QML, and sensor fusion. She contributed to the high-profile moveit2 project—porting pose-tracking features in moveit_servo—demonstrating hands-on experience with motion control for ROS 2 ecosystems. Her background includes leading a 40-person AUV build to RoboSub semi-finals and mentoring multiple university capstone teams, highlighting strengths in project management, training, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Now based in Sunnyvale and currently at Ford, she is actively exploring VR and reinforcement learning to bring richer perception and control capabilities to robotic platforms. Colleagues describe her as a fast learner who enjoys translating research ideas into robust, production-ready code.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree Robotics Software Engineer, Nanodegree Robotics Software Engineer at UdacityMaster of Engineering - MS Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MS Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
English, Tamil, Hindi
Github Skills (7)
robotics10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
kinematics9
moveit8
api-design7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
moveit/moveit2
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
:robot: MoveIt for ROS 2
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:92 reviews, 37 commits, 52 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Abishalini contributed to the `moveit2` repository, which is designed for ROS 2. The primary focus of the user's contributions revolves around `moveit_servo`, including the porting of pose tracking functionalities. The code changes demonstrate the addition of new parameters, and modification of existing code. The user worked on the `pose_tracking.cpp` file and implemented features related to the movement of the robot.
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Abishalini/moveit2
Dec 2020 - Jun 2024
:robot: MoveIt for ROS 2.0
Contributions:6 PRs, 202 pushes, 79 branches in 3 years 7 months
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