Ashwin Kuruttukulam
Staff Robotics Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolAshwin Kuruttukulam is a Staff Robotics Software Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience building aerial and autonomous systems, currently based in Sunnyvale and working at NVIDIA. He combines strong ROS, C++ and Python expertise with graduate-level training in control, perception, planning and computer vision from the University of Maryland. Prior roles include leading software development at Airgility and advising youth robotics programs, reflecting a blend of product delivery and community mentorship. His background spans research and applied engineering across academia and industry, with early work at IIIT Hyderabad and research assistantships at UMD. Actively seeking part-time opportunities in aerial robotics, he brings practical systems-building experience alongside a deepening academic focus in autonomy. Notably, he moved quickly from lead engineer roles into senior and staff positions at a major robotics platform company, signaling rapid technical growth and impact.
3 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, Bachelor’s Degree Applied Electronics and Instrumentation at College of Engineering TrivandrumMasters in Engineering Robotics, Masters in Engineering Robotics at University of MarylandHigh School Physics Chemistry Mathematics Computer Science, High School Physics Chemistry Mathematics Computer Science at The Choice School
English, Malayalam, Hindi
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Github Skills (41)
robotics10
jetson10
robot10
representations10
nvidia10
pose9
reinforcement-learning9
simulation9
environmental9
bidirectional9
sdf9
autonomous-robots9
ros9
scene8
voxel-engine8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ashwinvkNV/mimicgen
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
This code corresponds to simulation environments used as part of the MimicGen project.
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
ashwinvkNV/robomimic
Sep 2024 - Sep 2024
robomimic: A Modular Framework for Robot Learning from Demonstration
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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