Summary
Heethesh Vhavle is a Senior Engineering Manager leading the Perception Group at Aeva, with nine years of experience building real-time perception and CLAMS systems for FMCW LiDARs in autonomous driving. A Carnegie Mellon MRSD graduate, he blends academic rigor in robotics and SLAM with hands-on production engineering across roles from intern to TLM. Heethesh’s work spans perception, vision and graphics, VFX-influenced imaging, and infrastructure—bringing cinematic attention to sensor fusion and visual fidelity. Known for advancing state-of-the-art real-time systems, he bridges research and product delivery while mentoring teams to ship robust, low-latency solutions. Based in Mountain View, he pairs deep domain expertise with an appetite for LLMs and tooling that scale perception engineering.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Robotic Systems Development (MRSD), Master of Science (MS) Robotic Systems Development (MRSD) at Carnegie Mellon University
French, Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, English