Summary
Mahir Patel is a multidisciplinary engineering leader and Director of Research Development at BU Venture Capital Group, blending a decade of hands-on experience across embedded hardware, full-stack software, and data-driven projects. Currently balancing leadership roles in university tech organizations and motorsport embedded systems, he builds pragmatic solutions from Arduino and STM32 prototypes to MERN-stack applications that have won hackathons. He has taught and designed pre-college engineering curricula, bringing rare instructional design experience to technical program leadership. Notable projects include safety interlocks for motorsport and EV telemetry, plus a runner-up microprocessing pitch during an industrial internship—evidence of both technical depth and product-facing communication. Based in Boston and studying Electrical & Electronics Engineering at BU, he thrives at the intersection of research, teaching, and applied engineering. He’s particularly drawn to problems that require bridging physical systems and software, whether for competition, education, or venture-backed innovation.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Boston University College of Engineering
High School Diploma Engineering Science, High School Diploma Engineering Science at Essar International School - India
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit