Nikunj Lad
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Knightscope
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolNikunj Lad is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with nine years of experience building end-to-end ML and computer vision systems, currently designing real-time object detection pipelines for Knightscope’s K5 robot. He blends hands-on production skills—data aggregation, annotation, scalable data loaders, dockerized microservices, and NVIDIA-optimized inference—with a research mindset honed at Northeastern and early academic projects that achieved state-of-the-art results in medical and audio diagnostics. Nikunj has reduced latency in production deployments and delivered multi-threaded GPU inference solutions, demonstrating both systems-level optimization and algorithmic rigor. A founding member and advisor of NEU AI Skunkworks, he has mentored 100+ students and runs workshops that translate research into practical projects. Comfortable wearing multiple hats in startups, he pairs empathy for user problems with curiosity (currently learning French) and a passion for teaching as a way to deepen expertise.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Telecommunication, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Telecommunication at KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, VidyaviharMaster of Science - MS, Information Systems, Master of Science - MS, Information Systems at Northeastern University
French, English, Hindi, Gujarati, German
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Github Skills (54)
computer-vision8
object-detection8
cli8
discrimination8
r7
image-classification7
pytorch7
bias-detection7
machine-learning7
pose-estimation7
deep-learning7
python7
nvidia6
segmentation6
image-recognition6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nikunjlad/3D-Object-Classification-Using-Capsule-Networks
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:32 PRs, 48 pushes, 22 branches in 1 month
nikunjlad/nikunjlad
Aug 2020 - Apr 2024
Contributions:91 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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