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.
9 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 (44)
object-tracking10
pytorch10
python10
image-classification10
semantic-segmentation10
machine-learning10
yolov810
deep-learning10
instance-segmentation10
pose-estimation10
object-detection10
computer-vision10
ultralytics10
segmentation8
bias-detection8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nikunjlad/Coding-Playground
Feb 2019 - Jul 2025
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 6 years 6 months
nikunjlad/pyimagesearch-university
Sep 2022 - May 2026
Lessons, assignments, codes and projects related to PyimageSearch University
Contributions:6 PRs, 29 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
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