Prajankya Sonar
Staff Robotics Software Engineer Manager at Ambi Robotics
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolPrajankya Sonar is a Staff Robotics Software Engineer Manager based in Berkeley with 11 years of hands-on experience building production robotics systems, from embedded runtime on Jetson and STM32 to cloud-enabled fleets and full-stack operator tooling. At Ambi Robotics he has progressed from runtime engineer to staff manager, leading robotics software teams that span motion planning, computer vision, swarm navigation and HRI while owning cross-team projects involving cloud, analytics and frontend. He blends deep systems skills in C++/Python and ROS with cloud-native practices (Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD) and embedded PCB/firmware experience, enabling end-to-end delivery from sensor to service. Prajankya’s background includes managing large multi-disciplinary teams for warehouse and industrial robots and a master’s in robotics, giving him rare fluency across research, productization and operations. A practical generalist, he’s focused on scalable, 24x7 production reliability and remote-debugging infrastructures that keep robotic fleets running in real-world environments.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Robotics, Master's degree Robotics at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteBachelor's Degree Automation and Robotics Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Automation and Robotics Engineering at B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology
Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, English
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Github Skills (64)
controlled9
node-red9
robot9
ros9
python8
deep-learning8
machine-learning8
robotics8
meta7
tensorflow7
agriculture7
openembedded7
operating-system7
client-library7
snappy6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
prajankya/Infocell
Jul 2016 - Oct 2018
BVBCET Infocell Website
Contributions:104 PRs, 289 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 3 months
prajankya/ros-mobile-robot
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:36 commits, 13 pushes, 6 tags in 2 months
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