Rishi Verma
Lead Mechanical Engineer Edge Compute & Comms at Anduril Industries
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRishi Verma is a Lead Mechanical Engineer with 14 years of experience designing electronics packaging and sensors for high-stakes applications from spaceflight to autonomous vehicles and defense systems. He combines first-principles engineering with entrepreneurial instincts—co-founding a consumer robotics startup and leading cross-functional hardware programs at Lockheed Martin, Zoox, Cruise, and now Anduril. Known for shipping complex electromechanical products quickly, he focuses on DFMA, thermal and EMI-aware enclosures, rapid prototyping, and vehicle integration. His work spans hands-on CAD, FEA, and production qualification through to program management and vendor coordination. Based in Los Angeles, he also lists an architect role at NASA-JPL on GitHub, reflecting a curiosity-driven engagement with cutting-edge aerospace projects. Rishi aims to create products that seamlessly integrate into users’ lives while meeting rigorous performance, cost, and schedule constraints.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Aliso Niguel High SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA (stopped out), Master of Business Administration - MBA (stopped out) at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessAssociate's degree Physics, Associate's degree Physics at Saddleback College
English, Hindi, Spanish
Github Skills (152)
perl10
jpl10
governance10
slim10
rendering10
software-lifecycle10
java10
documentation10
lifecycle10
terrain10
tiles9
threejs9
gis9
renderer9
geometry9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
riverma/riverma.github.io
Nov 2017 - Nov 2024
Personal website repository
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 1 month
javascriptreact
riverma/slim
Feb 2022 - Jan 2024
Software Lifecycle Improvement & Modernization (SLIM) https://nasa-ammos.github.io/slim/
Contributions:13 PRs, 37 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 10 months
lifecyclemodernizationslimnasaimprovement
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