Yathartha Tuladhar
Sr. Technical Program Manager, Simulation
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYathartha Tuladhar is a Sr. Technical Program Manager specializing in simulation for robotics and autonomous systems, with 7+ years spanning simulation, autonomy behaviors, planning, control, perception evaluation, and reinforcement learning. He has designed and led development of RL training simulators and both open-loop and closed-loop V&V environments used for large-scale autonomy testing, and has hands-on experience shaping system architecture while mentoring engineering teams. His background blends research-grade multiagent and RL work from Oregon State with production autonomy at Torc and contributions to the widely used ROS2 Navigation2 stack, where he refactored planners and controllers. Comfortable operating at the intersection of technical depth, product strategy, and cross-functional delivery, he drives simulation roadmaps, cloud evaluation pipelines, and reproducible metrics for autonomy verification. Based in Blacksburg, VA, he maintains a developer’s mindset even in senior program roles and requires no US sponsorship.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at The University of Texas at ArlingtonMaster of Science - MS, Robotics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics at Oregon State University
English, Nepali, Hindi, old newari
Github Skills (14)
plugin-development10
led-controller10
controls10
navigationbar10
c-language10
robotics10
controller-advice10
cprogramming-language10
controller10
ros10
navigation-drawer10
navigationview10
refactor9
refactoring9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ros-navigation/navigation2
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
ROS 2 Navigation Framework and System
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 17 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Yathartha primarily focused on refactoring and reorganizing the navigation2 codebase. They made changes to the controller and local planner implementations. The user also introduced a new controller and cleaned up obsolete files. Furthermore, the user updated plugin dependencies and refactored the code to use plugins correctly, demonstrating a strong understanding of the codebase's architecture.
roboticsros2autonomous-robotsrosnavigation
yathartha3/navigation2
Jul 2019 - Jan 2020
ROS2 Navigation
Contributions:75 pushes, 19 branches in 6 months
roboticsrosros2navigation
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