# Akhil V.

> Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Zipline

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/akhilv

## Work Experience
### Senior Embedded Software Engineer @ Zipline
Jan 2025 – Present | South San Francisco, California, United States

### Embedded Software Engineer @ Zipline
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | South San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Lead @ UBC Thunderbots
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
- Recruited and lead a team of students who work on our AI, introspection tools and robot software
- Developed robot architecture for a new fleet using Jetson Nanos
- Implemented motor control software on embedded linux with the PreemptRT patch for Trinamic TMC4671 and TMC6100 chips in C++
- Worked closely with the electrical team on board bring-up and diagnosing schematic and layout issues
- Developed an AI introspection tool using pyqtgraph to visualize our AI (evaluations, world and robot state)
- Developed a protobuf logging system with seeking and playback, significantly improving debugging

### Software Developer @ UBC Thunderbots
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Developed the TCP/IP communication architecture for the robots on FreeRTOS using lwIP
- Developed a thread-safe parameter system in C++ , to tweak AI game-play during run-time
- Implemented robot behavior and high level strategy (ex. Goalie, Passer, Receiver)

### Embedded Systems Intern @ Zipline
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Embedded Software Engineer Co-op @ Ecoation
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
- Developed a GigE video capture system in C++ using GStreamer pipelines to run efficiently on a Jetson TX2
- Built custom Yocto kernels with out of tree modules and developed drivers for new sensors 
- Developed multiple ROS nodes to support image capture and data capture from on-board sensors, utilizing PyTest and PyMock for test driven development.
- Designed and developed a robot simulator in Python that significantly improved dev and QA workflows


## Education
### Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Computer Engineering
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akhil-v-7097b110a

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Last updated: 2026-04-05