# Anchit Sood > Shaping the future of Robotics | A decade of modeling and solving the mathematical problems of our age Location: Mountain View, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anchit Passionate about building tech to meaningfully address the world's challenges and improve quality of life. Currently making a dent in the Robotics universe. Come say hi! Anchit excels at: • Designing and writing performant, instrumentable software satisfying real-time constraints • Building scalable robotics solutions and carrying them from ideation through mass production • Integrating safety and compliance from the ground up by design into robotics concepts and applications • Implementing collaborative agile processes that make solution delivery predictable and effective ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Fulfil Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States ### Senior Robotics Software Engineer @ Aescape Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States • Experience implementing and debugging low-latency codebases and optimizing for performance • Working knowledge of C++ threading models, linux networking, kernels, IPC, CPU scheduling, containers • Designed and implemented EtherCAT software drivers for real-time control of a linear stage (C++) • Developed and productionalized AUTOSAR conforming software controllers (C++) for 7-DOF robotic arms • Led cross-functional software transition from ROS to ROS2, validated against user experience metrics • Key contributor in implementing and integrating Aescape's motion planning toolchain • Well versed with designing data pipelines for developer insights into performance and bottlenecks ### Senior Robotics Engineer - Software & Automation @ BACA Systems Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Lake Orion, Michigan, United States Lead developer for CAM software for the RoboSawJet™ and RoboLution™ products • Led CAM software architecture redesign geared towards performance and UX improvements • Managed a team of 3 for development and expansion of in-house CAM software RoboCut™ • Closely involved in customer feedback based feature development and bug fixes • Currently in-charge of software maintenance and release management • Over 2 years of Scrum experience, comfortable with Agile software development • Keywords: C#, C++, WPF, MVC, MVVM Lead robotics engineer for the RoboLution™ product • Developed efficient inverse kinematic models for robot tools, for upto 60% faster path planning • Generated ultra-fast post processors for multiple end-effectors based on kinematic models • Created automatic path correction & singularity avoidance algorithms - no user input required • Generated intelligent robot motion routines which use external axes to handle path anomalies • Well versed with robot simulation tools, extensive experience in Visual Components & KUKA.Sim • Over 4 years of experience in robot arm and end-effector motion planning & manipulation • Keywords: Inverse kinematics, singularity & overspeed detection, quaternion algebra, toolpathing ### Robotics Engineer @ BACA Systems Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Lake Orion, Michigan Lead mechanical design & electrical engineer for new version of the RoboSawJet™ product • Redesigned compact control cabinet for space (40%) and cost saving (15%) • Generated electrical schematic prints and electrical assembly instructions resulting in reduction in assembly time from 20 hours to 6 hours per robot system • Spearheaded company effort towards universal UL, CSA and CE certifications • Actively involved in mechanical design and FEA of end-of-arm-tooling for robot products • Implemented functional operator safety circuits per RIA specifications Software developer for CAM software for the RoboSawJet™ product • Led a team of 4 software developers in the refactor and overhaul of CAM software RoboCut™ • Involved in frontend and backend design of the software architecture for performance • Implemented auto-updates and license & access control • Currently in-charge of software maintenance ### Intern @ RoadBotics Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Area ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 • Teaching assistant for the course Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (18-614) • Worked with course instructor for instruction and implementation of course tools • Aided in the instruction of COMSOL Multiphysics • Held weekly office hours to assist students grasp course concepts better ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 • Teaching assistant for the course Finite Element Method in Mechanics 1 (24-755) • Worked with course instructor for instruction and implementation of course tools and knowledge • Held weekly office hours to assist students grasp course concepts better ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 • Teaching assistant for the course Engineering Optimization (24-785) • Aided in the instruction of MATLAB coding • Held weekly office hours to assist students grasp course concepts better ### CAD Software Regression Test Engineer @ ANSYS, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area • Worked on the Electronics Desktop (including HFSS) software suite of ANSYS, as member of the Electronics Business Unit (San Jose) in the MCAD group • Involved in code development and testing for three Electronics Desktop features, facilitating manipulation of CAD models • Gained first hand industry level agile software development experience, supplemented with hands on code writing ### CAD Software Developer @ Geometric Limited Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Mumbai • Worked in the Feature Recognition product development department • Researched possible improvements to User Defined Feature Recognition module of in house CAD software • Involved in code development and testing phase for 2 projects intended to improve customer experience and satisfaction ### Logistics Head @ Placement Unit, BITS Pilani Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Pilani • Logistics Head at Placement Unit (Career Center) at BITS Pilani • Managed companies and oversaw job fair logistics for over 70 recruiters & 950 students • Worked with 11 team members in collaboration with university authorities to enhance university-industry relationship ### Recruitment Consultant Intern @ Teamsoft Technologies Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Santa Clara, California, USA Project title: Innovative recruitment process in US IT consulting companies. • Involved in the HR hiring and recruitment department of the company • Observed and documented the recruitment processes followed in US IT companies • Contrasted the same with the processes followed in India • Acted as recruitment consultant, suggesting better means of shortlisting and recruiting candidates ### Research Intern @ Divgi-Warner Private Limited Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Project title: Heat Treatment Distortion Study of Gear Components. • Documented the variation in dimensions of various components (manufactured by Divgi Waner Pvt. Ltd. including flanges, gears, camshafts and crankshafts) as a result of heat treatment • Proposed empirical relations for expected change in dimensions due to heat treatment • Incorporated statistical methods and thermal expansion concepts for the same ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ### AISSCE in CBSE, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Sri Guru Gobind Singh Collegiate Public School, Chandigarh ### AISCE in CBSE Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/soodanchit - Website: https://github.com/anchitsood --- Source: https://flows.cv/anchit JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anchit/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01