# Megha Veerendra

> SLAM @ Cobot

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/meghaveerendra

Robotics Software Engineer with expertise in ROS/ROS2, Linux kernel customization, and SLAM-based localization. Experienced in developing, scaling, and maintaining platform infrastructure for fleets of autonomous robots, integrating complex sensor systems, and implementing Over-the-Air (OTA) update pipelines for reliable field deployment. Skilled in C++, Python, and simulation tools such as Gazebo and NVIDIA Isaac Sim. Passionate about building high-reliability, production-grade robotics systems for scalable deployment on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Collaborative Robotics
Jan 2023 – Present | Santa Clara, CA

### Robotics Software Engineer @ Knightscope
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States
-Worked on ROS with the Lead Engineer to set up mapping, localization using AMCL, motion planning, robot perception and SLAM based navigation for new mobile robot type.
- Setup simulation for the latest version of security robots using Gazebo and ROS to emulate robot navigation, localization, obstacle avoidance, docking and charging.
- Engineered alert systems for autonomous security robots to detect robot tilting and Velodyne blinded conditions; reduced
operational cost for the company by 8%.
- Built custom ROS drivers for data acquisition from proximity sensors (critical component of robot obstacle layer).
- Integrated critical alerts and obstacle layer to create a stop aggregator and send stop signals to the robot motor when the robot is in danger of collision, or its sensors are covered.
- Implemented and setup up low latency service cameras (using ROS) on autonomous robot to provide better assistance for tele-operation. Integrated newly developed service camera node with robot visualizer (RVIZ); reduced operational cost by 12%.
- Designed and implemented finite state machine to detect manual robot charging state with faulty joystick conditions.
- Spearheaded dev testing of navigation stack, audio, and video for latest version of autonomous security robots.

### Robotics Engineering Intern @ Knightscope
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
-Worked on setting up robot navigation, mapping and localization  prototypes on Knightscope's security robots using NVIDIA Issac SDK to asses the feasibility of using NVIDIA Issac over ROS
-Explore NVIDIA Issac Sim's simulation capabilities to set up simulation for Knightscope's security robots.

### Project Assistant @ Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bangalore
- Led a group of three to design and implement an automated system on chip (SOC) traverse system to obtain velocity profile of test
section in a wind tunnel using a combination of Arduino and LabVIEW .
- Developed an automatic pitch, roll, yaw mechanism for calibration of hot-wires and five-hole probes.
- Developed a 40-channel data logger for data acquisition from pressure sensor rake; logger implemented using LabVIEW and
ARM M3 controller.
- Calibrated hot wires: obtained a linearized relation between voltage output and velocity of air in wind tunnel using king’s law.

### Electrical Engineering Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Bangalore
- Engineered a state estimator on an embedded controller (in embedded C & ARM M3) for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
New York University

### Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bangalore Institute of Technology

### ISC in Science
Sophia High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/meghaveer

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Last updated: 2026-03-29