I'm a mechanical engineer driven by a passion for building hardware that has a positive impact on the world. If anything in my profile interests you, feel free to reach out to me at im.rahuls09@gmail.com!

Experience

1XProduct Design Engineering Intern

2026 — Now

Palo Alto, California, United States

StealthMechanical Design Engineering Intern

2025 — 2026

Palo Alto, California, United States

designed and shipped subsystems for a humanoid robot.

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUndergraduate Research Assistant

2024 — 2025

soft robotics lab.

invited to present published research on the use of gelatin to improve medical simulation tools at the Design of Medical Devices conference.

Commonwealth Fusion SystemsR&D Mechanical Engineering Intern

2024 — 2024

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

de-risked the design of superconducting magnets for the SPARC tokamak.

SharkNinjaMechanical Engineering Co-Op

2023 — 2023

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

prototyped novel subsystems and conducted design validation testing for the Ninja Thirsti.

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science - BS

GEMS Education

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Education

Bachelor of Science - BS

Experience