# Sanjuksha Nirgude > Senior Robotics Software Engineer | Women in Robotics Organizer| Simulation | Controls| Behavior Planning| Aerial Robotics Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sanjuksha Self-driven and ambitious Robotics Engineer working in an interdisciplinary team on real-world aerial robotics applications. Writing complex algorithms and production-level code in a collaborative and fast-paced environment every day. Skills: Languages: C++, Python, MATLAB, HTML Softwares: ROS, Linux, Git, Gazebo, Rviz, Latex, Doxygen, SolidWorks, MoveIt Libraries & packages: PyTorch, OpenCV, TensorFlow, Keras, GTest Courses & Concepts: Localization, Path Planning, Perception, Algorithms, Mobile Robotics, Robot Controls & Dynamics, Swarm Intelligence, AI, OOP, SLAM, CARLA, Behavior Trees, Autonomous Driving, Obstacle Avoidance, Navigation, Data Structures, RabbitMQ, Sensor Fusion, State Machines, Triaging, Debugging, PubSub Resume: https://sanjuksha.github.io/Sanjuksha_Nirgude_resume.pdf (Please connect for full/most recent resume.) Portfolio : https://sanjuksha.github.io/index.html Github: https://github.com/sanjuksha ## Work Experience ### Senior Robotics Software Engineer @ Nightingale Security Jan 2024 – Present | California, United States - Architected and deployed production-grade drone simulation environments, enabling safe testing, rapid development, and high-stakes demonstrations for defense and public-sector customers while reducing reliance on physical hardware and lowering operational risk. - Led end-to-end drone provisioning and deployment readiness, including automation workflows, standardized documentation, and internal training, eliminating single-point dependencies and improving operational consistency at scale. - Technical owner for ATAK system integrations with autonomous drones, supporting defense and security customers through system upgrades, field deployments, and multi-drone control from a single operator interface. - Delivered sustained, high-priority technical support for mission-critical operations across defense, law-enforcement, and energy customers, including direct technical coordination, training, and live operational support. - Designed and implemented a structured customer-support and on-call model, improving response efficiency, workload fairness, and team scalability while enabling engineers to independently own defense and security customer accounts. - Enabled team scalability through mentoring, documentation, and knowledge transfer, serving as a trusted escalation point during critical operational incidents. -Contributed to hiring and team growth through resume screening, interview planning, and technical evaluations. ### Senior Simulation Developer @ Clearpath Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ->Developed simulations of robots in Gazebo using AWS EC2 instances for real-world applications. ->Imported robot STL models into simulation, enabling dynamic parameter changes to modify robot functionality. ->Led the planning and implementation of a new pallet pick-and-place feature for a project. ->Delivered presentations to executives, effectively communicating project progress and feature implementation details. ->Acted as a point of contact and triage person for the team, addressing issues from other teams and stakeholders promptly and creating tickets for further team attention. ->Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges, ensuring seamless project execution and delivery. ### Software Engineer Robotics @ Open Robotics Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ->Successfully verified and executed build instructions and tutorials for ROS/Gazebo (garden release), demonstrating a deep understanding of Gazebo package architecture. ->Implemented bug fixes in Gazebo rendering packages specifically addressing lens flare issues originating from wide-angle camera, as a part of the NASA VIPER team. ->Conducted thorough code reviews and comprehensive testing of contributions from individual open-source contributors to gazebosim, ensuring code quality and reliability. ### Advanced Controls Engineer @ Symbotic Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater Boston Area • Working on automated mobile robots for warehouse automation. • Development and deployment of pick/place algorithms. • Working in a test driven environment while collaborating with the test team to validate algorithms. • Implementing features for improving pick/place ability by programming, unit testing, debugging and troubleshooting. ### Robotics Intern @ Waypoint Robotics, Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Nashua, NH • Developed various behaviors in the mobile robot, which involved the use of LIDAR data, digital IO and robot motion to provide feedback to bystanders about the robot's intention. • Implemented motion planning algorithms to extend the capabilities of the robot. • Expanded the robot's programming environment functionality, including the contribution of new elements to the Graphical User Interface. • Took part in the assembly of mobile robots. • Integrated machine vision hardware and software that leveraged deep learning and enabled live Natural Interaction-type control of the robot based on video input. ### Machine Learning Intern @ CereLabs Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Mumbai Area, India -Demonstrated application of Reinforcement Learning(RL) method, specifically the Q-learning algorithm by making a crawling robot move towards a wall by itself. - Manufactured and trained the CURL(Crawling using RL) robot using Raspberry Pi as the controller and implemented the algorithm in Python. ### Robotics and Automation Trainee @ Interned at AICRA (All India council of Robotics and Automation) Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 ## Education ### Master's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute ### Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sanjuksha --- Source: https://flows.cv/sanjuksha JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sanjuksha/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01