# Shashank V Raghavan ⚙️🦾

> Physical AI | Robotics Systems | Systems Architecture & Integration | Intelligent Machines | Product & Engineering Leadership

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Profile: https://flows.cv/shashankvraghavan

🚀 My superpower is Tenacity 🎯
 My mantra: Learn It All 📝
 
📈 Guiding principle: Stick to the plan, not to your mood. 🧭
 
I’m deeply passionate about Physical AI, robotics, and emerging technologies, with a strong interest in engineering leadership and product development. I enjoy exploring complex systems, learning continuously, and building solutions that bridge advanced technology with real-world impact.

Disclaimer:
 
The insights and perspectives shared here stem from my personal experience, research, and creativity. They are expressed independently and should not be interpreted as representing the views or positions of any organization with which I am or have been associated.

## Work Experience
### Technical Program Manager – Robotics & Autonomous Systems @ Upwork
Jan 2025 – Present
• Owned execution of robotics and autonomous vehicle programs spanning hardware, software, perception, and validation.
• Built and drove integrated program plans, aligning engineering execution with product and delivery milestones.
• Led cross-functional teams across autonomy, controls, embedded systems, and test engineering.
• Drove system integration and validation readiness, ensuring quality, safety, and schedule alignment.
• Proactively identified execution risks, unblocked dependencies, and enforced delivery accountability.
• Produced executive-level status reporting, metrics, and program health reviews.

### Ingenii (Data Engineering & Quantum Computing) Community Member @ Ingenii
Jan 2023 – Present
• Submit algorithms to the community.
• Meet and collaborate with quantum scientists.
• Promote and get feedback on projects and papers.
• Engage in discussions, Q&As with industry leaders, Hackathons, and more.
• Build a quantum learning community that has a real impact.

### Quantum Open Source Foundation (QOSF) Community Member @ Quantum Open Source Foundation
Jan 2023 – Present
• Supporting the development and standardization of open tools for quantum computing.
• Pursue activities and financial support related to the exploration of upcoming open-source software for fault-tolerant universal quantum computers on the scale of hundreds of logical qubits.
• Standardize the low-level hardware interfaces and their compilation to allow for cross-compatibility of quantum programming languages.

### IAENG Community Member @ International Association of Engineers
Jan 2023 – Present

### Global AI Hub Community Member @ Global AI Hub
Jan 2022 – Present
• Global AI Hub is a Swiss-based leading global community for AI education and AI career opportunities.
• We aim to educate 10M AI talents globally.

### IEEE Community Member @ IEEE
Jan 2017 – Present

### Founding Electrical Engineer @ QOSMIC
Jan 2026 – Jan 2026 | Bengaluru

### Technical Solutions Architect - AI-assisted Hardware Development @ Wizerr AI
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, CA

### Growth Product Manager, AI Tools @ Stealth AI Startup
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, California, United States
• Owned growth loops for an AI-native product, enhancing user acquisition and retention strategies.  
• Drove experiments to optimize activation, onboarding, and engagement, resulting in a 25% increase in user retention.  
• Collaborated with engineering teams to rapidly test and implement user-facing improvements, reducing feedback cycles by 30%.

### Technical Program Manager, NPI and Manufacturing Production @ Quanergy Solutions Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, California, United States
• Streamlined paths to improve production planning decisions, resource management, and cost savings.
• Coordinated multiple projects, consistently achieving scheduled milestones, and high standards.
• Reviewed project outcomes for refinement of subsequent NPI implementations.
• Coordinated schedules to ensure prompt delivery of client orders.
• Engaged procurement teams for aligning manufacturing output to forecasted demands.
• Reviewed stock quantities, coordinated resource availability adjustments, and implemented pivotal procurement strategies to prevent excesses or shortages.
• Optimized operations for better resource management and higher output.
• Coordinated interdepartmental collaboration among production, finance, procurement, and supply chain teams.
• Implemented data-driven strategies to enhance operational efficiency.

### Manufacturing Test Engineer (LiDAR/Optics) @ Quanergy Solutions Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States
• Executed and sustained testing protocols during new product introductions at Quanergy
• Analyzed and interpreted data with GR&R, Cp/Cpk methodologies.
• Directed standardization and optimization of test processes to boost quality and operational efficiency in production.
• Performed comprehensive product failure assessments.
• Directed every stage of the silicon product journey, ensuring seamless progression from conception to final delivery.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to confirm designs meet DFM, DFT, and DFR standards.
• Spearheaded engineering builds encompassing EVT, DVT, and PVT phases.
• Targeted closure of potential test gaps within vendor and manufacturing workflows.
• Developed sturdy Python programs to streamline testing activities.
• Harnessed Python to develop advanced data analysis frameworks.
• Developed comprehensive test plans for reliability evaluations.
• Performed statistical analysis to extract actionable insights.
• Collaborated with operators on manufacturing, quality, and RMA processes.
• Produced comprehensive PFMEAs and cycle time charts for shared understanding.

### First Human @ bunchpot.xyz
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Producter Community Member @ Producter
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
• Product management tool designed to become customer-driven.
• Meet product leaders in the industry from diverse backgrounds gain insights, and exchange ideas & experiences about product-led growth and product management.

### Hugging Face Transformers Classrooms Member @ Hugging Face
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
• A collaborative environment to learn and build ML-powered applications using free open-source technologies and state-of-the-art models.
• Implement machine learning with Hugging Face tools and collaborate with people easily on datasets, models, and ML demos hosted in the workspace.
• Collaborate with AI experts on research papers and work with the reading group.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant, Digital Logic Design @ University of Virginia
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

### Graduate Research Assistant, Robotics Engineer @ University of Virginia
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Project Title: Strategic Fault Injection for Safety Validation in Cyber-Physical Systems
• CARLA0.9.11 and openpilot0.8.9 environmental setup.
• Test Radar, Lidar, Camera, Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), and Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) modules.
• Perform Fault Injection for two scenarios: Follow the Leading Vehicle and Follow the Leading Vehicle with the Obstacle.
• Programming environment: Python
• Advisor: Dr. Homa Alemzadeh

### Robotics Lab Manager @ University of Bremen
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Bremen
At one of Europe’s leading AI and robotics research institutes, I managed the full technical and operational lifecycle of a cutting-edge robotics lab developing systems in robot perception, motion control, manipulation, and intelligent autonomy. 

• Led cross-functional teams of engineers, researchers, and graduate students to prototype and deploy robotic systems integrating computer vision, learning algorithms, and sensor fusion for real-world manipulation tasks. 
• Owned end-to-end lab operations — from budgeting, vendor management, and infrastructure setup to system validation and safety governance across on- and off-campus sites. 
• Architected process frameworks for experimental repeatability, hardware calibration, and data management, improving research efficiency and reproducibility by 40%. 
• Implemented automation pipelines linking perception sensors, controllers, and simulators to accelerate testing of reinforcement-learning-based motion strategies. 
• Partnered with senior faculty and external collaborators to ensure lab initiatives aligned with IAI’s strategic roadmap on scalable robotic intelligence and autonomous mobility. 
• Championed a culture of technical excellence and safety compliance, positioning the lab as a model facility within the University of Bremen’s AI research ecosystem.

### Graduate Research Assistant, Robotics Engineer @ University of Bremen
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Project Title: Robotics Enabling Fully-Integrated Logistics Lines for Supermarkets (REFILLS)
• Designed, tested, and constructed robots that were productive and safe to operate.
• Sensor integration: Hokuyo LiDAR and Intel RealSense Camera.
• Navigation packages: Base_Local_Planner, move_base, dwa_Local_Planner, Global_Planner, and Search_Based_Planner were implemented in Robot Operating System (ROS).
• Programming environment: C++ and MATLAB.
• Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Alexis Maldonado

### Graduate Research Assistant, Control Systems Engineer @ University of Bremen
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bremen, Bremen, Germany
• Designed and developed PID Controller in a control loop mechanism employing feedback for applications about the closed-loop process plant.
• Controller simulation implemented in MATLAB with handles-structures, using GUIDE as the graphical 
  user interface.
• Design automated testing rigs for laser capture systems
• Programming environment: MATLAB
• Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Merlin Mikulewitsch

### Graduate Research Assistant, Robotics Engineer @ University of Bremen
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bremen, Bremen, Germany
• Dedicated to understanding and augmenting rehabilitation through the application of robotic devices.
• Rehabilitation robotics includes the development of robotic devices tailored for assisting different 
   sensorimotor functions (e.g., arm, hand, spinal), robots are used mainly as therapy aids and assistive 
   devices.
• Design and implement signal processing methods to process information from physiological signals 
   acquired during various human movements.
• Programming environment: MATLAB and C++
• Software platform: CAN-BUS, dSPACE Control Desk.
• Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Oleg Ivlev

### Research and Development Program Manager (Robotics) @ BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Bremen, Bremen, Germany
• Explicit involvement in design and development of Clean Bot, it is a high-efficiency pressure washing, surface cleaning robot that boosts productivity, and doubled ROI and reduced human labor.
• Analyzed data collected from various sources in order to identify areas of improvement or opportunities for growth within the organization's research programs.
• Coordinated internal teams working on different aspects of a single project in order to maintain consistent progress towards completion deadlines.
• Assisted in the preparation of grant proposals by providing accurate data and analysis related to proposed projects.
• Implemented best practices when it comes to managing large scale research projects including budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Negotiated with project stakeholders to obtain resources and materials.
• Created project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
• Prepared comprehensive reports summarizing key findings from completed studies as well as recommendations for future action.

### Safety Instrumented Systems Engineer @ Yokogawa India Limited
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Specification (FDS) to FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) and make sure all steps in the project life cycle are executed and the process plant is ready to function without any hindrances. Industry: Oil and Gas

Projects Handled:

Client: ADMA OPCO (December 2016 – March 2017) 
Project Title: ADMA AL-NASR Package 2
Description: Design and test controller logic using ProSafe-RS (Responsive Systems) and i-Define tool. With the inputs received based on the Cause and Effect (CAE) sheet, control logic was designed. The safety systems design was based on Functional block diagram (FBD) logic.

Client: Petroleum Development Oman (October 2016)
Project Title: PDO Post FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) Validation
Description: The following project was a Post FAT remote engineering work; the generated software and hardware schematics were subjected to redesign and final quality check and closeout work.

Client: Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (September 2016) 
Project Title: GASCO
Description: As a remote engineer I was working on the hardware aspects of the project. Generate hardware schematics and wirings. Perform quality checks and forward the generated schematics to the affiliate office for approval and proceed with manufacturing.

Client: Maaden (March-August 2016)
Project Title: Maaden SAP OTS (Operator Trainer Simulator) (PLC)
Description: Design and test Triconex logic for the Maaden plant located in Saudi Arabia, design was based on ladder logic algorithms. The key design was conceived by site engineers and me as an individual remote engineer finished the project in the stipulated time frame. The safety-critical system design was a very challenging and exciting project to work on.

### Network-Based Control Systems Engineer @ Yokogawa India Limited
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Designed and developed a logic system involving input signals, controller, and output signals.
• Established communication between the logic system and hardware using networking protocols to reduce the overall complexity and cost of the control loop.

Client: QP-DUKHAN (Qatar Petroleum) (January – March 2016)
Project Title: Qatar Petroleum
Description: The project was divided into three phases, hardware, software: controller logic, and graphics. I was involved in two phases and had an opportunity to work on hardware schematics and wiring, design control panels with the help of the CAD team, generate static plant graphics, and perform a quality check.

Client: Bahrain Petroleum Company (October – December 2015)
Project Title: BAPCO
Description: Generate static graphics using supervisory systems FAST/Tools, design controller logics in Yokogawa's network control system, the STARDOM series, and integrate the graphics with logic and setup working Operator Interface such as to cover the basics of navigation, trending, alarming, diagnostics, reporting, and operator interaction playback.

### Research and Development Project Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Design and development of control algorithms for compressor variable guide vanes (CVG).
• Ensured that the valve inlet time is less than 6 seconds.
• ADC and DAC simulation in XPC target.
• Utilized software programs such as Matlab, SAS, and SPSS to analyze data sets.
• Conducted analyses addressing failure, reliability, and yield improvement.
• Evaluated existing products for potential enhancements or modifications.

### Reserach & Development Engineer Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India
• Performed research on new materials and technologies for R&D projects.
• Developed innovative solutions to improve product design and performance.
• Researched competitive products in order to understand their features, benefits, and limitations.
• Participated in brainstorming sessions to develop creative ideas for product designs.
• Assisted in developing technical documentation related to product development processes and procedures.

### Control Systems Engineer Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Conducted loop checks on PID loops ensuring proper tuning parameters are used in order to optimize performance of the process controller.
• Programmed PLCs using ladder logic diagrams to meet customer requirements.
• Designed and developed software for PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems and other related components.
• Integrated various communication protocols into new or existing control systems such as Ethernet, IP, Modbus TCP, IP, Profibus.
• Oversaw project workflow and supported internal and external resources.

### System Engineer Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Monitored system performance metrics to identify potential issues.
• Deployed new systems into production environments.
• Evaluated vendor products for compatibility with existing infrastructure.
• Administered application stacks and executed performance tuning to optimize session performance by eliminating performance bottlenecks.
• Documented procedures for regular maintenance activities such as patching or upgrades.

### Process Engineer Intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Developed models using statistical methods such as regression analysis or Monte Carlo simulations for better decision making.
• Identified gaps between current state of processes and desired outcomes; developed strategies for improvement. 
• Assisted in process engineering design, development and implementation of new processes.
• Created diagrams illustrating complex processes utilizing specialized CAD software tools like AutoCAD.
• Evaluated existing systems for possible automation opportunities using MATLAB .


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Discontinued) Graduated with Masters in Computer Engineering
University of Virginia

### Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
University of Bremen

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Electronics and Instrumentation Technology
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, BANGALORE

### Computer Science
St. Joseph's Pre-University College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shashank-v-r

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