# Vinay Ram Balakumar

> Software Engineer at Aurora

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vinayrambalakumar

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Aurora
Jan 2022 – Present

### Lead Software Engineer @ Magic Leap
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Leading the localization team at Magic Leap

### Senior Software Engineer @ Magic Leap
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Magic Leap
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Computer Vision Engineer @ Fit3D (Leader in 3D Body Scanning)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Working on 3D computer vision algorithms to help you visualize yourself better

### Research Assistant @ New York University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
Leveraged data driven and neural networks approaches to obtain topology preserved features that outperformed state-of-the-art hand crafted features in identifying shape correspondence

### Computer Vision Engineer @ Aemass, Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Optimized the existing tool for point cloud registration to achieve a high degree of alignment by minimising point-to-plane errors
•	Successfully designed and improved a program to map environments with a stereo camera and TOF Lidar which marked the largest source of revenue that quarter
•	Identified and implemented some key features to improve user experience on the Aemass Media Player
•	Presented the Aemass VR Media Player at DNC’s technical conference

### Research Intern @ Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
CAIR is the foremost robotics research centre in India. In my time there, I worked on integrating force sensors in a quadruped and gait simulation of the same. In addition, I also designed and developed a 3-DOF wall-climbing robot.


## Education
### Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
New York University

### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Instrumentation
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinayram2711

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Last updated: 2026-04-05