# Vishnu Rudrasamudram

> Software Engineer @ Symbotic | Robotics, Planning and Controls

Location: Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vishnurudrasamudram

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer - Robot Controls @ Symbotic
Jan 2025 – Present

### Advanced Software Engineer - Robot Controls @ Symbotic
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

### Motion Planning Engineer @ Embark Trucks
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Enhanced planning module and simulation interface
• Developed tools for analyzing and tuning trajectory generation algorithms
• Designed and implemented a new software architecture for the trajectory generation module for improved debuggability, logging capabilities, and extensibility
• Implemented high-performance collision handling framework in C++
• Applied convex optimization, optimal control theory for trajectory optimization 
• Utilized object-oriented design principles
• Implemented complex data structures and algorithms
• Conducted data analysis using Python and Databricks

### Control Systems Intern @ Luminar Technologies
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, California, United States
* Developed a tool in C++ for analysis of the controllers for autonomous driving.
* Conducted initial research and came up with methods and requirements for the analysis to design the software architecture
* Used IPOPT, ACADO for controller prototyping.
* Used various tools like GDB for debugging, GTest for writing unit tests, and Git version control for development.

### Robotics Path Planning Development Intern @ MathWorks
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Natick, Massachusetts, United States
* Surveyed existing algorithms for local path planning and analyzed their performance and limitations
* Implemented the same algorithms, as prototypes, for path planning and path following that can be applied to ground robots and car-like robots in MATLAB. Developed workflow examples in MATLAB with simulated robots (MATLAB Simulator and ROS/Gazebo)

### Research Engineer @ Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Path planning and Patrolling for Autonomous Car-like Robots in Urban Campus Environment

* Developed algorithms for path planning and prepared a simulation environment to test the algorithms.

* Implemented pure-pursuit path tracking algorithm. The same geometric info of the path is used for trajectory generation and designed Lyapunov-based trajectory tracking controllers in ROS(python).

* Successfully presented and delivered the package that contains a simulator and an agent that can perform autonomous driving behaviors like lane keeping, stopping, overtaking, and obstacle avoidance.

### Project Engineer @ Wipro
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
* Trained in C++ and Unix systems and worked on several internal projects of Wipro.
* Worked on the development and maintenance of the tools for Customer Product Information, where I learned and used scripting languages and web development tools. Developed a feature that resulted in a significant reduction in several support cases for the team saving several work hours.
* Participated in development and maintenance activities adhering to timeline in an agile environment.


## Education
### Masters in Robotics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

### Nano Degree in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Udacity

### Nano Degree in Flying Car and Autonomous Flight Engineer
Udacity

### Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, RKValley (RAC)


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-31