# Vrushabh Desai

> Software Engineer - 3D Vision at Cognex Corporation

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vrushabh

I hold a Master’s degree in Robotics Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering. My am passionate about autonomous vehicles, particularly in understanding how autonomous vehicles/robots explore and navigate through unknown environments.

My research interests include motion planning, computer vision, machine learning, and reinforcement learning.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Cognex Corporation
Jan 2023 – Present | United States

### Associate Software Engineer @ Cognex Corporation
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### Graduate Assistant @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Worcester, MA
Course ECE2049 - Embedded Computing in Engineering Design.
Course ECE3204 - Micro-Electronics Circuits

### Electronic Design Engineer @ Earth EnergyEV
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Mumbai Area, India
• Designed an Electronic Control Unit using ATmega 1284P with TJA1050 which enables CAN capabilities. Developed its embedded firmware using C. ECU handles all communicates with its peripherals on customized Control Area Network bus.
• Led the Controls team, created a steering system for the autonomous delivery bot using Raspberry Pi 3 and Open CV.
• Designed electric wiring harness considering DFMEA for an electric motorbike using Rapid Harness.
• Designed a Level-2 Electric Smart charger along with new technology, Li-Key (Light-key) which used photo detectors as a sensor.

### Lead Electrical and Data Acquisition Engineer @ DJS Racing
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Mumbai Area, India
•  DJS Racing is a Formula Student team of D.J.Sanghvi College of Engineering. Developed a power distribution module for F-1 style race car and interfaced it with high-tech servo motor to actuate the clutch.
• Designed a data logging and 3G Telemetry system using Race Capture pro MK3 which collects data from various sensors such as wheel speed sensor, brake pressure sensor, tier temperature sensor, shock potentiometer and air pressure sensor etc. on the car and store the real-time data on cloud. Effectively developed a closed loop Drag Reduction System for Aerodynamic package.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Electronics Engineering
Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vrushabhdesai
- Portfolio: https://vrushabhdesai.github.io/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31