Mohan Pushadapu

About

Robotics/embedded engineer with hands-on firmware ownership for closed-loop motor/vision systems and strong ROS1 navigation experience (move_base, gmapping, robot_localization), including EKF sensor fusion to eliminate localization drift to sub-10cm accuracy. Also brings IoT distributed pub/sub expertise (30+ devices over MQTT, 99% uptime) plus Unity AR/VR simulation and computer-vision test automation that saved 100+ hours.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Built low-latency sensor libraries enabling ~10µs motor/sensor response time
• Implemented vision-based closed-loop control improving throughput by 80%
• Diagnosed localization drift via rviz/TF analysis and delivered sub-10cm accuracy using EKF fusion (robot_localization)
• Improved obstacle avoidance success rate from 80% to 95% through systematic tuning
• Integrated 30+ IoT devices via MQTT with device discovery/state sync and 99% uptime
• Designed fault-tolerant multi-protocol comms between microcontrollers and SBCs (message framing, dual-channel error handling)
• Built Unity-based training simulator with Leap Motion integration reducing onboarding time by 50%
• Created computer-vision-based automated testing for optical systems saving 100+ hours of manual testing

Reference Highlights

• Great competence and comfort with C++ and Python
• Bridges hardware design, peripheral design/testing, and firmware
• First line of defense for surfacing and solving issues
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis across varied failure modes
• Effective in distributed, multi-node system coordination
• Hands-on and willing to pitch in where needed
• Great team player
• Adapts well to fast-paced startup environments
• Respectful and successful collaborator
• Passionate about work
• Eager learner; quickly learns new things and seeks answers independently
• Dedicated and perseverant
• Improves system reliability and robustness through the design process