Arjan Gupta Email & Phone Number

Pella, Ia, Us

The Autonomy Engineer II position at Vermeer, which is equivalent in seniority to a senior software engineer, uses my knowledge in embedded engineering, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Here, I design and develop a set of autonomy modules that can be extended to various machines at Vermeer. • Spearheaded the A2A Localization and Navigation module at Vermeer Corporation, focusing on GNSS systems for autonomous machine operation.• Conducted comprehensive interviews with Terrain Leveler, Pile Driver, and Bale Hawk teams to gather insights on localization and navigation techniques.• Developed a detailed system engineering pre-requirements storyboard, including Mission Statement, Boundary Diagram, ConOps, Stakeholder Diagram, and more, leading to the creation of high-level system engineering requirements.• Facilitated virtual and on-site meetings with GNSS vendors for project proposals, leveraging expertise in GPS, GNSS triangulation, RTK correction, and J1939 messaging for vendor communications.• Additionally took ownership of the Autonomy Safety module within the A2A team, studying ISO standards 17757 and 18497, and creating a design storyboard that integrates functional safety, SOTIF, HARA, and autonomy safety principles.• Guided interns and reviewed C++ code used to develop a ROS2 simulation stack for the A2A team

Lawrence, Kansas, Us

• Wrote system-level tests for radar-based golf tracking software• Set up coordinate transformation feature from camera to radar (sensor fusion)

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

• Worked on improving autonomous movement of an enormous machine - an agricultural irrigation pivot called "Smart Pivot"• Enhanced the firmware on the Smart Pivot to use GPS-path planning & dead reckoning, with MQTT communication • Mentored entry level engineers and interns, guided them through the development process• Led the team for a microcontroller replacement project on Smart Pivot main UI panel• Aided in the hardware board bring-up of the Smart Pivot tower board• Developed wrappers for drivers (e.g. SPI, UART) to support on-board chips and sensors• Completed a hardware and firmware replacement of Sub-GHz mesh network functionality on a legacy product

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Helped maintain LiDAR product with a 3 DoF robotic arm for grain inventory management• Coordinated engineering work as a Team Lead, guided productivity and helped meet milestones• Oversaw & guided issue troublehsooting in Competitor Cables & Portable Auger products• Continued maintaining & improving the Gateway product, as well as developing new Gateway projects• Supported Cellular Soil Probe product, helped solve pre-release issues in FreeRTOS usage

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Inherited ownership of the Gateway product, brought it to market-release in 10 months• Redesigned a codebase for modularity and code-coverage; used codebase in Gateway and LiDAR products• Implemented a backend web-service (TS, SQL) for automated firmware updates• Proved and integrated the 3G & 4G cellular capabilities of the Gateway product for wider sales• Implemented on-site diagnostics (LEDs, logs view) for device installation and connection diagnosis

Singapore, Sg

• Developed and maintained biometric matching systems for a 2 DoF camera (pan-tilt)• Implemented and optimized C++ image scaling and compression algorithms• Supported the R&D department to fine-tune several computer vision models for object detection• Supported developers internationally for a time-pressed product demonstration in Wuxi, China• Implemented data-collection applications on Android to assist R&D projects• Supported several all-day data collection sessions in KS and OH as the sole on-site engineer• Traveled to New Delhi, India to assist the integration with major payment services app called PaytmBefore EyeVerify rebranded to ZOLOZ:• Contributed to many bug-fixes in new releases for client applications• Supported mobile deployment of EyeVerify’s core code by writing integration and stress tests (Java, Objective-C)• Supported Client Services team by implementing several deliverables & executables

Lawrence, Ks, Us

This was a position that shared the responsibilities of a Resident Assistant (my prior Student Housing position), but in addition, I:• Supervised cooks and managed overall food safety at my Scholarship Hall • Managed a $100,000+ annual budget to order food and plan semester menusAs a personal auxiliary project, during this position I created an prototype Android app that was used for keeping records of the food inventory (in the pantry and cooks' fridges) for my Scholarship Hall.

Lawrence, Ks, Us

While I was a researcher at KU ITTC, I worked on two main projects (a computer vision algorithm test system and a USRP networking project), the results of which were a PhD student assisted research paper and an independent technical report, both of which are shown below.

Lawrence, Ks, Us

This was a live-in position with KU Student Housing, in which I:• Helped students in their college endeavors by connecting them to the resources KU provides.• Fostered a positive living atmosphere by creating a cohesive living community.• Enforced KU's University and Student Housing policies.• Held the position of a leader and a mediator to avoid and resolve conflicts.

Richardson, Texas, Us

In this position, I obtained both product management as well as engineering experience.Product management experience:• Brainstormed with Stoke's management about adding new-age features to Stoke's products, sat in on many meetings to understand their product architecture and design.• Interviewed the CEO, Product Managers, and Engineers to understand the working of this start-up in the Silicon Valley. Put together an experience report for a class based on this internship.Engineering experience:• Consolidated and organized a customer database to give the company the ability to easily carry out email campaigns in the future, using Python scripts.• Helped code review Java and C source code• Analyzed and reported the Stoke website's viewership of the flagship product - 4G LTE gateway systems - every week using Google Analytics & Microsoft Excel Macros. Also conducted statistical analysis of social media viewership using Python.

Master Of Science - Ms, Robotics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering, Mathematics Minor

All India Senior School Certificate, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics, English