POParth OzaAUTONOMY / AI
Chicago-based · Building dependable autonomy

Parth Oza · Robotics Software Engineer

Robotics software
built for the real world.

I build and operate autonomous systems across perception, state estimation, navigation, motion planning, edge inference, simulation, and fleet-scale reliability.

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4 yearsRobotics software 300+Machines supported 10M+Events processed daily
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DIGITAL PRESENCE / 01Standing by
INTERACTION Pointer aware
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300+machines across fleet-scale operations
5K+daily missions supported
~30mscritical perception latency
10M+telemetry events processed daily

Operating profile

ROBOTICS / AI / SYSTEMS 01—04

Systems rigor
for the physical world.

I work at the boundary between noisy sensor evidence, latency-constrained compute, dynamic motion, and live operations. The objective is resilient autonomy: observable under failure, computationally disciplined, recoverable by design, and verifiable before deployment.

INPUTPerceptionLiDAR · RGB-D · IMU · point-cloud processing
STATEEstimationSLAM · visual odometry · EKF / UKF fusion
DECIDEPlanningNav2 · behavior trees · trajectory generation
VERIFYReliabilityMCAP replay · telemetry · simulation · CI

Autonomy architecture

From raw signal
to safe action.

Reliable autonomy is a continuous loop: sense, estimate, decide, execute, observe, and improve.

INPUT / 01LiDARRGB-DIMUEncoders
ROS2 AUTONOMYSTATE
→ PLAN
→ ACT
TF2 · DDS · Nav2
OUTPUT / 03MotionRecoveryTelemetryLearning
01

Know the state

Calibrated sensors, synchronized frames, and explicit uncertainty make every later decision more trustworthy.

02

Plan for failure

Collision checking, recovery behavior, and safe fallbacks turn an autonomy pipeline into an operational system.

03

Close the loop

Replay, simulation, metrics, and production telemetry convert fleet behavior into engineering evidence.

Selected systems

Operational scale.
Engineering evidence.

Production systems and independent public labs are presented separately, preserving technical context while making the engineering signal explicit.

Open engineering labs

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Independent projects are publicly reviewable. The three robotics labs use synthetic data and contain no employer code, operational data, facility details, or proprietary interfaces.

Experience

Built across
real machines.

Four years engineering autonomy across industrial robotics and high-throughput mobile-robot fleets.

01 / RUNTIMEAutonomy services

Multithreaded C++ · mission state · navigation events · DDS and IPC · recovery behavior

02 / WORLD MODELPerception + estimation

LiDAR · stereo/RGB-D · IMU · TF2 · SLAM · visual odometry · EKF/UKF fusion

03 / MOTIONPlanning + control

Nav2 · behavior trees · MoveIt2 · ROS2 Control · collision checking · trajectory execution

04 / OPERATIONSProduction reliability

MCAP replay · profiling · fleet telemetry · simulation · CI/CD · Linux diagnostics

APR 2025 — PRESENT

AMAZON ROBOTICS · UNITED STATES

ROLE / 01

Robotics Software Engineer

Engineering and operating fleet-scale autonomy where deterministic behavior, diagnostic depth, and bounded latency directly influence mission throughput.

  • Autonomy servicesDeveloped multithreaded C++ services governing mission state, navigation events, and robot-health transitions across 300+ machines supporting more than 5,000 daily missions.
  • Failure forensicsBuilt Python tooling for ROS2 and MCAP analysis, automating failure reproduction and reducing recurring investigation time from roughly four hours to under 90 minutes.
  • Behavior optimizationTuned perception and navigation behavior for dynamic warehouse traffic, reducing unnecessary robot stops by 18% during high-volume operations.
  • Edge accelerationOptimized NVIDIA Jetson workloads with CUDA, TensorRT, and concurrent C++, reducing CPU consumption by 24% while bringing critical perception latency to approximately 30 ms.
  • Fleet observabilityImplemented AWS telemetry workflows with S3 and CloudWatch to process more than 10 million robot events per day and accelerate fleet-health analysis.
  • Simulation at scaleExpanded Gazebo and Isaac Sim validation beyond 15,000 generated scenarios, catching regressions earlier and reducing physical robot testing time by nearly 35%.
  • Production diagnosticsInvestigated crashes, communication drops, resource contention, and stale robot state through structured logs, profiling, and deterministic replay, shortening recurring issue resolution from days to same-day fixes.
C++20PythonROS2MCAPJetsonCUDATensorRTAWSGazeboIsaac Sim
300+machines
5K+missions / day
24%lower CPU use
15K+simulated scenarios
MAY 2021 — DEC 2023

SIEMENS · INDIA

ROLE / 02

Robotics Software Engineer

Built the navigation, estimation, manipulation, validation, and delivery foundations required for dependable autonomous material-handling systems.

  • ROS2 navigationEngineered C++ and Python navigation services integrating DDS communication, sensor inputs, and recovery behaviors for more than 250 autonomous missions each day.
  • Probabilistic localizationIntegrated LiDAR, stereo cameras, IMU, and wheel encoders; tuned EKF-based sensor fusion and SLAM for more stable pose estimation in industrial environments.
  • ManipulationArchitected MoveIt2 and ROS2 Control workflows for collision checking, inverse kinematics, and trajectory execution across more than 18,000 material-handling cycles monthly.
  • Accelerated perceptionOptimized PyTorch inference on NVIDIA Jetson with CUDA and TensorRT, achieving approximately 45 ms image-inference latency for real-time inspection.
  • Regression engineeringCreated Gazebo environments for navigation, obstacle avoidance, sensor faults, and recovery; GitLab CI coverage reduced release-validation time by 42%.
  • Fleet telemetryConnected battery, localization, mission, and fault signals through MQTT and ROS2 DDS across more than 120 robots, accelerating remote troubleshooting and reducing unnecessary field checks.
  • Release engineeringContainerized robotics applications with Docker and supported Jenkins delivery pipelines for automated builds, integration tests, configuration validation, and rollback workflows.
  • Field diagnosticsDiagnosed navigation, sensor, and communication failures on Linux-based robots using ROS2 diagnostics and system logs to isolate root causes and restore affected systems.
C++PythonROS2Nav2MoveIt2PCLOpenCVMQTTDockerJenkins
250+missions / day
18K+cycles / month
~45msinference latency
42%faster validation

Performance figures above are drawn from Parth's current professional résumé and retain their original operational context.

Technical practice

One stack.
Full autonomy loop.

Depth where machines perceive and move; range where systems are deployed, tested, and observed.

01

Distributed robotics

ROS2, Nav2, DDS/Fast DDS, TF2, MoveIt2, ROS2 Control, behavior trees, mission-state orchestration, recovery logic, and inter-process communication.

COORDINATE / NAVIGATE / RECOVER
02

Perception + estimation

LiDAR, stereo/RGB-D cameras, IMU, wheel encoders, OpenCV, PCL, SLAM, visual odometry, frame transforms, and EKF/UKF sensor fusion.

SENSE / FUSE / LOCALIZE
03

Planning + control

Graph search, sampling-based planning, A*, Dijkstra, RRT*, MPC, PID, trajectory optimization, collision checking, obstacle avoidance, and inverse kinematics.

PLAN / CONTROL / EXECUTE
04

Accelerated delivery

C++17/20, Python, Linux, real-time systems, multithreading, CUDA, TensorRT, ONNX, NVIDIA Jetson, AWS, Docker, CMake, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Gazebo, Isaac Sim, HIL, and SIL validation.

ACCELERATE / VERIFY / SHIP
C++20 · Python · ROS2 · Nav2 · DDS/Fast DDS · TF2 · Behavior Trees · MoveIt2 · ROS2 Control · LiDAR · OpenCV · PCL · SLAM · Sensor Fusion · CUDA · TensorRT · Gazebo · Isaac Sim · HIL/SIL · AWS · Docker · MCAP · Jenkins · GitLab CI · Real-Time Systems · C++20 · Python · ROS2 · Nav2 · DDS/Fast DDS · TF2 · Behavior Trees · MoveIt2 · ROS2 Control · LiDAR · OpenCV · PCL · SLAM · Sensor Fusion · CUDA · TensorRT · Gazebo · Isaac Sim · HIL/SIL · AWS · Docker · MCAP · Jenkins · GitLab CI · Real-Time Systems ·
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The engineer behind the systems

Curiosity in.
Clarity out.

Real-time engineering discipline, applied-AI depth, and a habit of understanding the operating environment before writing the control loop.

M.S. Computer ScienceRoosevelt University · Chicago · 2024–2025
B.E. Computer EngineeringSaffrony Institute of Technology · 2019–2023
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) · DeepLearning.AI / Coursera
Introduction to Generative AI · Google Cloud
IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate · IBM
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate · Google

SELECTED COURSEWORK

Deep Learning · Intelligent Systems · Data Mining · Big Data · Computing with Data in Python · Advanced Algorithms · Systems Programming Concepts · Advanced Computer Architecture · Cryptography

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4 yrsrobotics software engineering experience
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Let's build something dependable

Bring the
difficult autonomy problem.

Best suited to technically consequential work in robotics software, autonomous systems, perception, state estimation, navigation, motion planning, simulation, accelerated edge inference, and production reliability.