Saurabh Thapa
Technical Data Product Manager
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSandesh Thapa is a robotics controls engineer and autonomous systems specialist with 9 years of experience designing and delivering reliable control architectures for complex vehicles and drones. He currently leads autonomous systems work as a self-employed practitioner, after serving as Technical Lead, Controls Engineering at Amogy where he steered hardware and software development, controls algorithms, state machines, and system-level networking. His background includes leadership roles at Ford Motor Company, The Drone Racing League, and DEKA R&D, delivering advances in motion control, HIL testing, MPC, and robust fault management. He brings hands-on expertise across ROS, Simulink, C/C++, Python, and industrial networks (CAN, Ethernet, UDP), with strong experience in hardware-in-the-loop and real-time testing. He holds an MS in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Oklahoma State University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from McNeese State University, and has taught graduate dynamics and mechatronics as a teaching assistant. Based in the New York City metropolitan area, he blends rigorous control theory with practical hardware and software execution to push autonomous systems toward safer, scalable real-world deployment.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Power and control systems, 3.9/4, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Power and control systems, 3.9/4 at University of BridgeportB.E, Electrical and Electronics Engineering(Power and Control), B.E, Electrical and Electronics Engineering(Power and Control) at Kathmandu University
Github Skills (5)
user-guide9
simulator8
simulation7
px43
robotics3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sandeshthapa/Flying-Car-and-Autonomous-Flight-Engineer
Oct 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:16 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
sandeshthapa/Cartesian_Impedance_Control_Aerial_Manipulator
Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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