Robotics · AI · Autonomous Driving · Stuttgart, Germany

Harsh
Patil

Building Systems that don't need me. Still looking for a job though.

Mechanical engineer turned Artificial Intelligence systems nerd, I make cars see, systems and robots think, and code compile (on the third try).

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01 — About

Engineer of things
that drive themselves

I'm Harshawardhan Patil, but Harsh works just fine (unless I break production, then it's "the new guy"). Recent M.Eng. grad in Autonomous Driving from Hochschule Coburg (Grade 1.9, Thesis 1.0 at Daimler AG) with a mechanical engineering backbone and a dangerous obsession with making machines intelligent.

From building Computer Vision defect-detection systems at Bosch to developing zonal E/E architecture tools at Daimler AG and leading an 8-person autonomous driving team; I thrive where hardware meets software. Also, I captain football teams and play in a German Kreisliga. Multitasking is kind of my thing.

1.0
Thesis Grade
80%
mAP for Object Detection
95%
Error Reduced in Perception

02 — Skills

The arsenal

Programming
Python C/C++ MATLAB Bash CMake Go C#
AI / ML / Deep Learning
PyTorch TensorFlow OpenCV MediaPipe Scikit-learn LangChain Ollama YOLO DetectNet ONNX Computer Vision CNNs Transformers Prompt Engineering Model Optimization
Robotics & Autonomous Driving
ROS2 Sensor Fusion SLAM Path Planning LiDAR V2X (ETSI ITS) CARLA SUMO NVIDIA Jetson OptiTrack CAN Bus Trajectory Planning
Automotive Standards
AUTOSAR ISO 26262 A-SPICE Zonal E/E Architecture V-Model Requirements Engineering FMEA
Mechanical / CAD / CAE
SolidWorks Siemens NX CATIA V5 AutoCAD ANSYS PTC Creo GD&T FEA Simulink
DevOps & Tools
Git / GitHub Docker Linux CI/CD FastAPI Flask PyQt5 REST APIs Agile / Scrum

03 — Experience

Mission log

2023 Bosch Ltd. HS Coburg Daimler AG Your Company ✦ Hiring me?
Project Trainee
Bosch Ltd. · Nashik, India
Jan 2023 — Jul 2023
Designed & deployed a Cognex-based 2D CV pipeline for real-time defect detection of fuel injectors on high-speed conveyors. Reduced production error rate by 95%. Integrated camera, lighting & optics for industrial-grade image acquisition.
Autonomous Systems Engineer & Scrum Master
Hochschule Coburg · Germany
Oct 2023 — Feb 2025
Led 8-engineer team building ADAPT, a full-stack AD & automated parking solution with ROS2. YOLO object detection (88% mAP), LiDAR/camera sensor fusion, V2X comms, trajectory planning, CAN actuation. Deployed on NVIDIA Jetson.
Software & Systems Engineer
Daimler AG · Stuttgart, Germany
Apr 2025 — Sep 2025
Developed ConvIO an ML framework automating domain-to-zonal E/E architecture for SDVs. 62.8% wiring harness reduction on a real electric truck (377 I/O points). PyQt5 MVC GUI, 10K Monte Carlo validation, Dijkstra routing. International team (DE, US, TR, BR, CN, IN). Thesis: 1.0.
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Available now ✦
Ready for full-time roles in robotics, AD, AI, software & mechanical engineering. Post-study visa, eligible for immediate employment. Open to relocate.

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04 — Education

Academic orbit

Master of Engineering
Autonomous Driving
Hochschule Coburg · Germany
Thesis at Daimler AG (Grade 1.0) · Perception · ROS2 · Sensor Fusion · Path Planning
Oct 2023 — Mar 2026 Grade 1.9
Bachelor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology · Belgaum, India
SAE · ASME · EV Challenge (2nd Place) · Smart India Hackathon Finalist (Top 15)
Jun 2019 — Jul 2023 Grade A

Publications

ConvIO: A Framework for Convergence of I/Os in Automotive Zonal E/E Architectures
IEEE Access · Submitted & Under Review
Optimizing Cold Box Core Making: Sustainable Approach with Taguchi Technique
Polish Academy of Sciences · Published Jan 2025

05 — Projects

Built & shipped

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ConvIO — Zonal E/E Tool
ML optimization for SDV architectures. 5-stage pipeline: KD-Tree, Dijkstra, K-means clustering. 62.8% wiring harness reduction. 10K Monte Carlo validation. Built at Daimler AG.
PythonPyQt5scikit-learnNetworkXDijkstra
GitHub ↗
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ADAPT — Autonomous Vehicle
Full-stack AD with smart parking. YOLO (88% mAP), sensor fusion, V2X, pure-pursuit control, CAN actuation. Deployed on NVIDIA Jetson hardware.
ROS2C++PythonYOLOJetsonV2X
GitHub ↗
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LokalAgent — Agentic AI
Local privacy-first MoE AI system. ReAct reasoning, dynamic RAM management (8-10 GB), tool orchestration. Runs fully offline on consumer hardware.
PythonLangChainOllamaDockerREST APIs
GitHub ↗
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Driver Monitoring System
Real-time CV tracking 478 facial + 21 hand landmarks. Eye Aspect Ratio drowsiness detection. FastAPI dashboard with MJPEG streaming & alerts.
PythonOpenCVMediaPipeFastAPIQt
GitHub ↗
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Local RAG for PDFs
Document Q&A with local LLMs, Qdrant vector DB, Docker. ONNX INT8 quantized cross-encoder for 3-4x speedup. Server-Sent Events for real-time streaming.
PythonFastAPIQdrantDockerONNX
GitHub ↗
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Multi-Sensor Fusion
LiDAR-camera fusion for object detection. Temporal sync & spatial alignment. Enhanced reliability under dynamic lighting.
C++PythonLiDARSensor Fusion
GitHub ↗
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Autonomous Emergency Braking
Real-time AEB with LiDAR obstacle detection & distance estimation. Braking decision logic with data logging & performance evaluation.
PythonLiDARSafety Systems
GitHub ↗
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Trajectory Planning & Parking
Waypoint pathfinding with parking maneuvers. Real-time obstacle avoidance via multi-sensor fusion. Smooth transitions & space alignment.
PythonROS2Path Planning
GitHub ↗
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V2X Transceiver Module
ETSI ITS messaging hub (CAM, CPM, EVCSN). Serialization over ROS2 with low latency & robust error handling for infrastructure-vehicle comms.
C++ROS2V2XETSI ITS
GitHub ↗
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Requirements Tracker — Full-Stack System
Enterprise-grade requirements management platform with MoSCoW prioritization, lifecycle workflows, and effort estimation. Built on ASP.NET Core and React with a strongly typed API contract and scalable architecture.
ASP.NET CoreC#ReactTypeScriptREST APIEF CorePostgreSQL
GitHub ↗
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More on GitHub
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06 — Beyond the code

When the compiler
is resting

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Football
Playing Kreisliga in Germany. Former captain & Player of the Match at Reliance Cup.
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Trekking & Extreme Sports
Mountains, altitude, Skydiving, Scubadiving and questionable decisions at high speeds.
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Running
Chasing PRs and sunrise views through Stuttgart's trails.
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Exploring
Always planning the next trip across Europe.
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Cooking
Indian spices meet German efficiency — experimental kitchen engineer.
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Building Stuff
Side projects, hobby robots, and this very portfolio.

07 — Contact

Let's build something

Open to full-time roles in robotics, autonomous driving, AI & software engineering. Stuttgart, Germany. Open to relocate. Post-study visa, eligible for immediate employment.

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