Aethero                -> Hardware Engineer

• Helped build space-rated edge AI computers.

University of Michigan -> Computer Architecture TA

• Taught lab sections on hardware design using SystemVerilog.
• Helped students design a synthesizable out of order RISC-V processor for the Pentium6 and MIPS R10K register renaming styles.
• Developed a Piazza addiction.

Tesla                  -> Software Engineering Intern

• Wrote a performance monitoring library for the infotainment system.
• Developed the new weather feature for the 2024 summer release. Also made telemetry improvements.
• Continued my education in technology brotherhood at the heart of Silicon Valley.

University of Michigan -> Research Assistant, CE Lab

• Worked on GPU acceleration for heterogeneous LLM/DB workloads. Accepted to VLDB 2025.
• Realised I don’t have the patience for a PhD.

Tesla                  -> Software Engineering Intern

• Worked on the revamped on-screen PRND gear slider for the 2024 Model 3 released in Europe and China.
• Developed navigation and controls features for summer and holiday releases.
• Enjoyed rides in the Cybertruck and new Model 3; somehow survived the BART and Caltrain as well.

University of Michigan -> Logic Design TA

• Co-created and maintained the course’s RTL DV platform.
• Deployed on autograder.io using Docker and used by every computer engineering student (~300/sem).
  
• Led a lab section on FPGA prototyping using Verilog (Modelsim for simulation, Quartus Prime for synthesis/PnR/STA for Altera DE2-115 boards).
  
• Evaluations indicated students didn’t hate me.

MARA Holdings          -> Engineering Intern

• Optimised merged mining protocols, deployed nodes on AWS EC2 instances for testing.
• Was not paid in Bitcoin.

Zepto (FKA KiranaKart) -> Ops/Growth/Engineering

• Startup was just getting off the ground—did a bunch of random engineering and growth stuff.
• Also answered customer support calls and made deliveries on occasion.