Adithya Balaji - Robotics and Edge AI Engineer

Q: Where is Adithya based?

Adithya is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Adithya speak?

Adithya speaks the following languages: English (Native), French (Intermediate), German (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Adithya have?

Adithya has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Adithya has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months . Note that Adithya may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Adithya's latest experience?

Adithya's most recent position is Edge AI Software Engineer at Neura Robotics GmbH .

Q: What companies has Adithya worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Adithya has worked for Neura Robotics GmbH , Huber Automotive AG , and Reliev .

Q: Which industries is Adithya most experienced in?

Adithya is most experienced in industries like Healthcare , Information Technology , and Manufacturing . Adithya also has some experience in Automotive , Telecommunication , and Biotechnology .

Q: Which business areas is Adithya most experienced in?

Adithya is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Quality Assurance , and Research and Development . Adithya also has some experience in Product Development and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Adithya worked in recently?

Adithya has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing , Automotive , and Biotechnology .

Q: Which business areas has Adithya worked in recently?

Adithya has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Research and Development .

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Sep 2024 - Present

2 years

Munich, Germany

Edge AI Software Engineer

Neura Robotics GmbH

Deployed and optimized Vision-Language-Action (VLA) and diffusion policy models on NVIDIA Jetson Orin and Jetson Thor, meeting real-time inference latency targets for humanoid robot control loops.
Built TensorRT engine pipelines (PyTorch → ONNX → TensorRT) with INT8/FP8 post-training quantization, calibration dataset design, and quantization-aware validation, reducing inference memory footprint by over 3× on Jetson without accuracy regression.
Developed custom CUDA C++ plugins and CUDA Graphs for latency-deterministic, real-time policy execution – meeting hard runtime and memory constraints on embedded GPU targets.
Developed an inference engine for VLA models on top of llama.cpp bringing different VLA policies under single runtime, packaging each as a single self-contained GGUF that needs no Python or PyTorch.
Profiled and tuned GPU execution using NVIDIA Nsight Systems and Nsight Compute, identifying CUDA kernel bottlenecks, memory bandwidth saturation, and SM occupancy issues across Jetson Orin and Thor compute profiles for cross-layer performance optimization.

Dec 2022 - Sep 2024

1 year 10 months

Ulm, Germany

Embedded AI Software Engineer

Huber Automotive AG

Architected and benchmarked embedded AI inference pipelines on the NXP S32V234 vision processor and constrained microcontroller targets, evaluating optimization strategies for real-time on-device perception under strict power and memory envelopes with no GPU acceleration.
Developed quantized (INT8) human and object detection models for embedded deployment, applying structured sparsity and token pruning to transformer-based detectors to meet hard compute and memory limits on microcontroller-class hardware.
Developed embedded AI applications for intelligent battery management (ESP32, Infineon AURIX™ TC3xx/TC4xx) for SOC/SOH estimation, requiring hardware/software co-design across constrained microcontroller targets.
Built multi-modal sensor fusion pipelines (camera, radar) in C++ and Python with ROS2 for autonomous mobility and target-tracking on embedded platforms.
Contributed to the VeoPipe project with Fraunhofer IPA, building a certifiable, reproducible MLOps pipeline with standardized testing and traceability for embedded robotics deployment across diverse accelerator targets.

Dec 2021 - Sep 2022

10 months

Nantes, France

AI Research Intern

Reliev

Conducted an extensive literature review on multimodal biosignal analysis and deep learning architectures for seizure and motion detection.
Designed and trained deep learning models for biosignal and motion pattern recognition using CNNs and RNNs on ECG and IMU data.
Built end-to-end data ingestion and preprocessing pipelines (FastAPI, InfluxDB) for signal fusion, noise filtering, and active learning.

Dec 2017 - Dec 2019

2 years 1 month

Chennai, India

Data and Automation Engineer

EMIS Health

Developed Machine Learning models to analyze speech input of emergency calls for NHS, United Kingdom.
Worked on design and development of DataLake on Starburst and AWS with Big Data technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, and Airflow, Presto and also databases such as SQL Server, Postgres, Presto, and DynamoDB.
Developed and implemented QA automation tests utilizing FlaUI, xUnit, Specflow, and Cucumber with C# for .NET applications

Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

1 year 1 month

Chennai, India

Associate Software Engineer

Accenture

Conducted analysis of large-scale telecommunications data utilizing Data Warehousing and ETL techniques.
Created automation frameworks using Python and Selenium to increase testing efficiency and accuracy.
Experience with various tools such as Splunk, Tableau, etc., for data visualization and analysis purposes.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Healthcare, Manufacturing, Automotive, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Telecommunication.

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Automotive

Information Technology

Biotechnology

Telecommunication

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Research and Development, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Product Development

Research and Development

Business Intelligence

Summary

Robotics and Edge AI engineer building perception and inference systems for real-time autonomy under tight compute, power, and memory constraints. Experienced across the full model lifecycle, from architecture and compression through on-device deployment, with a systems-level focus on reproducibility, reliability, and hardware/software co-design.

Skills

Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, C#, Matlab
Skills: Robotics, Ai, Computer Vision, Motion Planning, 3d Reconstruction, Embedded Development, Edge Ai, Qa, Latex And Unit Testing
Middleware: Ros 1&2, Fastdds, Zenoh, Micro-Ros
Frameworks: Tensorflow, Pytorch, Caffe, Onnx, Opencv, Pcl, Tensorrt, Ggml, Llama.Cpp
Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Fastapi, Plotly, Dash, Streamlit
Edge Devices / Hardware: Nvidia Jetson Orin, Nvidia Thor, Nvidia Drive Agx, Nxp S32, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Infineon Aurix™ Tc3xx/Tc4xx
Devops: Gitlab, Github Actions, Azure Devops, Ci/Cd Pipelines
Project Management: Jira, Confluence, Polarion, Hp Alm

Languages

English

Native

French

Intermediate

German

Elementary

Education

Sep 2020 - Sep 2022

Ecole centrale de Nantes

Control and Robotics - Advanced Robotics · France

Aug 2012 - Apr 2016

Anna University

Automotive Engineering · India

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 5

Experience in Healthcare 3 y

Avg length 1 y 6 m

Longest experience 2 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, India, France)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Edge AI Software Engineer, Embedded AI Software Engineer, AI Research Intern

Main industries Healthcare, Manufacturing, Automotive

Main business areas Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Profile

Created

July 2026

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Adithya is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Adithya speaks the following languages: English (Native), French (Intermediate), German (Elementary).

Adithya has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Adithya has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Adithya may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Adithya would be well-suited for roles such as: Edge AI Software Engineer, Embedded AI Software Engineer, AI Research Intern.

Adithya's most recent position is Edge AI Software Engineer at Neura Robotics GmbH.

In recent years, Adithya has worked for Neura Robotics GmbH, Huber Automotive AG, and Reliev.

Adithya is most experienced in industries like Healthcare, Information Technology, and Manufacturing. Adithya also has some experience in Automotive, Telecommunication, and Biotechnology.

Adithya is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Research and Development. Adithya also has some experience in Product Development and Business Intelligence.

Adithya has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Automotive, and Biotechnology.

Adithya has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Research and Development.

Adithya holds a Master in Control and Robotics - Advanced Robotics from Ecole centrale de Nantes and a Bachelor in Automotive Engineering from Anna University.

Adithya will be available part-time from November 2026.

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