CV
A showcase of my professional journey, skills, and achievements in technology and innovation.
General Information
| Full Name | Karthigeyan Ganesh Shankar |
| karthigeyanrgs@gmail.com | |
| Languages | English (Fluent), French (Intermediate), German (Beginner), Hindi (Intermediate), Tamil (Native) |
Education
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Oct 2017 - Mar 2020 Aachen, Germany
Master of Sciences in Simulation Sciences
RWTH Aachen - Coursework: High Performance Computing, High dimensional Probability theory, Stochastic Numeric, Kinetic Description of Interacting Multi-agent Systems
- Thesis: Kinetic Model on Unemployment
- Research: Transport Equations, Laminar Pre-Mixed Flame, Socio-economic modelling, Stochastic, High Performance Computing
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May 2013 - May 2017 Chennai, India
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering
SRM University - Coursework: Fluid & Solid Mechanics, Vibrations, Heat engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Metallurgy, Metrology and Material Science
- Thesis: Fatigue modelling of Functionally Graded Materials
- Research: Phase Change Heat Storage, Myoskin powered Prosthetic Arm
Experience
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April 2025 - Present Bengaluru, India
Lead Autonomy Engineer
Ati Motors - Led to widespread adoption of simulation-first development and testing
- Kick-started the map-free visual navigation models which are generalized and reliable
- Supported the evaluation of different novel, state-of-the-art VSLAM methods
- Skills: Nvidia Isaac Sim, Nvidia Warp, Pytorch
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April 2024 - Present Bengaluru, India
Senior Autonomy Engineer
Ati Motors - Spearheading team developing one button press simulation workflow with Nvidia's Isaac Sim
- Evaluated different OTS carrier boards (Jetson) for bot control
- Built production ready architecture for bot and fleet manager application
- Skills: Nvidia Isaac Sim, Kubernetes, Bazel, Python, Make, Unix, Embedded C
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Sept 2022 - March 2024 Bengaluru, India
Autonomy Engineer
Ati Motors - Optimized software build systems improving efficiency by 40%
- Developed software-in-loop (CI/CD) frameworks to automate release process
- Increased team productivity by 30% through system improvements
- Skills: Kubernetes, Bazel, Poetry, Docker, C++, Python, Make, Unix, Bash
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June 2021 - April 2022 Bengaluru, India
Head of Growth & Customer Success Engineer
Gradly - Guided prospects through sales funnel achieving 40% activation/retention
- Acquired 200+ customers and processed 100+ support tickets
- Designed automation reducing manual effort and boosting overall efficiency by 30%
- Co-developed insurance backend and knowledge base
- Yielded net revenue of $100k+ in sales
- Skills: Notion, Figma, Linear, Zapier, ParseHub, Airtable, Canva, Front
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April 2022 - June 2022 Bengaluru, India
Course Manager
Flourish By Design - Onboarded and regulated 45+ cohort participants with 60% active participation
- Developed robust system to monitor and track tasks effectively
- Facilitated engaging live sessions with 25+ average attendance
- Skills: Notion, Maven, MailerLite, WordPress
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Jan 2022 - Mar 2022 Bengaluru, India
Community Manager
More Time Everyday - Managed onboarding of 25+ participants with 50% active community participation
- Orchestrated content pipeline with 30% platform stickiness
- Increased participant engagement by 60% during live sessions
- Skills: Notion, Circle, Canva, Airtable
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Apr 2021 - Jan 2022 Bengaluru, India
Community and Growth Manager
Admitted - Supported community of 1350+ aspirants with 100+ successful admissions per cycle
- Enhanced backend system performance by 70%
- Optimized member acquisition through paid ads and strategic partnerships
- Skills: Notion, Zapier, Figma, Airtable
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Oct 2018 - Mar 2019 Aachen, Germany
Research Assistant
Institute for Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, RWTH Aachen - Developed parallel simulations for 1M cells through 24 cores
- Automated visualization pipeline through Python
- Skills: C++, Python, ParaView, Unix, Bash, OpenMPI
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Jul 2019 - Mar 2020 Aachen, Germany
Research Assistant
Institute for Geometric and Applied Mathematics, RWTH Aachen - Implemented data fitting models for 250,000+ data points
- Analyzed unemployment data from Luxembourg Information Centre
- Skills: Matlab, Python, Seaborn, Numpy
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June 2016 - July 2016 Guwahati, India
Research Intern
Heat Transfer Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - Worked on heat recovery and utilization systems
- Modeled porous media with 100 pores using COMSOL
- Assisted with solar air dryer experiments using LabView
- Skills: COMSOL, Python, LabView
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June 2015 - July 2015 Chennai, India
Intern
Devi Polymers Pvt. Ltd. - Trained on shop floor equipment including lathe, grinding, CNC, and drilling machines
- Learned quality control and polishing techniques
- Worked with 400-tonne hydraulic presses and injection molding
- Manufactured molds to specification
Projects
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Sep 2019 - Mar 2021 Master Thesis - Kinetic Model on Unemployment
- Developed mesoscopic models to characterize unemployment
- Performed Monte-Carlo simulations for complex scenarios
- Advanced research in transport equations with limited prior literature
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Sep 2020 - Nov 2020 Unstructured Finite Element Solver
- Programmed solver using Python (FeNiCS) for unstructured meshes
- Implemented automatic differentiation using dolfin-adjoint
- Enhanced code through parallelization
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Sept 2019 - May 2020 Board member, Examination Board
Simulation Sciences, RWTH Aachen - Updated curriculum to align with current trends
- Assessed 600+ graduate applications
Skills
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Programming
- Languages: Python, C++, MATLAB, Bash, Git, Julia
- Tools: Dolfin, ScoreP, LaTeX, Gmsh, ParaView, NumPy, SciPy, Docker, Poetry, Bazel, Makefile, Kubernetes
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Languages
- English (Fluent), French (Intermediate), German (Beginner), Hindi (Intermediate), Tamil (Native)