RAVIRAJ
WADNERKAR
Building intelligent robots and elegant software at the intersection of Robotics, AI, and Cloud Engineering. Currently at Synphony working on VLA models & robotic arms. MS Software Engineering @ SJSU.
WORK EXPERIENCE
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- Collected and labeled human + robotic manipulation data (good/bad move) to train Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models at scale
- Tested robotic arm behavior under varied real-world and edge-case scenarios to ensure robustness and performance reliability
- Operated GPU-accelerated inference pipelines with NVIDIA TensorRT on RTX 5090 and Blackwell 6000 workbench hardware
- Executed and analyzed real-time robotic actions across multiple test cases, evaluating system performance and behavioral gaps
- Collaborated with engineers on VLM/VLG models and demonstrated robotic capabilities to stakeholders and investors
- Architected high-throughput GraphQL APIs with latency optimization for heavy concurrent workloads
- Engineered scalable serverless microservices with AWS Lambda + API Gateway
- Built real-time dashboards monitoring latency, throughput, and system metrics
- Automated API validation and performance testing across 15+ endpoints
- Built CI/CD pipelines and validation scripts, enabling faster testing cycles
- Led rapid prototyping for enterprise clients, securing large-scale project approvals
- Coordinated distributed teams using Agile across complex delivery cycles
FEATURED PROJECTS
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Full-stack AI support platform with React/TypeScript frontend, Twilio voice bot, Deepgram speech processing, and RAG architecture. Scalable AWS backend with human agent fallback.
AI-based smart kitchen with Java Android app + Raspberry Pi for real-time inventory tracking. AWS IoT services sync data across devices with millisecond latency and camera detection.
Mobile AR app for placing and adjusting home decor in virtual space. AWS Lambda + API Gateway serverless backend. Meshy API converts product images to real-time 3D objects.
Scalable serverless architecture with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and real-time performance monitoring. GraphQL federation with automated load testing across 15+ endpoints.
Comprehensive test harness for evaluating robotic arm behavior under edge-case scenarios. Integrated with TensorRT inference on RTX 5090 hardware for VLA model validation at Synphony.
Vector-search powered knowledge retrieval system using LangChain + ChromaDB + OpenAI. Multi-document ingestion, semantic chunking, and real-time Q&A with cited source references.
Live observability dashboard tracking API latency, throughput, error rates, and resource utilization. WebSocket-driven charts with alerting thresholds and exportable metrics reports.
Real-time computer vision pipeline with custom-trained object detection models. Sub-100ms inference on edge hardware, 94%+ accuracy, cloud-synced results and monitoring dashboard.
SKILL MATRIX
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CONTACT PROTOCOL
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"location": "San Jose, CA",
"response_time": "< 24h",
"interests": ["robotics","AI","cloud","startups"]