Saurabh Gupta
Bengaluru
Summary
Chief Engineer with expertise in leading teams focused on autonomous vehicle technology. Proven track record in establishing safety protocols and driving innovation through mentorship and collaboration. Committed to delivering high-quality results and enhancing client asset value with professionalism.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Engineer/Principal Architect
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt/ Ltd.
Bengaluru
01.2023 - Current
- As a Chief Engineer for perception, I am technically leading a globally distributed team of over 70+ professionals across five regions (India, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and China).
- Spearheading global technical decision-making for the RAD600 platform, ensuring product maturity across ARS6xx (front radar) and SRR6xx (corner radar) radar families, in alignment with customer demonstrations and project timelines.
- Proactively leading customer demonstrations to showcase radar platform capabilities and secure new business opportunities, especially towards Japanese, Korean, and Chinese OEMs.
- Accountable for end-to-end delivery of radar perception solutions, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and internal milestones.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with business owners, product managers, product owners, and development teams to resolve technical impediments and drive solutions in perception and driving functions (ACC, EBA, BSD, LCA, RCTA, OSE, and Fusion).
- Driving and leading root cause analysis for blocked topics, focusing on the core algorithm development and validation tooling.
Technical Group Lead
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd..
Bengaluru
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Led technical group for Japanese and Korean projects, managing 18 members effectively.
- Facilitated upskilling initiatives and conducted annual performance evaluations.
- Guided team in research and development for new feature implementation.
- Contributed to design decisions for ARS6 and SRR6 Environmental Model Classification topics.
- Developed methodologies for road border estimation and obstacle classification.
- Advanced classification techniques for tunnel, parking garage, and vulnerable road user identification.
- Streamlined processes for classifying roadside objects and filtering key output objects.
- Stationary feature computation using the grid layer that uses the elevation and occupancy information.
Senior Technical Specialist/Architect
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
01.2017 - 12.2020
- Technically, leading and ramping up a small team of six members.
- Component Owner: Globally owning a complete component of environmental classification that includes the development of various observers, followed by a logistic regression/decision tree model.
- Frequent customer interactions on the test track in Germany.
- Learning, developing, and guiding the development of the classification of tunnels and parking garages for the premium ARS4xx radar sensors for various customers.
- Design development for stationary grid features and their usability in tunnels, parking garages and obstacle/overhead (bridge-gantry signs) classification.
- Detailed design creation using Rhapsody, Doxygen and QAC standardization.
- Driving automation by developing a Python-based tool to support various classical machine learning models.
Module Lead
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
09.2014 - 12.2016
- Functional Coordinator: Established the RADAR team in Bengaluru for the first-ever component, facilitating ongoing technical discussions with German counterparts.
- Cultivated intercultural understanding to ensure timely delivery of work packages.
- Engaged in continuous learning and development of technical concepts relevant to project needs.
- Worked on topics such as design creation for grid features, object maintenance states, road type, lane matrix, road border objects, QAC warning removal, fixing reported issues, and understanding the ADAS processes, framework, and complexities.
- Code release processes and release tag creation by using the IMS tool.
Lead Engineer
Samsung India Software Operations
Bengaluru
08.2012 - 08.2014
- Project Name - Enhanced Samsung OpenCL library by integrating OpenCL 2.0 APIs across compiler, runtime, and built-in levels.
- Ported image processing applications like Sobel Filter, Vignette, and Convolution to Android and Tizen platforms.
- Stabilized and optimized Samsung OpenCL library for Khronos Conformance Test Suite compliance.
- Developed benchmark suite and shell scripts for C++, OpenCL, and Neon-based applications on Linux, Windows, Android, and Tizen.
- Implemented NEON-based applications on Tizen for performance comparison with OpenCL implementations.
- Ported WebCL and OpenCL applications to Android and Tizen devices; commercialized Tizen SDK-addon at Samsung HQ.
- Ran OpenCL 1.1 Conformance Test Suite; optimized library for performance gains; managed client interactions.
- Maintained reports, updated data on GitHub, Twiki, Testopia, Bugzilla; integrated modules using Eclipse.
Senior Software Engineer
Tata Elxsi Ltd.
Bengaluru
03.2009 - 07.2012
- Project Name - Printer Imaging Pipeline: Engineered DMIP graph employing IPP function calls within the existing printer image code framework.
- Executed conversion of source C code to DMIP while optimizing modules through C++ development.
- Project Name - Graphics Processing Unit - Performance Evaluation: Worked on image processing algorithms for object detection in surveillance, such as background learning, Haar classifier, feature detection, blob formation, and relative frame movement, integrating Ground Truth Tool functionality.
- Project Name - Video Analytic Stack: Assessed AIMSuite's performance in human face detection and tracking across various video frames.
- Transformed computational hotspots into GPU-compatible code using OpenCL for both Intel and Nvidia platforms.
- Project Name - Scalable Video Codec Encoder: Refined scalable video codec encoder by optimizing Tata Elxsi's handwritten code with SSE and AVX instructions.
- Project Name - BMT (Bench Marking Tool) - Face Detection (Haar Classifier): Enhanced OpenCV face detection capabilities by adjusting IPP instruction set to improve performance outcomes.
- Validated AIM Suite Tool output against GT Data through comparator development and rigorous testing.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Beant College Of Engineering And Technology
Gurdaspur06-2008
Some College (No Degree) - Video Processing
M. S. Ramaiah College
BengaluruSome College (No Degree) -
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.
BengaluruSkills
- Perception topics for object classification
- Machine learning
- Driving functions like EBA, ACC, BSD, LCA, and RCTA are essential for modern vehicles
- Customer interactions for successful demos of the radar sensors
- Camera - computer vision background with early experience in the career
- Managing a team of 70 globally and following the Agile process
- Driving innovation topics
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Technical leadership
- Effective communication
- Customer engagement
- Conflict resolution
- Environmental classification
Accomplishments
- IEEE Publication 1: Km-IFC: A Framework for Road Course Estimation Using Radar Detections | Date of conference: 12-14 July 2024
- IEEE Publication 2: Tunnel Detection for Automotive Radar using Object Elevation Trends and Gaussian Filtering | 2022 1st International Conference on Informatics (ICI) · Jun 7, 2022
Timeline
Chief Engineer/Principal Architect
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt/ Ltd.
01.2023 - Current
Technical Group Lead
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd..
01.2021 - 12.2022
Senior Technical Specialist/Architect
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2017 - 12.2020
Module Lead
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2014 - 12.2016
Lead Engineer
Samsung India Software Operations
08.2012 - 08.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Tata Elxsi Ltd.
03.2009 - 07.2012
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Beant College Of Engineering And Technology
Some College (No Degree) - Video Processing
M. S. Ramaiah College
Some College (No Degree) -
Continental Autonomous Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.
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