Open to opportunities · Seattle, WA
RaghavendraSriram
I debug engines at the hardware level and ship AI platforms at the systems level -
from misfire calibration on heavy-duty diesel to enterprise AI governance.
from misfire calibration on heavy-duty diesel to enterprise AI governance.
Sr. OBD Engineer & Diagnostic Calibration Lead at Paccar · Currently on expat assignment at DAF Trucks NV, Eindhoven, Netherlands · MS EE + MBA · Patent holder · 9+ years shipping compliance-critical software across NA & EU regulations.
80%
Faster data extraction
automation tool @ Cummins
automation tool @ Cummins
MY22-27
Engine model years
calibration owned end-to-end
calibration owned end-to-end
NA+EU
Regulatory coverage
CARB, EPA, Euro VI
CARB, EPA, Euro VI
9+
Years shipping
OBD-critical software
OBD-critical software
Open to:
OBD / Diagnostics Lead
Automotive Product Management
Risk & Planning
AI × Automotive
Technical Program Manager
About
Engineer who ships
compliance-critical software.
I'm Raghavendra - currently on a 2-year expat assignment at DAF Trucks NV in Eindhoven, Netherlands, leading the program rollout of new misfire detection strategies across PACCAR P14 platforms. I bridge suppliers, hardware teams, development engineers, and validation groups - and I own it from requirement to regulatory sign-off.
At Paccar's Technical Center in Mt Vernon, I owned calibration readiness for MY22-27 engines, ensuring compliance with North American and European emissions regulations through structured risk assessments, audit documentation, and cross-regional team alignment. At Cummins, I built automation tooling that cut data extraction time by 80%.
I hold an MS in Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.82) from UT Arlington and have completed an MBA at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (GPA 3.8, 2026). I'm also a published researcher, patent holder, and have built AI governance platforms and autonomous UAV systems on the side.
OBD / OBDII
CAN Bus
AUTOSAR
ATI Vision
INCA
MATLAB/Simulink
Python
Six Sigma / FMEA
Program Governance
Risk Management
EU / NA Compliance
Machine Learning
Gen AI / LLMs
ROS / UAV
BMS / EV Systems
Tableau
$ cat engineer.json
"name": "Raghavendra Sriram",
"current": "DAF Trucks NV, Eindhoven 🇳🇱",
"base": "Seattle, WA 🇺🇸",
"email": "raghu.s1211@gmail.com",
"education": [
"MBA - U of Illinois (3.8, 2026 ✓)",
"MS EE - UT Arlington (3.82)",
"BE EEE - VIT (3.8)"
],
"patent": "Issued · 2021/07905",
"expat": "Apr 2025 - Apr 2027",
"status": "open_to_opportunities"
$
Experience
Career trajectory
Engineering / Industry
Expat Assignment 🇳🇱
Education (concurrent)
2024 - Present
⑂ parallel tracks - running concurrently
COMPLETED
🎓
2024 - 2026 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master of Business Administration
U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
GPA 3.8/4.0 · Completed 2026. Deepened expertise in strategy, program governance, risk management and AI-driven decision-making - bridging engineering rigour with executive leadership.
CURRENT
🇳🇱
Apr 2025 - Apr 2027 · 2-Year Expat Assignment
Diagnostic Calibration Engineer
DAF Trucks NV · Eindhoven, Netherlands
Leading end-to-end program rollout of new misfire detection strategies across PACCAR P14 platforms. Established governance mechanisms - milestones, risk logs, KPIs - for senior leadership. Managing cross-functional risk reviews and compliance gap mitigation across global stakeholders.
Apr 2020 - Present
ONGOING BASE ROLE
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Apr 2020 - Present · Paccar Technical Center, Mt Vernon WA
Sr. Test & Dev Engineer - OBD Misfire Lead
Paccar Technical Center · Mt Vernon, Washington
Owned calibration readiness for MY22-MY27 engines end-to-end across NA and EU emissions regulations. Structured risk assessments, requirement reviews, and audit documentation. Authored functional requirements with full traceability to validation and compliance evidence. Improved cross-regional collaboration via standardised documentation used in regulatory certification.
⑂ expat branch - Jul 2023 to Jan 2024
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
🔧
Continuing - Paccar Technical Center
Sr. OBD Misfire Lead
Paccar Technical Center · Mt Vernon, WA
Base role continued throughout expat assignment - remote ownership of MY22-27 calibration milestones and audit deliverables maintained in parallel.
6-MO EXPAT
🇳🇱
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024 · Eindhoven, Netherlands
Diagnostic Calibration Engineer
DAF Trucks NV · Eindhoven, Netherlands
Developed engine misfire diagnostic calibration for heavy-duty diesel MY2022-2027 under NA and EU regulatory standards. Analysed emissions and performance data using MATLAB and ATI Vision. Streamlined NA-EU team collaboration, improving resource allocation and communication processes.
Jan 2018 - Mar 2020
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Jan 2018 - Mar 2020 · Columbus, Indiana
OBD Engineer - CES Controls
Cummins Inc. · Columbus, Indiana
Built automation tooling that cut software data extraction time by 80%, improving audit readiness and eliminating human error. Applied Six Sigma and FMEA for system-level risk identification. Conducted aftertreatment diagnostic calibration (PFS/SCR). Supported OEM readiness audits with full calibration and evidence packages.
⑂ research & teaching ran concurrently
2013 - 2017
🚁
2013 - 2017 · UTARI, UT Arlington
Graduate Research Assistant
UT Arlington Research Institute · Dr. Frank L. Lewis
Set up the Autonomous Systems Lab from scratch. Procured $200K+ in robotics equipment. Research in distributed control, reinforcement learning, multi-agent UAV systems and computer vision. Guided 20+ Masters students. MS Thesis: multi-source UAV object classification using CNNs.
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2014 - 2017 · University of Texas at Arlington
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Texas at Arlington
Taught graduate-level courses in Linear Control, Optimal Control, Distributed Control, Intelligent Control Systems, and Digital Signal Processing. Developed lab materials and assessment frameworks for 100+ students per semester.
Projects & Repositories
What I build
8 shipped repositories spanning AI platforms, safety systems, financial intelligence, and systems research. Click any card for the full case study.
Enterprise AI · Governance · Control Plane
AurumAI
- Decomposes user intent into deterministic task graphs
- Routes to SLMs (temp=0) or Claude via YAML-driven pre/post-execution policies
- HMAC-SHA256-signed immutable audit trails; cost tracked per team
- No autonomous agents - deterministic execution only
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLRedisTask Graphs (DAG)
15-90% cost reduction via intelligent SLM/LLM routing
↗ github.com/rs1990/AurumAi
View Case Study →
Infrastructure · Cost Optimisation · Proxy
OptimaLLM
- Local reverse proxy (Go 1.26) intercepting Claude Code at :7777
- 13-step pipeline: SHA256 dedup, bash-result caching (2h TTL), image stripping + OCR
- 4-tier memory manager + BadgerDB knowledge graph with hybrid ranking
- Measured 67% token reduction on 635-request session (295K -> 98K tokens)
Go 1.26BadgerDB v4Ristretto13-step pipeline
Measured 67% reduction (295K->98K) - 635-request session - Go 1.26 - BadgerDB
↗ github.com/rs1990/OptimaLLM
View Case Study →
ML Platform · Edge AI · Fine-Tuning
SLM Forge
- Local fine-tuning workbench for 135M-7B models (Python)
- Hardware-tier classification probes actual RAM/VRAM - refuses jobs that won't fit, no silent OOM
- MLX-LM primary on Apple Silicon, CUDA via accelerate launch, CPU fallback
- 27 RAM-tagged models, 6 export formats (GGUF/MLX/CoreML/ONNX/TFLite/Ollama), 101 unit tests
PythonMLX-LMPyTorch/TRLLoRA/QLoRA/DoRAGradio
6 export formats (GGUF/MLX/CoreML/ONNX/TFLite/Ollama) - 101 tests - Apple Silicon production-ready
↗ github.com/rs1990/slm-forge
View Case Study →
Fintech · Bloomberg-grade Terminal · AI Analytics
QuantTradeAI
- Production Bloomberg alternative - 282 features across 30 tabs
- Real-time charting (35+ indicators in Web Worker), multi-LLM streaming (Claude 3.5/Gemini 2.0/GPT-4)
- 3,000-path Monte Carlo optimizer; institutional data (13-F/Form 4/Congress trades/dark pool)
- 5-guard self-learning trading bot + SHA-256 hash-linked audit chain; 310/310 tests, 0 TS errors
TypeScriptReactFastAPIMulti-LLMRedis/Celery
310/310 tests - 0 TS errors - 282 features / 30 tabs - deployed Vercel/Render/Supabase
↗ github.com/rs1990/quanttradeai
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Computer Vision · Safety Monitoring · Manufacturing
SafetyEye
- YOLOv8m TensorRT FP16 + ByteTrack at 15 fps/camera (1,500 fps cluster on 3-4 RTX 4090s)
- Rolling 60-sec FFmpeg segment buffer for stream-copy clip extraction (<500ms)
- Ed25519 chain-of-custody signing for tamper-proof evidence
- OSHA Form 300/300A auto-export, DART/TRIR, ITA e-submission; 30+ API routers
PythonYOLOv8m TensorRT FP16ByteTrackTimescaleDB/PostGISClaude Vision
1,500 fps cluster throughput - <=10s alert latency - <500ms clip extraction - Ed25519 evidence chain
↗ github.com/rs1990/SafetyEye
View Case Study →
Situational Awareness · AI Intelligence Platform
SitAware
- 25 open data sources (USGS, GDACS, NASA FIRMS, ACLED, aviation, maritime, weather, ocean) into unified PostGIS incidents
- Two-stage Claude pipeline - Haiku extraction then Sonnet narrative generation
- Atomic Redis token budgeting (490K/day, 45 summaries/day, 5/session) with layered degradation
- Geohash cache reuse; LibreTranslate for multilingual incident normalization
PythonPostGIS/MapLibre GLAPSchedulerLibreTranslateClaude Haiku + Sonnet
25 data sources - 490K daily token budget - atomic Redis reserve/rollback - geohash cache reuse
↗ github.com/rs1990/SitAware
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Systems Research · AI-Native OS · Rust
AetherOS
- 5 workspace crates (~5K LoC): no_std microkernel with SPSC ring bus
- Neural HAL (NPU/GPU runtime via JitPatchContext); USDF vector-addressed storage with VFS bridge
- Ring-0 agent swarm (Synthesis/Orchestrator/Curator/MemoryOptimizer/Janitor)
- SWIM-style gossip cluster with RDMA compute credits; not bootable - 28 issues documented
Rustno_stdTokiocrossbeamSPSC ring busSWIM gossip
5 workspace crates - ~5K LoC - 28 documented issues - trait-first Rust architecture
↗ github.com/rs1990/aetheros
View Case Study →
Supply Chain · Analytics Platform · PACCAR-style
Supply Chain Intel
- 8 connectors: SAP OData v4 OAuth2, Ariba, CDK, Manhattan, Snowflake, TMS, Warranty, Demand
- 13 SQLAlchemy tables; APScheduler for 15-min ingest, 6am daily, Monday weekly jobs
- Z-score anomaly detection (60d lookback, z>=2 warning / z>=3 critical)
- 14-day demand forecast (40% trend + 60% MA); deployed on Render
PythonFastAPISQLAlchemySQLAlchemy 2.0APSchedulerSAP OData v4 OAuth2scikit-learn
13 KPIs daily - z-score anomaly detection (60d) - 14-day demand forecast - deployed on Render
↗ github.com/rs1990/supply-chain-intel
View Case Study →
System Architecture
Interactive diagrams - click any node to explore connections
AurumAI - Enterprise AI Control Plane
Earlier Research & Engineering
Autonomous Formation Flight
Multi-agent consensus algorithms on MAVs achieving 3D formation flights inside a VICON motion capture environment.
Multi-MAV · UTARI Autonomous Systems Lab
Neural Net Quadcopter Controller
C++ Neural Network Backstepping controller for quadcopters based on Das, Lewis & Subbarao’s adaptive control paper.
Gesture-Based UAV Control
ArDrone control via Microsoft Kinect. Custom calibration sequence improved positioning accuracy by ~15%.
~15% accuracy improvement via calibration
LIDAR Noise Filter
Real-time median + threshold filter in C++ for cleaning noisy LIDAR data on mobile robotic platforms.
Real-Time DAQ Board
Custom DAQ board for 20+ sensors on a robotic skin platform, communicating with NI cRIO via SPI.
20+ sensor channels · SPI · NI cRIO
RTOS on dsPIC33F
Co-operative or Pre-emptive RTOS built from scratch in Embedded C on a 16-bit dsPIC33F microcontroller.
GitHub Highlights
👾 aetheros
AI-native microkernel OS - 5 Rust crates, Neural HAL, USDF, cluster-scale NPU compute
Rust
🚚 supply-chain-intel
PACCAR-style supply chain platform - SAP OData v4, daily/weekly KPIs, anomaly detection
Python
🧠 QuadSYSspline
Neural Network Backstepping controller for quadcopters
C++
🎯 Intelligent-Control-Systems
MATLAB implementations of intelligent control algorithms
MATLAB
📡 Median_filter
LIDAR signal noise reduction
C++
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View all 61+ repos →
Publications & Patent
Research Output
Security of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Against Cyber-Physical Attacks
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for EDGE Computing
🏅 Patent - Business Transaction Information Processing System
Capabilities
Technical depth
Open Source
Free tools I built
Side projects shipped for the developer community. Free, open source, no strings.
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ClaudeCosts
macOS menu bar app
Reads your Claude Code session logs and shows live token usage and cost estimates in your menu bar - broken down by today, this month, and all time. Per-model breakdown, Claude API status, auto-refresh.
git clone https://github.com/rs1990/ClaudeCosts.git
cd ClaudeCosts && bash install.sh
cd ClaudeCosts && bash install.sh
Contact
Let's build
something smart.
Currently on expat assignment in the Netherlands through April 2027 - and actively exploring what's next. Open to senior OBD/diagnostics, EV systems, AI × automotive, and technical program management roles globally.
▸ Currently
Expat assignment @ DAF Trucks NV, Eindhoven 🇳🇱 through April 2027.
▸ Open To
Senior OBD / Diagnostics Lead · Automotive Product Management · EV / BMS Systems · Risk & Planning · AI for Automotive · Technical Program Management · Global roles.
▸ Ideal Next Role
At the intersection of diagnostic engineering + AI + program leadership.
▸ Response Time
Typically within 24-48 hours.
Free Tools
Everyday tools,
built right in.
10 web-based utilities you'll reach for daily - no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Works entirely in your browser.
🧮 Calculator
Full scientific-style calculator. Keyboard-friendly.
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Convert length, weight, temperature, speed, area, and volume.
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🌍 World Timezones
Live clocks for major cities worldwide. Auto-updates every second.
📝 Word Counter
Paste or type text - get real-time word, character, sentence, and reading time stats.
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🔐 Password Generator
Generate strong, random passwords instantly.
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📷 QR Code Generator
Instantly generate a QR code for any URL, text, email, or phone number.
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🎨 Color Picker & Converter
Pick a color, get HEX, RGB, HSL, and CSS variable instantly.
HEX
#F59E0B
RGB
rgb(245, 158, 11)
HSL
hsl(38, 92%, 50%)
CSS Var
--color: #F59E0B;
💻 Number Base Converter
Convert between Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal, and Octal instantly. Essential for embedded/firmware work.
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Tip: useful for CAN frame IDs, register values, and memory addresses
⏱️ Pomodoro Timer
The classic focus technique: 25 min work, 5 min break. Builds deep focus.
25:00
Session 1 of 4 · Complete 4 sessions for a long break
⚖️ BMI Calculator
Calculate Body Mass Index with metric or imperial units.
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▸ ≥30 Obese