Open to opportunities · Seattle, WA
RaghavendraSriram
9 years owning programs from requirement to regulatory sign-off - cross-functional, compliance-critical, audit-ready.
Sr. OBD Engineer · Expat @ DAF Trucks NV, Netherlands · MS EE + MBA · 9+ years.
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
Technical program lead.
Owns delivery end-to-end.
Sr. OBD calibration engineer at Paccar with 9+ years owning compliance-critical software - currently on a 2-year expat at DAF Trucks NV, Netherlands, rolling out misfire detection across PACCAR P14 platforms. Built automation that cut extraction time by 80% at Cummins. MY22-27 engine years owned end-to-end across CARB, EPA, Euro VI.
MS Electrical Engineering · MBA, UIUC 2026. Two peer-reviewed publications and one issued patent - listed below. Building AI governance platforms in parallel.
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
Stakeholder Alignment
Program Planning
Compliance Delivery
$ 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"
$
Program Leadership
Programs I've owned
End-to-end delivery across regulatory, engineering, and cross-functional dimensions.
CURRENT · APR 2025 - APR 2027
PACCAR P14 Misfire Detection Rollout
DAF Trucks NV · Eindhoven, Netherlands
ScopeEnd-to-end program rollout across PACCAR P14 platforms
StakeholdersSuppliers, HW teams, Dev, Validation, Regulatory (NA + EU)
GovernanceMilestones, risk logs, KPIs - reported to senior leadership
OutputRegulatory sign-off across NA + EU markets
2020 - PRESENT · 5+ YEARS
MY22-27 Calibration Compliance Program
Paccar Technical Center · Mt Vernon, WA
Scope6 engine model years, NA + EU regulatory coverage
RegulatoryCARB, EPA, Euro VI - full traceability requirement to sign-off
ArtifactsRisk assessments, audit docs, compliance evidence packages
MethodStructured risk reviews + cross-regional alignment
2018 - 2020 · CUMMINS INC.
OBD Systems Integration & Automation
Cummins Inc. · Columbus, Indiana
ScopeMulti-program on/off-highway OBD integration
Impact80% reduction in data extraction time via automation
MethodSix Sigma + FMEA - system-level risk identification
OutputOEM readiness audits, calibration + evidence packages
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
Strategy, governance, risk management, AI-driven decision-making.
CURRENT
🇳🇱
Apr 2025 - Apr 2027 · 2-Year Expat Assignment
Diagnostic Calibration Engineer
DAF Trucks NV · Eindhoven, Netherlands
PACCAR P14 misfire rollout: end-to-end program ownership. Governance: milestones, risk logs, KPIs for senior leadership. Cross-functional compliance gap mitigation across NA + EU teams.
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
MY22-27 calibration readiness owned end-to-end: CARB, EPA, Euro VI. Structured risk assessments + audit documentation with full requirement-to-sign-off traceability.
⑂ expat branch - Jul 2023 to Jan 2024
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
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Continuing - Paccar Technical Center
Sr. OBD Misfire Lead
Paccar Technical Center · Mt Vernon, WA
MY22-27 calibration milestones and audit deliverables maintained remotely in parallel.
6-MO EXPAT
🇳🇱
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024 · Eindhoven, Netherlands
Diagnostic Calibration Engineer
DAF Trucks NV · Eindhoven, Netherlands
Misfire diagnostic calibration for HD diesel MY22-27 under NA + EU standards. MATLAB + ATI Vision data pipeline. Streamlined NA-EU collaboration processes.
Jan 2018 - Mar 2020
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Jan 2018 - Mar 2020 · Columbus, Indiana
OBD Engineer - CES Controls
Cummins Inc. · Columbus, Indiana
Automation tool: 80% reduction in data extraction time. Six Sigma + FMEA risk methodology. Aftertreatment cal (PFS/SCR). OEM audit packages.
⑂ research & teaching ran concurrently
2013 - 2017
🚁
2013 - 2017 · UTARI, UT Arlington
Graduate Research Assistant
UT Arlington Research Institute · Dr. Frank L. Lewis
Built Autonomous Systems Lab from scratch - $200K+ equipment. Multi-source UAV classifier via CNN + TensorFlow on NVIDIA Jetson TX2. Mentored 20+ MS students.
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2014 - 2017 · University of Texas at Arlington
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Texas at Arlington
Linear, Optimal, Distributed + Intelligent Control, DSP. 100+ students/semester.
Projects & Repositories
What I build
13 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 →
↗ Visit SiteML 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
- 30 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 →
↗ Visit SiteFintech · 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; 335/335 tests, 0 TS errors
TypeScriptReactFastAPIMulti-LLMRedis/Celery
335/335 tests - 0 TS errors - 282 features / 30 tabs - deployed Vercel/Render/Supabase
↗ github.com/rs1990/quanttradeai
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↗ Visit SiteComputer 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
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↗ Visit SiteSituational 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
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↗ Visit SiteDistributed Systems · Federated AI Compute · Web3 Auth
SovereignGrid
- Decentralized P2P AI compute grid - developers pool local GPU hardware (Ollama/vLLM) into a unified async API gateway
- EIP-191 Ethereum wallet auth - guild admission verified on every WebSocket connect via admin-signed credentials
- Smart dispatch matches consumer requests to least-loaded node; 3-layer failure handling with APScheduler requeue sweep
- Compute credits settled hourly via PL/pgSQL batch - one transaction per hour instead of a write-lock per inference
PythonFastAPIWebSocketPostgreSQLAPSchedulerEthereum EIP-191OllamavLLM
Federated GPU pool - EIP-191 wallet auth - hourly PL/pgSQL settlement - 3-layer fault tolerance
↗ github.com/rs1990/SovereignGrid
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↗ Visit SiteFintech · Agentic Trading · Claude Code
ClawStreet
- Intraday mean-reversion strategy driven entirely by Claude Code via a brokerage MCP server - no compiled trading engine
- Strategy config, session prompts, and cron runner; every decision logged to trade history and a strategy feedback log
- Phase-gated: signal validation (no orders) by default, manual promotion to live trading only after logged data supports it
- Localhost dashboard with bounds-checked, tighten-only parameter API and timestamped strategy backups
PythonClaude CodeMCPCronBollinger/RSI/ATR
Signal-validation phase by default - hard EOD flatten - tighten-only risk API - private repo
🔒 private repository
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↗ Visit SiteMobile · AI Content Pipeline · Location-Aware
WayTale
- GPS-based landmark audio tour app - React Native (Expo) frontend, Node.js/Express + PostGIS backend
- Offline content pipeline: Wikipedia/Wikidata facts -> Claude drafts sourced narration -> TTS synthesis, admin-reviewed before publish
- Live geofence triggers (250m radius) play narration automatically; every fact links back to its source
- Route scoring blends travel time, landmark count, and a crowd heuristic across 2-3 candidate routes
React Native (Expo)Node.js/ExpressPostgreSQL/PostGISClaudeTTS
250m geofence triggers - sourced/cited narration - admin-reviewed content pipeline
↗ github.com/rs1990/waytale
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↗ Visit SiteAI Platforms · Agent + Gateway · Go
Auric
- Single Go binary merging a token-optimization pipeline with a policy/audit governance layer into one agent platform
- Autonomous agent loop with sandboxed code execution and web fetch, plus a web chat UI and terminal REPL
- Multi-provider LLM aggregation gateway behind one API endpoint - price/health routing, automatic failover, streaming translation, prepaid billing
- Atomic escrow billing, concurrency-tested (100 racing debits, zero overdraw); hash-chained tamper-evident audit log
GoMulti-Provider GatewayPolicy EngineAudit LogPrepaid Billing
49/49 tests passing - atomic billing, race-tested - deployed - private repo
🔒 private repository
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↗ Visit SiteAI Platforms · Career Prep · Next.js
Intervue
- Turns a job posting into a personalized ~100-question interview study guide, cross-referenced against real interview discussion from public, terms-compliant community APIs
- Deliberately avoids sites that block automated access - treated as an authorization boundary, not just a scraping tradeoff
- Model-routed answers: a fast model for resume-grounded behavioral responses, a stronger model with capped web search for technical/system-design claims
- Mock mode by default (built-in question bank, no API key required); live mode degrades gracefully per data source
Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSClaudeModel Routing
~100-question guide - model-routed cost/accuracy split - mock mode by default
↗ github.com/rs1990/intervue
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System Architecture
Interactive diagrams - click any node to explore connections
AurumAI - Enterprise AI Control Plane
Earlier Research & Engineering
Graduate Research - UTARI · 2013-2017
Autonomous Systems Lab · UAV formation flight · CNN object classifier · DAQ hardware · RTOS. Under Dr. Frank L. Lewis at UT Arlington Research Institute.
$200K+ lab
6 projects
20+ students mentored
View details ↗
Publications, Patent & Authored Course
Research Output
Security of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Against Cyber-Physical Attacks
↗ View on SAGE JournalsArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for EDGE Computing
↗ View on ScienceDirectMachine Learning on Embedded Systems - liveProject series
Builds a real-time American Sign Language recognition system on single-board hardware so deaf and hard of hearing participants can join online meetings. Covers logistic regression, CNN training, training on microcontroller devices, and running the model in real time with Python, TensorFlow and Keras.
↗ View on Manning🏅 Patent - Business Transaction Information Processing System
↗ CIPC Patent Journal (PDF)Capabilities
Technical depth
Open Source
Other projects
Side projects shipped for the developer community - open source and installable today.
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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.
Utilities
Everyday tools,
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10 web-based utilities you'll reach for daily - no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Works entirely in your browser.
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Convert between Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal, and Octal instantly. Essential for embedded/firmware work.
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⏱️ Pomodoro Timer
The classic focus technique: 25 min work, 5 min break. Builds deep focus.
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