Saketha Ramanujam Profile

Saketha Ramanujam

Electrical & RF Engineer | Designer | Astronomy Enthusiast

I am a Camera Systems Engineer at Tesla, where I work on software engineering for the Autopilot stack and our robotics platform, Optimus. I specialize in high-performance hardware/software co-design, sensor integration, and advanced camera stacks.

With a background as a Radio Systems Engineer and Electrical Engineer, my expertise spans from low-level Linux kernel debugging and digital image processing to architecting transport layer interfaces for next-gen radio tuners and lidar systems.

Beyond engineering, I am a dedicated astrophotography enthusiast, capturing celestial phenomena from my backyard and dark-sky sites. I also manage a high-performance homelab and am a trained classical musician.

🪐 Experience

Camera Systems Engineer - Software Engineering

Jun 2025 - Present
Tesla, Palo Alto
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Team:Autopilot/Optimus
Stack:C++, Python, Linux
Focus:Sensor Integration
- Brought up a new board and camera stack for data collection for our robotics platform Optimus.
- Developing, Integrating and evaluating our most advanced to date Camera sensors into the Autopilot stack.
- Handling hardware/software co-design of a test suite to detect visual occlusion for vehicle camera stack.
- Test Infra + Tooling.

Radio Systems Engineer

Dec 2022 - Jun 2025
Tesla, Palo Alto
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Focus:RF & SDR
Infra:Docker, K8s, Airflow
Platform:Model S3XY
- Debug Apps and tools for Software Defined Radios.
- Architecting transport layer interfaces for next-gen radio tuners.
- Product Engineering, integration, and testing for next-generation Radio Tuners through implementing test pipelines for SW tests on the Remote Tuner Module for all vehicle platforms.
- Board level and system level performance validation of FM/HD/DAB capable Radio Tuners.
- Vehicle <-> Infra enabled test pipelines for seamless test/validation experience.
- Data pipelines for Vehicle level tests on the factory floor for Radio, Audio platforms.
- Provisioning and bringup of new vehicle computers for Audio/Camera teams.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU
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Subject:Electromagnetics
Tools:ADS, HFSS
Courses:EEE 591, EEE 341
- Graduate teaching Assistant for laboratory course of EEE 591/EEE 445 Microwaves focused on with ADS, HFSS, Instrumentation.
- Teaching Assistant for EEE 341 Engineering Electromagnetics, aiding students in accomplishing laboratory tasks.

Radio Systems Engineering Intern

Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
Tesla, Palo Alto
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Focus:Audio/Radio
Hardware:NXP Saturn/Dirana
Tools:VNA, Docker
- Radio Tuner Systems Development and Validation for in Car Audio on Models S3XY.
- Audio Systems Validation & Factory Test log Data Pipeline Management/Infrastructure Dev/Automation.
- Debugging and Failure Analysis NXP Saturn/Dirana/Mercury Systems in Multi Tuner Environment systems.
- Firmware Validation for Remote Tuner Module(s) & system level test measurements on In-Car computing environments.

Coding and Research Aide

Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
ASU Biodesign Institute
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Advisor:Dr. Leland Hartwell
Project:Eye Tracking tool
Tech:Python, Webgazer.js
- Worked under the guidance of Dr. Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Laureate) on developing experiments in Python and JS with Psychopy/PsychoJS.
- Developed a web based eye tracking tool with integration into Psychopy platform and pavlovia.
- Integrated webgazer.js into psychopy js.

Graduate Services Assistant

Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU
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Lab:Dr. Calhoun's Lidar Team
System:MEMS Lidar
Hardware:Arduino, Servo
- Electrical Engineer on the Dr. Calhoun's Lidar team for developing a MEMS based lidar solution for navigation.
- Responsible for troubleshooting off the shelf components and their integration into systems being designed.
- Developed a scanned lidar system using Arduino and Servo Motors using a laser range finder.

Data Acquisition Assistant

Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
ASU School of Politics and Global Studies
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Role:Web Scraping
Tech:Python, Scrapy
Data:Migration Metrics
- Develop and maintain web-scrapers, python clients to acquire migration/deportation data from target source websites.

Research And Development Engineer

Dec 2019 - Dec 2020
Gayatri Vidya Parishad SIRC
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Focus:Photonic Systems
Research:Laser Scattering
Alg:Signal Proc, ML
- Research, development and design of photonic-systems and related signal processing algorithms to detect pollutants in AIR and Structural Health Monitoring.
- Design Experiments to understand behaviour Laser Interactions with Particulate pollutants.
- Develop Experimental Software for Data Acquisition over the Network and apply Machine Learning Algorithms.

Data Pipelines Engineering Intern

2019 - Dec 2019
rorodata
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Pipeline:Apache Airflow
Cloud:GCP Build/Run
Bot:Slack Integration
- Evaluated Apache Airflow for production data pipelines by writing DAGS in python and bash.
- Performance testing of parallel processing architectures & Deployed APIs on GCP using Cloud Build, App Engine and Cloud Run.
- Developed a test bot for APIs and User flow that posts reports to slack.

Campus Student Expert

Sep 2018 - May 2019
GitHub
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Ambassador:Open Source
Community:GVP-Ai-Club
Network:Global Student
- Introduce and Enhance the culture of development and usage of Open Source Software to peers and on campus communities.
- Previously managed GVP-Ai-Club, GVPCE, Vizag (2018-19).

Photonics Applications Research Intern

May 2018 - May 2019
Gayatri Vidya Parishad SIRC
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Focus:Laser Scattering
Tunnel:Sub Sonic Wind
Recon:Audio Reconstruction
- Study Effects of Laser scattering phenomenon in fluids (air and water) and design experiments to detect constituents.
- Use Photo sensitive sensors to observe structural health of structures in Sub Sonic Wind Tunnels.
- Develop Algorithms to reconstruct muffled audio regenerated from Photonic systems.

Sound and Game Designer

Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
KHADGA ENTERTAINMENT
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Media:Indie Games
Role:Sound Design
Tools:DAW, Foley
- Develop, record and mix Foley, In Game and Promotional Audio for Indie Android Games.

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