Name: Rohit Prashant Bangal

Email: rohitbangal.rb@gmail.com

Mobile: +1 (412) 657-7150

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Skills

Hardware: High-speed PCB Design, Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, Schematic Capture, layout design; Microcontrollers (AVR, ST, ARM), sensor & camera subsystems; SerDes, Sensor Interfaces (ADC/DAC), PMICs, DC-DC converters, rail sequencing; Board Bring-Up, Validation Testing, Lab Test Equipment (scopes, digital analyzers, etc.), Debugging; Robotics
Software/Interfaces: Altium, KiCAD, LTSpice, High-speed (MIPI-CSI, GMSL), Low-speed (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, JTAG), USB-C PD, Python scripting for validation tools, automated test workflows, and lab data processing
Programming Languages: Python, Embedded C

About me

🔌 Electrical & Computer Engineer building autonomous and robotic systems hardware, with hands-on ownership of high-speed mixed-signal PCB design, board bring-up, and system integration

💼 Currently working on production autonomous hardware systems, delivering reliable, scalable solutions under real-world constraints

🎓 MS Electrical and Computer, Carnegie Mellon University | BE Instrumentation and Control, Savitribai Phule Pune University

🔧 Proven project manager, adept at reducing costs & time

🤖 Conference-published engineer and international robotics competition team lead, known for execution, ownership, and impact

📚 Lifelong learner, passionate about making an impact

MY JOURNEY

Matic Robots

Santa Clara, CA

Electrical Design Engineer, February 2026 - Present

Design end-to-end PCBs for robotic subsystems with SoCs and MCUs.
Troubleshoot and root-cause electrical issues to identify short-term and long-term solutions.
Support system integration, board bring-up, and lab validation for autonomous platforms.

Monarch Tractor

Livermore, CA

Electrical Engineer, June 2024 - January 2026

Designed and validated high-speed, multi-rail embedded compute boards featuring MIPI/GMSL camera subsystems.
Performed board bring-up, SI/PI analysis, and hardware debug using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
Led electrical scope for 3+ OEM partnership projects from concept to launch.

Monarch Tractor

Livermore, CA

HV Battery Electrical Systems Intern, June 2023 - August 2023

Designed a Battery Module Tester for defect detection in cell modules before HV pack assembly.
Eliminated two manual laborers and reduced inspection time by 80%.

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, January 2023 - May 2024

QPA 3.95/4.00; Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society.
Designed CubeSat control boards, BMS, and camera interface hardware.
Completed coursework in Space Robotics, CubeSat systems, and signal processing.

Tantradnyan Engineers

Ahmednagar, India

Project Engineer, April 2020 - November 2022

Led a 3-member team and reduced production time by 20% through workflow optimization.
Designed control and power wiring diagrams and coordinated engineering execution.

Robotics Research Lab

Pune, India

Team Leader, August 2018 - June 2020

Led a 35-member robotics team for ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest and Mitsubishi Electric Cup work.
Won the Special Jury Award at the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2019.

ACCOMPLISHMENT

PATENT

PORTABLE, HUMAN-POWERED ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE

Issued: - May 24, 2019. Intellectual Property India Application Number: - 201721041912 (Published).

PUBLICATIONS

Design and Control of Omnidirectional Conveyor Model Using
Image Processing

Published: - April 20, 2023. Publisher: - IEEE

Design and Control of Quadruped Robot with Machine Vision based
Path Planning

Published: - June 2, 2020. Publisher: - IEEE

Path Planning and Controlling of Omni-Directional Robot Using Cartesian Odometry and PID Algorithm

Published: - December 26, 2019. Publisher: - IEEE

AWARDS

Special Jury Award

Team Leader
Occasion: - DD Robocon
Issued: - June 15, 2019

Commendable Performance Award

Team Leader
Occasion: - Mitsubishi Electric Cup
Issued: - February 15, 2019

National Engineering Olympiad

Secured All India Rank 1
Based on Basic and Technical Aptitude
Issued: - June, 2018

Smart and Simple Robot

Electronics Designing and Programming
Occasion: - DD Robocon
Issued: - March 5, 2018

WORK PROJECTS

TANTRADNYAN ENGINEERS

Communication between two PLCs at distance using Dish antennas (Wi-Fi)

Delta PLC and HMI, Ubiquiti

Designing and Programming of 'Graphing and Controlling VB.net software' for Siemens S7 PLC

TIA Portal, Visual Studio

Switchgear test bench automation

Selec PLC

Busbar tinning automation using Pyrometer

Selec PLC and HMI, Raytek Pyrometer

ENGINEERING PROJECTS

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH

Smart Grid

Allen-Bradley PLC, NodeMCU, Android Studio, Firebase database & Hosting

Rugby Ball pick-place and kick robots

Arduino, Pneumatics, IMU

Pick and Place Automatic Guided Vehicle Scaled Robot

Arduino, Encoder, Linear Actuator, IMU

Smart Street

Arduino, IR Sensors, Servo Motors

Calender based Building Energy Management System

Mitsubishi PLC and HMI, NodeMCU, MQTT

Quadruped Robot

Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Lead Screw Linear Actuator, IMU

Disc throwing robot

Arduino, Pneumatics

COURSES & TRAININGS

Course

Digital Circuits

Designed primarily as a single course covering the digital circuits for aspirant willing to learn digital electronics principles comprehensively in today’s perspective