AkshRandhawa
I work on the robotics stack for autonomous haul trucks — currently on the Liebherr T264, teaching heavy machinery to see, track, and react on active mine sites without a driver on board.
I tell robots what to do — most of them actually listen.
Mechatronics engineer,
field-robotics specialist.
I work where software meets the physical world — designing the control services, perception pipelines, and embedded systems that let robots operate autonomously in places people would rather not be.
Today I'm a Software Engineer at Liebherr working on the autonomous stack for the T264 haul truck — primarily on perception, turning raw sensor data into a machine's understanding of the world around it. Before that, six years at Chironix building field robots for mine-site inspection. I like making and breaking things in equal measure, and the long chase toward a genuinely self-sufficient machine.
Where I've shipped.
Software Engineer
— Liebherr- Working on the autonomous stack for the T264 autonomous haul truck, primarily on the perception layer.
- Building sensor-fusion and object-detection pipelines that let heavy mining equipment operate driverless on active sites.
Senior Robotics Engineer
— Chironix Pty Ltd- Architected and deployed autonomous inspection robots at Gudai-Darri and a major Chilean mine site, lifting conveyor-belt inspections from bi-weekly to daily — a 400% jump in monitoring frequency and faster anomaly response.
- Built and optimised C++ / Python control APIs over ROS, processing thousands of data points daily for real-time navigation and telemetry.
- Technical lead across multi-platform robotic systems, coordinating 8 engineers + 4 interns through scoping, delivery, and handover of mission-critical solutions.
Robotics Engineer
— Chironix Pty Ltd- Developed backend services for autonomous navigation, integrating localization, mapping, and perception data pipelines.
- Brought up ARM64 SoCs (Jetson Nano, Orin) with custom device trees and bootloaders for ROS deployments.
- Developed shell scripts and used makefiles for cross-compilation and deployment.
- Engineered automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Docker) to raise deployment frequency and shorten recovery time.
- Designed and tested real-time processing workflows for 3D LiDAR, thermal imagery, and GPS, backed by robust logging and telemetry.
- Supported system stability through proactive monitoring, incident response, and robust telemetry solutions.
Robotics System Administrator
— Chironix Pty Ltd- Managed Linux infrastructure and containerized deployments for robotic field platforms.
- Established private networking and monitoring across multi-site testbeds, improving reliability and uptime.
- Streamlined development workflows through DevOps practices and infrastructure automation.
Machines in the field.
PilotOS
Mission-critical orchestration platform for real-time mission planning with teach-and-repeat methodology and ROS-based perception — delivering daily autonomous inspections at large-scale mine sites.
Chiropak Platform
Modular sensing kit fusing LiDAR, RTK GPS, thermal cameras and acoustic sensors — built on Nvidia Tegra SoCs, designed to ISO 10218 safety principles with EMC-tested hardware.
Pilbara Deployment
Field-hardened rover fleet running unattended inspection routes in 45°C heat and heavy dust — remote-operated over a ZeroTier mesh with autonomous recharge between missions.
Wireless Charging R&D
Integrated 3 kW wireless charging for autonomous robots — automatic docking, recharging and continuous mission scheduling with zero human intervention.
Network Stack
Secure remote-control architecture using a ZeroTier mesh for "no-config" connections and peer-to-peer routing of ROS telemetry across distributed field sites.
Kernel Config & Bring-up
Customized boot parameters, device-tree overlays and driver bindings for full sensor suites on Nvidia Jetson platforms.
Internship Program
Designed and supervised grant-aligned internship projects delivering practical R&D in perception fusion, multi-domain sensor calibration and autonomous robotics.
Technical matrix.
M.Eng — Mechatronics
B.Tech — Mechanical Engineering
Let's build something autonomous
Open to interesting robotics, embedded and autonomy work. Fastest reply via Telegram or email.