AVAILABLE SPRING 2026 · FIRMWARE · ROBOTICS · ML
Pranav
Yerramaneni
I build real-time control systems for humanoid robots, ship edge-ML on constrained hardware, and teach robotics to the next generation.
CURRENTLY
Firmware Engineer Intern @ Nova Robotics — PID/LQR on ROS2, sim-to-real via Isaac & MuJoCo
NEXT
UC Santa Cruz · Undergraduate · 2026 – 2029
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STUDENTS IMPACTED
K–5 STEM programs
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WORLD RANK · FTC
out of 7,681 teams
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E2E VR TELEOP LATENCY
Unity / OpenXR / WebRTC
0 M+
RECORDS MIGRATED
Tourable · Cornell-backed

Where I've built
from Cornell-backed
startups to competition robots.

Three roles across robotics, education, and B2B SaaS.
Each one taught me to move from prototype to
deployment on real hardware and real users.

FIRMWARE ENGINEER INTERN

Nova Robotics

Santa Clara · Feb 2025 – Mar 2026
01Engineered real-time PID/LQR control for a dual-reaction-wheel humanoid on ROS2 + URDF — enabling dynamic self-balancing.
02Implemented a Cyclic Coordinate Descent IK solver for fluid autonomous walking and squatting.
03Wired IMUs, motor drivers, and cameras to a Raspberry Pi over I²C / SPI / CAN.
04Validated controllers in Isaac Sim + MuJoCo; sim-to-real transfer cut iteration time meaningfully.
05Integrated Unity / OpenXR + WebRTC for 2-DOF head + controller teleop at <100 ms E2E latency.
ROS2 C++ Python Isaac Sim MuJoCo Unity WebRTC CAN
Visit Nova Robotics

Things I've built — shipped
to real hardware, real teams.

A selection of side work spanning open-source ML, edge AI, and competitive robotics. Full codebases available on request.

02 CNN + LSTM · WEARABLE

EdgeAI Tennis Motion Capture

Low-cost racket motion capture for 20+ players. Kinematic data logged to SD for batch training; streamed over Wi-Fi for live feedback. Custom CNN + LSTM hit ~90% stroke classification accuracy with inference offloaded to mobile.

TensorFlow CNN LSTM ESP32 Wi-Fi
~90% STROKE CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY
03 CO-CAPTAIN · SOFTWARE LEAD

FTC Robotics · Team #8872

Programmed a robot ranked top 1% globally — placed 36th of 7,681 teams worldwide. Directed a 5-member software team through season cycles.

Java FTC SDK Roadrunner OpenCV
Top 0.5% 38 / 7,681 TEAMS

The Stack

Formal coursework at Mission College (all A's), self-taught everywhere else.

Languages
C / C++5+ YRS
Python5+ YRS
Java4+ YRS
JavaScript / React3+ YRS
ROS22+ YRS
Unity C#2+ YRS
SQL2+ YRS
ML · Robotics
PyTorch / TensorFlow3+ YRS
OpenCV3+ YRS
MuJoCo / Isaac Sim2+ YRS
VLMs / Model Personality1+ YR
ONNX2+ YRS
WebRTC / OpenXR1+ YR
Infra · Hardware
Docker3+ YRS
CI/CD · GitHub Actions2+ YRS
AWS S3 / EC22+ YRS
ESP32 · PCB Design4+ YRS
I²C / SPI / CAN3+ YRS
FOTA · Mass Provisioning2+ YRS
PRIMARY
UC Santa Cruz
Undergraduate · 2026–2029
B.S. Computer Science
CONCURRENT
Mission College
27 credits · 4.0 GPA
Concurrent enrollment
COURSEWORK
CIS 007 — PythonA
CIS 008 — Advanced PythonA
CIS 040 — C++A
CIS 043 — Software Dev JavaA
CIS 044 — Data Structures JavaA
CIS 051 — Data AnalysisA
CIS 055 — Database ManagementA
AWS FoundationsA
Intro to Machine LearningA

Building something hard?

Let's make it real.

Open to firmware, robotics, and applied-ML roles —
internships for Summer 2026 and beyond. I reply to every
message, usually within a day.

Email pranav@devmello.xyz
Location Santa Clara, CA
Discord devmello
Availability
Summer 2026 internships