Sagar Patel
Systems & AI Engineer
Systems engineer focused on production software across embedded Linux, high-performance networking, edge AI, and multi-agent AI. I ship across the boundary between hardware and software, with experience in Yocto, RTOS, CUDA, TensorRT, BlueField DPUs, ROS2, and full-stack product delivery.
Target roles
Physical AI / Robotics engineering, Forward Deployed Engineer roles, Gen AI / Multi-Agent software, Embedded software engineering
What I ship
I write software across the full stack of physical AI. At Ciena, I engineer embedded Linux networking firmware for logistics edge gateways and deploy edge AI inference on NVIDIA Jetson Orin. At Cisco, I built P4-programmable data-plane pipelines and AI traffic intelligence on BlueField DPUs. I started my career at TCS writing bare-metal RTOS firmware for ARM-based telecom edge nodes. On the side, I build Watchpoint, StepAhead, FieldFix, SignalForge, HydraSwarm, and XG1.
Contact
sagar@myjobemails.comI write software across the full stack of physical AI. At Ciena, I engineer embedded Linux networking firmware for logistics edge gateways and deploy edge AI inference on NVIDIA Jetson Orin. At Cisco, I built P4-programmable data-plane pipelines and AI traffic intelligence on BlueField DPUs. I started my career at TCS writing bare-metal RTOS firmware for ARM-based telecom edge nodes. On the side, I build Watchpoint, StepAhead, FieldFix, SignalForge, HydraSwarm, and XG1.
ATS keyword set
Embedded Linux, Yocto, Buildroot, RTOS, Device Drivers, C, C++, Python, CUDA, TensorRT, DeepStream, Jetson Orin, BlueField DPU, P4, DOCA, ROS2, MuJoCo, FastAPI, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Graph/RAG systems, CI/CD, secure boot, MISRA-C, high-performance networking, edge AI, multi-agent AI
Experience
3 roles across embedded and AI systems
Projects
3 shipped projects and prototypes
Focus areas
C · C++ · Python · Bash · TypeScript
Embedded Linux · RTOS · Yocto · Buildroot · Device Drivers · Secure Boot
P4 · DPDK · DMA Optimization · TCP/IP · BlueField DPU · Telemetry
CUDA · TensorRT · DeepStream · ONNX · Jetson Orin · Nsight Systems
ROS2 · MuJoCo · Physical AI · Control Systems · Sensor Fusion
Next.js · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Docker · CI/CD · GitHub Actions
Embedded Linux networking firmware for logistics edge gateways and edge AI inference on NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
Remote, USA
- Optimized packet processing, DMA transfer paths, and interrupt handling to improve sustained throughput by 31% during peak fulfillment operations.
- Led Yocto-based platform work including BSP upgrades, secure boot integration, CI validation, and release management, reducing bring-up and deployment timelines by 24%.
- Built CUDA and TensorRT inference pipelines on Jetson Orin to detect conveyor and sorter anomalies in real time, reducing unplanned downtime by 22%.
Switching firmware with P4-programmable data-plane pipelines and AI-assisted traffic intelligence on NVIDIA BlueField DPUs.
Austin, TX, USA
- Integrated P4-programmable pipelines with switching ASIC SDKs, improving forwarding stability and reducing packet loss by 31% in large-scale validation.
- Implemented NVIDIA BlueField DPU workflows with DOCA and ONNX inference to improve encrypted anomaly classification accuracy by 24%.
- Optimized DPU offload scheduling and inference workloads, reducing host CPU utilization by 29% while maintaining throughput under peak traffic.
Bare-metal RTOS firmware and embedded Linux for ARM-based telecom edge nodes in carrier-grade networking environments.
Remote, India
- Developed bare-metal RTOS firmware for ARM-based telecom edge nodes, implementing multicast packet replication and QoS shaping to boost reliable delivery by 28%.
- Wrote custom kernel modules and device drivers for high-speed Ethernet interfaces, cutting packet jitter by 35% in distributed deployments.
- Integrated bootloader development with firmware authentication and MISRA-C compliant coding, streamlining secure deployment across platforms.
Offline OTA Update System
Signed bundles, atomic staging, health-check promotion, rollback, and audit history for offline edge Linux devices.
Embodipedia
Self-maintaining encyclopedia with typed claims, perspective routing, citations, and temporal views.
XG1
Humanoid robot learning pipeline for Unitree G1 combining teleop, DeepLake data, and GR00T fine-tuning.
M.S. in Computer Science, Sofia University, Oct 2025 - Jun 2027
M.S. in Embedded and Cyber Physical Systems, University of California, Irvine, Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
B.Tech, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Generative AI LLMs (NCA-GENL)
Availability
Open to remote or hybrid roles in the United States. Strong fit for teams that want embedded depth, real-time systems thinking, and AI execution.
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