Summary
Ishwar Kulkarni is a Technical Lead at NVIDIA with a decade of experience building production-grade autonomy systems, specializing in 3D perception, multi-modal planning, and performance-critical CUDA implementations for L2–L4 vehicles. He combines deep research in transformer and reinforcement-learning based behavioral planning with hands-on GPGPU engineering to meet ISO26262 and MISRA safety and timing constraints. His background spans hardware architecture, real-time simulation, and mapping pipelines, enabling him to bridge chip-to-software tradeoffs that accelerate deployment. Based in San Jose, he’s known for turning academic techniques from his UC Irvine research into scalable, cloud-deployable solutions for autonomous driving.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science and Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
Hindi, Kannada