Kaustubh R.

Kaustubh R. is a seasoned professional in autonomy systems and safety engineering, currently serving as a Senior Autonomy Systems and Safety Engineer at Aurora since April 2023. Prior experience includes roles at Amazon as a System Development Engineer II for Amazon Prime Air, where contributions involved streamlining drone health monitoring and enhancing drone lighting systems, and at Boeing, where Kaustubh held positions ranging from System Engineer II to Propulsion Engineer I, focusing on requirement synthesis, project collaboration, and software development for aircraft analysis. Additional engineering roles include independent consulting at D-Star Engineering Corp, leading propulsion engineering projects at Virginia Tech, and co-founding AeroInspire. Kaustubh holds a Master of Science in Space Systems Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech.