Aarti Pathak

Aarti Pathak is a skilled engineering professional with extensive experience in program management, process engineering, and quality assurance. Currently serving as a Program Manager at Cepton, Aarti leads LiDAR program management for Level 4 autonomous driving vehicles in collaboration with Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Previous roles include Validation & Reliability Engineer at Cepton, where Aarti focused on customer quality assurance and manufacturing improvements, and Senior Process Engineer at Prysmian Group, specializing in fiber optic cable manufacturing and Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Aarti's career began with design and development engineering at Endurance Technologies Pvt. Ltd., along with internships and industrial trainee roles that provided foundational skills in manufacturing processes and project management. Aarti holds a Master of Science in Engineering/Industrial Management from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Government College of Engineering Aurangabad.