Karthik Kalidas

Karthik Kalidas is a Systems Integration Engineer at Torc Robotics, with prior experience as a Test Engineer. Karthik served as a Graduate Teaching Associate at The Ohio State University and contributed to the Automated Driving Lab as a Graduate Research Student, focusing on developing autonomous shuttles and testing vehicle hardware. As the Chief Mechanical Officer for IIT Bombay Racing, Karthik led a team to design and manufacture an electric racecar for the Formula Student competition, achieving notable performance metrics and awards. Karthik's earlier role as a Summer Intern at KPIT involved designing solutions for autonomous driving technologies and garnered a Pre-Placement Offer for outstanding contributions. Karthik holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.