Sohan Kuna

I build autonomous robots and drones - from bare-metal firmware to ROS2 systems.

Robotics and embedded systems engineer based in Mumbai, working across embedded firmware, ROS 2 robotics, autonomous systems and drone communication architecture. I design end-to-end robotic and embedded solutions - electronics, Linux systems, firmware, MAVLink and CAN communication, and robotic control - and integrate the hardware and software behind autonomous robots, UAV platforms, EV battery systems and connected IoT devices.

B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai University (2020-2024, 9.4 CGPA). 2nd runner-up in the Water Rocket Challenge at the Technoxian World Robotics Championship, where I also competed in the Maze Solver Challenge.

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Dec 2025 - Present
Robotics Engineer
DroneStark Technologies
- Built the end-to-end control system for the IDEX autonomous rover: architecture, wiring harness and BLDC hub motor, with an NVIDIA Jetson Orin as high-level computer and an STM32 running Ackermann steering and safety checks.
- Wrote a MAVLink-to-TCP bridge running as a Linux service on the Jetson, streaming rover telemetry and health status to the client's edge ML pipeline on the same platform.
- Developed DGCA-compliant ArduPilot Copter firmware (parameter locking, tamper-proofing, SHA integrity checks) for Type Certification, kept consistent across the 4.6.3 and 4.5.7 release lines.
- Built the control architecture for a two-wheel autonomous fire-response robot, and architected a ROS 2 Jazzy 6-DOF arm on a differential-drive base for mobile manipulation.
Jetson Orin · STM32 · ArduPilot · MAVLink · ROS 2 Jazzy · Embedded C/C++ · Linux
Jun 2024 - Nov 2025
Engineer (R&D)
Oben Electric Pvt. Ltd.
- Led the Battery Management System architecture and firmware, including State of Charge estimation; a custom cell-balancing algorithm cut charging time by 30%.
- Implemented cell monitoring, protection logic and CAN reporting of cell and pack data on automotive-grade STM32 / NXP S32K microcontrollers.
- Built a Raspberry Pi-based OBD scanner for CAN bus logging, reducing service diagnostics and monitoring time.
- Designed secure, FOTA-enabled firmware for a FreeRTOS IoT device with MQTT/HTTP cloud communication.
STM32 · NXP S32K · CAN · FreeRTOS · MQTT · Raspberry Pi · Embedded C

MAVLink, ArduPilot, swarms and certified flight