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Autonomous systems · Manufacturing software

Ashwin Vardharajan

Autonomous Systems Engineer & Senior Developer

I build real-time industrial systems and robotics software — from MQTT telemetry pipelines on the factory floor to sensor fusion and localization on a driverless vehicle. Five years delivering manufacturing execution software at Continental, now building production systems end to end.

Ashwin Vardharajan
Based in
Hertfordshire, UK
Focus
Autonomous systems · MES
Education
MSc Data Science, Distinction
Status
Open to opportunities

Selected work

Systems built and shipped.

Each project below states the problem it solves, the role I held and what it runs on.

Flagship SaaS product

AMP

A real-time Manufacturing Execution System for SME factories — live machine telemetry over MQTT, downtime and OEE analytics, production planning and an AI insight layer.

Role
Founder & sole engineer
Stack
FastAPI · Next.js · PostgreSQL · MQTT · WebSockets · Docker
Read the case study
AMP dashboard showing live machine status and OEE per machine

Client engagement

FIAS Global Holdings

A corporate website for a UK holding and advisory firm — positioning, responsive build, SEO foundations and a deployment pipeline the client maintains independently.

Role
Design & build, end to end
Stack
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Vercel
Visit the live site
FIAS Global Holdings corporate website homepage

Expertise

Where the depth is.

Grouped by domain and marked by working depth — core means daily, production-level use.

Robotics & Autonomy

Sensor fusion, mapping, localization and ROS2 navigation stacks.

ROS2 · Python · OpenCV · C++

Core

Manufacturing Systems

MES, PLC integration, OEE modelling and shop-floor data pipelines.

C# · .NET · SQL Server · MQTT

Core

Backend & Data

Real-time APIs, event ingestion, relational modelling and analytics.

FastAPI · PostgreSQL · WebSockets · Pandas

Core

Product Engineering

Full-stack applications, dashboards and design systems.

Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind

Advanced

Machine Learning

Perception models, anomaly detection and applied analytics.

TensorFlow · PyTorch · scikit-learn

Advanced

Platform & Cloud

Containerised deployment, CI/CD and cloud infrastructure.

Docker · Azure · AWS · Linux

Working

Experience

Engineering background.

2024 — 2026

Senior Developer

UH Racing Autonomous, University of Hertfordshire

Autonomous vehicle software for a driverless prototype: sensor fusion, mapping, localization, ROS-based simulation and real-time debugging on track.

2019 — 2024

MES Integrator & Developer

Continental Automotive, Bangalore

Delivered manufacturing execution software across production plants — C#, WPF and SQL Server, PLC integration, production visibility and global rollout workflows.

Contact

Building something that has to work in production?

Manufacturing, robotics or platform engineering — happy to talk through the problem before anyone writes code.