Tanay Choudhary

About Tanay Choudhary

Roboticist and Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of industry experience across the autonomy software stack, applied to the autonomous/automated driving, and warehouse robotics industries-Portfolio: https://tanay-choudhary.github.io

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Woven by Toyota

   Sep 2022 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

   Developing the next generation of advanced driver assistance and autonomy features for software-defined vehicles, as a member of the Motion Planning team.• Led the development of advanced autonomy features, including high speed lane-change planning, enabling smoother, safer L2+ driving.• Filed multiple patents on scalable autonomous lane change planning systems.• Selected for cross-regional talent exchange in Japan; onboarded local planner teams to core autonomy workflows, unified lane change system understanding across US/JP teams, and accelerated bringup of new production platform through hands-on triage and architectural alignment.• Optimized runtime performance of the autonomy stack, reducing latency in trajectory planning by over 40%, ensuring real-time responsiveness.• Integrated the core Trajectory Optimizer library into the L2+ driving app, which involved porting thousands of external Bazel targets.• Drove cross-functional integration of perception, planning, and control modules for complex driving scenarios.• Enhanced debugging, testing, and visualization tools, accelerating the development cycle.• Promoted compliance with safe coding guidelines as a Platform Reviewer; mentored other engineers, fostering growth and contributing to the team’s technical excellence and knowledge-sharing culture.

Education

• Northwestern University

  Master of Science (MS), Robotics

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E. Hons.), Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Rapid Prototyping
• C++
• Mechanical Engineering
• Matlab
• Computer Vision
• Python
• Mechatronics
• Machine Learning
• Feedback Control Systems
• 3d Printing
• Vim
• C
• Programming
• Image Processing
• Linux
• Biomechanics
• Embedded Systems
• Git
• Mathematica
• Autocad
• Android Studio
• Engineering
• Robotics
• Opencv
• Microsoft Office
• Pro Engineer
• Solidworks
• Ros
• Research
• Eagle Pcb
• Arduino