Robotics · Award-winning2023
Coconut-Harvesting UAV
Designed and built an unmanned aerial vehicle to harvest coconuts — 1st place at National Technix 2023 against engineering colleges across India.
UAVEmbeddedMechanical Design
Open to roles — autonomous · mechanical · AI
CliveRodrigues.
Autonomous-driving engineer bridging mechanical design, robotics and AI automation — building hardware that ships.
- National robotics award
- 0stNational robotics award
- Autonomous driving
- M.EngAutonomous driving
- Years in R&D
- 0+Years in R&D
Engineer
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About
I build the machines — and the machines that build them.
A mechanical engineer pursuing a Master's in Autonomous Driving at Hochschule Coburg. I've taken export-grade electric ATVs through R&D and homologation, won a national robotics award, and now generate the CAD data that trains mechanical AI — while building agents that automate the engineering itself.
- National robotics award
- 0stNational robotics award
- Autonomous driving
- M.EngAutonomous driving
- Years in R&D
- 0+Years in R&D
- Faster via AI automation
- 0×Faster via AI automation
Autonomous SystemsMechanical DesignRoboticsAI AutomationEV / Automotive
Focus
What I work on.
Where mechanical hardware, autonomy and AI meet — end to end.
Autonomous Systems
Sensor fusion, localisation & mapping, motion planning and V2X — the core of my M.Eng at Hochschule Coburg.
Mechanical Design & CAD
Design, homologation and DFM for EV and automotive hardware, from concept models to manufacturing.
AI-Driven Automation
Agentic workflows and NXOpen scripts that delete the repetitive parts of engineering — not just speed them up.
Robotics
UAV and mobile-robot design with ROS and NVIDIA tooling — award-winning hardware that ships.
CAD & Mechanical
Siemens NXSolidWorksFusion 360NXOpenDFM3D Printing
Autonomy & Robotics
ROSSensor FusionSLAMMotion PlanningV2XNVIDIA Robotics
AI & Automation
Generative AIClaude AgentsPythonChatGPTDigital Twins
Projects
Selected work.
From award-winning UAVs to export-grade EVs and agentic CAD automation.
Automotive R&D2022 – 25
Powerland Electric ATV
Design and homologation R&D on one of the world's fastest electric ATVs — winch mounts, body panels and chassis redesign. 90%+ of units export to the US and Europe.
SolidWorksHomologationDFM
Mecado2026
Digital-Twin Data for Mechanical AI
Producing foundation-scale CAD and digital-twin data — parametric assemblies with full feature trees — that trains the next generation of mechanical AI.
Siemens NXDigital TwinAI Data
AI Automation2025 – 26
Agentic CAD Automation
Built NXOpen automations plus an autonomous agent that scans Siemens NX tasks and advances them 24/7 — turning multi-day CAD chores into 30-second background jobs.
NXOpenClaudePython
Experience
Where I've built.
1st Place — National Technix 2023 · Coconut-harvesting UAV · Don Bosco College of Engineering · 2023
Mechanical CAD Contractor
Mecado
United States · Remote
Jan 2026 – Apr 2026
- Produce digital-twin CAD data that trains foundation-scale mechanical AI.
- Model and annotate parametric assemblies with complete feature trees.
Design Homologation Engineer
Powerland Agro Tractor Vehicles
Goa, India · R&D
Oct 2023 – Jul 2025
- Drove design and homologation R&D for export-grade electric ATVs bound for the US and EU.
- Owned CAD for structural and body components through to manufacturing.
Design Intern
Powerland Agro Tractor Vehicles
Verna, Goa
Aug 2022 – Nov 2022
- Modelled winch mounts, body panels and a chassis redesign for a new ATV in SolidWorks.
- Learned manufacturing technologies and precision tooling hands-on.
Intern
Bolt IoT
Goa, India
Feb 2020 – May 2021
- Hands-on with IoT hardware, embedded prototyping and automation.
Credentials
Education & certifications.
Education
M.Eng — Autonomous Driving
Hochschule Coburg — University of Applied Sciences
Autonomous systems · AI · sensor data · SLAM · V2X · motion planning
In progress
B.E. — Engineering
Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda
Artificial Intelligence · C programming · robotics
Higher Secondary — Mathematics & Computer Science
Loyola, Goa
Languages
English — Full professionalGerman — A1 (learning)French
Certifications
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Robotics and ROS-2 workflows — mechanical and industrial design, electronics, IoT and AI, including an agile mobile robot inspired by Boston Dynamics.
ROS-2RoboticsSimulationAI
Point of view
“Robotaxis are ultimately a data business disguised as a mobility service. Every mile driven feeds edge cases and failure modes back into the system — the company that closes the loop fastest, from data collection to deployment, builds the strongest moat.”
Clive Rodrigues
on the economics of autonomy
Also — web design
I also build websites that sell.
Fast, conversion-focused e-commerce & brand sites for growing DTC businesses — fewer checkout drop-offs, higher average order value.
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Full E-commerce Stores
A fast, conversion-first store — product pages, collections, CMS and checkout optimizations. Design, front-end build and merchant setup so you sell from day one.
02
Conversion Optimization
Redesign product pages and checkout flows to cut drop-off — clear hierarchy, persuasive microcopy and simplified options that lift purchase rate and AOV.
03
Brand & Visual Design
Brand-led homepages and product presentation that build trust — photography guidance, layout systems and component libraries.
Contact
Let's build
something autonomous.
Open to engineering roles across autonomous systems, mechanical design and AI automation. The fastest way to reach me is LinkedIn.
Connect on LinkedInOpen to
- Autonomous-systems & perception engineering
- Mechanical design / CAD & homologation
- AI automation & agentic tooling for engineering
- EU · US · remote — M.Eng wrapping up at Coburg