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Clive Rodrigues

Autonomous-Driving & Mechanical Engineer

Coburg, Germany[email protected]linkedin.com/in/metaclivegithub.com/cliverodrigues

Autonomous-driving & mechanical engineer bridging CAD, robotics and AI automation. Currently M.Eng Autonomous Driving at Hochschule Coburg · CAD-for-AI contractor at Mecado. National robotics award winner; R&D on export-grade EVs; building agentic tooling that automates the engineering itself.

Experience

Mechanical CAD Contractor · Mecado

Jan 2026 – Apr 2026

United States · Remote

  • 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

Oct 2023 – Jul 2025

Goa, India · R&D

  • 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

Aug 2022 – Nov 2022

Verna, Goa

  • 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

Feb 2020 – May 2021

Goa, India

  • Hands-on with IoT hardware, embedded prototyping and automation.

Education

M.Eng — Autonomous Driving

In progress

Hochschule Coburg — University of Applied Sciences

Autonomous systems · AI · sensor data · SLAM · V2X · motion planning

B.E. — Engineering

Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda

Artificial Intelligence · C programming · robotics

Higher Secondary — Mathematics & Computer Science

Loyola, Goa

Skills & tools

Autonomous DrivingSiemens NXSolidWorksFusion 360ROSNVIDIA RoboticsSensor FusionSLAMDigital TwinsGenerative AINXOpen AutomationPythonClaude AgentsDFM

Awards & certifications

1st Place — National Technix 2023 — Coconut-harvesting UAV · Don Bosco College of Engineering (2023)

  • Robotics Automation & Software Simulation with AI — NVIDIA (2024)
  • Generative AI Workshop — GrowthSchool (2025)
  • Welding Processes in Heavy Manufacturing & Quality Controls — L&T EduTech (2025)
  • Fusion 360: Design for Mechatronics — LinkedIn Learning (2019)
  • Using Machine Learning in Trading & Finance — Google Cloud (2020)
  • Robotics & AI — Industrial Training — My Equation (2024)

Languages

English — Full professional · German — A1 (learning) · French

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