EXPERIENCE

Experience

Research, software engineering, AI, and data roles.

Aug. 2025 to PresentAbu Dhabi, UAE

Robotics and Machine Learning Research Assistant

iCAS Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi

Designed and implemented a modular semantic-navigation stack for the Unitree Go2, spanning semantic memory, natural-language target resolution, safety validation, and ROS 2/Nav2 goal publication.
Built a multimodal VLA training pipeline supporting generative SFT, NF4 QLoRA, official external splits, checkpoint/resume, prediction export, and provenance-preserving handoff into the lab's evaluation stack.
Integrated the navigation system into the lab’s ROS 2 stack; independent physical-robot testing achieved over 90% success across approximately 25 spoken-command trials, including chair and bag targets.

Python · ROS 2 · Nav2 · PyTorch · VLA · QLoRA · Docker

May 2026 to Jul. 2026Remote

AdoptAI Fellow

Built a reusable 12-sheet AI-adoption model using formulas and scripts to standardize three-year ROI, NPV, payback, break-even, and benefit-cost analyses for client engagements.

Feb. 2025 to Jun. 2025Abu Dhabi, UAE

Software Engineer Intern

Owned frontend engineering for an early production Next.js chatbot prototype in a three-intern team, building three core product flows and reusable UI foundations from scratch.
Reworked the chatbot into a site-wide voice-enabled assistant; integrated a Hugging Face model and built a 15-scenario evaluation harness that surfaced DSM-5 grounding errors and hallucinations, informing safeguards and product revisions.

Next.js · TypeScript · Hugging Face · LLM Evaluation · Frontend Engineering

Jul. 2023 to Aug. 2023Lahore, Pakistan

Data Analyst

Built a Python extraction, SQL-cleaning, and Tableau workflow to rank approximately 50 SMEs, replacing manual prospect research.
Six of the top ten recommendations became clients during the internship.

Python · SQL · Tableau · Data Analysis