Sahil Potnis.
To productize and scale Physical AI technology that moves human civilization into the next century.
From intra planetary to inter planetary and eventually, inter galactic. 🚀
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Product | Operations | Management
About Me
Hi Folks! I currently live in the Motor City (3-1-3) Metro Detroit area of Michigan.
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I work at Deepen AI to provide world class ML-AI data infrastructure for the AV-ADAS and Automotive domain. My Autonomous Vehicle journey started with Uber in early 2017. Smart mobility and intelligent transportation continue to be the primary driving factors of my professional life.
I'm inspired to push our technology envelope to the next level. Solving tough cross-functional problems and finding creative solutions is what I thrive on.
Born and raised in Mumbai (India), I'm an academic hybrid of Electrical, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. Proud to call University of Mumbai and Cornell as my alma maters.
Work
Detroit, MI
Director, Product & Business Growth
2026 Feb - Present
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Driving Product Strategy, Client Acquisition in the AV-ADAS and Automotive space.
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Detroit, MI
VP, Product & Partnerships
2024 Dec - 2025 Dec
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Product Dev and Business Lead for the Physical AI domain.
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Pittsburgh, PA
Detroit, MI
Director, AV Performance and Operations
2021 Mar - 2024 Nov
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Autonomy Performance, Data Ops (Maps, ML Groundtruth, Remote Assist, Data Analytics) and Test Strategy Leader.
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Pittsburgh, PA
Sr. Systems Engineer, Tech Lead
2021Jan - 2021 Mar
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Short stint in the Systems Engineering and Testing Org.
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Pittsburgh, PA
Sr. Systems Engineer, Tech Lead
2017 Mar - 2021 Jan
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Solved Autonomy problems. Built tools for AV testing.
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ATG
Palo Alto, CA
Embedded Systems Engineer
2016 Aug - 2017 Mar
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Software verification testing. Systems integration and validation.
Don't ask me about the documentary.
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Ithaca, NY
Hardware Design Lead
2015 Dec - 2016 Jul
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Full stack dev for automated medication management system proto.
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Skills
Engineering Leadership
Systems Engineering
Business Intelligence
Automotive Safety
Confluence of people management and technology development. Buddha as a northstar light to show the right direction.
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Applying the mix to solve operational challenges.
Broad scope systems engineering principles to govern engineering dev. Takes the abstract concept 1-step close to reality.​
Specific to complex safety critical systems.
Data driven decision making is the key to solving multi-dimensional problems. Like building the great pyramids.
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Develop metrics, analytics and business KPIs.
Putting in practice industry standards, certifications and best practices.
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Intelligent risk management to navigate the business, like our manta rays.
Art is a conduit for me to express concepts, both structured and abstract, outside of engineering. It has been a few years I've done a piece. Stay tuned.
Get in touch.
Write to me at spp66@cornell.edu