Karmanyaah Malhotra

Austin, TX | karmanyaah@malhotra.cc | https://k.malhotra.cc | github.com/karmanyaahm

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science May 2027

University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX

Experience

OnBoard Ambassador June 2023 - Present

Hack Club

Reviewed $100 PCB grant applications for teens
Guide many students through their first PCB design and manufacturing process; provide support, ideas, and verification to advanced students.

Network Admin/Teaching Assistant Aug 2022 - May 2023

Belton High School

Set up 15 Cisco switches and routers; Used VMWare to run Debian, Docker, and applications.
Developed a WebSocket-based WireGuard-wrapper in Golang to improve accessibility of resources beyond my school's firewall
Trained 9th graders with IT skills like rack mounting, making Ethernet cables, SSH, RDP, AD.

Activities

Team Lead 2022-23

Vex Robotics Team High School

Architected a complex C++ program for coordinating subsystems in a real-time operating system
Analyzed camera inputs, gyroscopes, motor encoders, distance, and color sensors to extract useful information; Implemented autonomy algorithms to correct robot behavior.
Guided younger students with no previous robotics experience to be competition-ready through coding and mechanism design practice

Projects

Longhorn LED Level PCB Summer 2023

Design an ATmega328P-based, Arduino-compatible dev board, with inputs (accelerometer), outputs (Addressable LEDs), Li-ion charging, USB
Details and video: k.malhotra.cc/projects/2023/09/sparkletilt/
Skills: KiCAD, PCB Design, Sensors, Arduino, C++, manufacturing cost optimization

Hot Dog - A Programmable Flamethrower July 2023

Hack Club Outernet Hackathon

Rapidly prototyped and developed a pyrotechnic toy in 42 hours from ideation to demo
Collaborated with a team of 5 under time pressure to test various fuel dispensing mechanisms, user inputs, ignition, controls, and backup plans
Built and coded a safe, Arduino-controlled, battery powered, motor driver and HVAC source
Videos and further information: k.malhotra.cc/projects/2023/09/hotdog/

Discord - GroupMe Chat bridge December 2020

Sync messages between various data sources while appearing native to the platform
Reliably operating for over 2 years on a Debian server with no maintenance
github.com/karmanyaahm/groupme_discord_bridge_v3
Skills: API interaction, Golang, data processing

Familiar with: Javascript, React, NodeJS, npm, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, Dart, Flutter

Experience

Self-Hosting
Docker
MQTT
Cloud VMs (Linode, GCP, Oracle)
Serverless (AppEngine, Netlify, GitHub Pages)
Ansible
NixOS
Debian
Raspberry Pi OS

Single-board computers (Raspberry Pi Zero, Orange Pi Zero)
Arduino
PCB Design
Microcontrollers (RP2040, nrf52840, ESP32, ATMega328P)
BLE
JLCPCB
EasyEDA
KiCAD

Familiar with:
Javascript
npm
NodeJS
Deno
React