MOHITH
PINNINTI
B.Tech ECE (AI & ML) · GITAM University, Visakhapatnam
I work across the
hardware–software boundary.
I'm a final-year B.Tech ECE student (AI & ML specialization) at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam. My internships have been in embedded systems & robotics — building computer-vision and hand-gesture perception for robotic control — and in optical fibre communication.
I work on both sides of the boundary: firmware bring-up on ESP8266/Arduino-class microcontrollers, sensor and GPIO interfacing, and Python-based test automation and data analysis. I like designing structured, layered systems and then proving them out — unit tests with mocked interfaces, dry-run modes, controlled experiment matrices, reproducible pipelines.
Alongside that I founded ScaleUp Marketing, a digital agency serving local businesses across Visakhapatnam, and led marketing for Shore Fest — a university festival that drew 11,000+ attendees.
Experience &
Ventures
AI/ML Intern — Embedded Systems & Robotics
- →Built image-processing and computer-vision pipelines for real-time hand-gesture recognition, translating detected gestures into control commands for robotic systems.
- →Owned the perception stack end to end — frame capture, preprocessing, hand detection, gesture classification — tuning confidence thresholds against live video rather than recorded clips.
- →Integrated the vision layer with the robot's embedded control path so recognised gestures triggered physical actuator behaviour on hardware, debugging latency and false-trigger issues that surfaced only once perception met real hardware.
- →Bench-tested recognition across varying lighting, hand distance and orientation to characterise failure modes, and contributed to build systems and integration workflow for the robotics team.
Lead of Marketing — Shore Fest
- →Led a cross-functional team across Design, Media, PR & Outreach and Tech for one of the university's largest cultural & sports festivals.
- →Planned and executed multi-channel campaigns — performance marketing, social, email, on-ground — that drove over 11,000 student attendees.
- →Managed the official Shore Fest website via a dedicated tech team, ensuring real-time updates and reliable uptime during peak event traffic.
- →Coordinated PR outreach, brand partnerships and influencer collaborations to maximise event visibility.
Optical Engineer Intern
- →Hands-on exposure to optical fibre communication and live telecom infrastructure at a national carrier's Visakhapatnam operations.
- →Worked alongside field engineers on fibre splicing, cable laying and network maintenance procedures on deployed links.
- →Observed fault-isolation and link-verification practice on production optical networks, connecting classroom communication theory to physical-layer reality.
Founder — ScaleUp Marketing
- →Founded and independently operate a digital agency serving local businesses across Visakhapatnam — owning client delivery, timelines and reporting end to end.
- →Built and managed websites, e-commerce pages and social handles for multiple clients, handling content creation, distribution and Meta Ads campaigns.
B.Tech — Electronics & Communication Engineering (AI & ML)
- →Coursework in VLSI Design (CMOS fabrication, NMOS/PMOS operation, dynamic logic), Digital Electronics, and Embedded Systems & Microcontrollers.
- →Plus Signals & Systems, Analog & Digital Communication, Communication Networks, and Antenna & Wave Propagation.
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Got an idea?
Let's build it.
I'm open to roles in embedded systems, robotics and AI/ML — internships, full-time, or freelance builds. Reach out anytime.
mohith4pinninti@gmail.com