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NAME

Akshay Baweja

ROLE

Lead Creative Technologist

EMAIL

contact@akshaybaweja.com

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Creative Technologist & Hardware Engineer

Akshay Baweja

I build medical devices, embedded systems, and experimental interfaces. I turn ambitious ideas into dependable physical products—from early research and electronics to integrated prototypes and production-ready systems.

Experience

  • Lead Creative Technologist @ 10XBeta
    July 2021 - Present
    Lead multidisciplinary development of healthcare and medical technologies across product design, electronics, embedded systems, and prototyping. Translate early concepts into integrated, production-ready systems while navigating design controls, technical risk, and regulatory requirements.
    2021
  • Research Assistant @ Parsons School of Design
    February 2021 - June 2021
    Collaborated with Kyle Li on experimental game design, interactive experiences, and new models of play. Built and evaluated unconventional interactions that expanded how games can be experienced.
  • Research Assistant @ Parsons School of Design
    March 2020 - Present
    Working alongside Harpreet Sareen on research spanning cyborg botany, plant-based experimentation, emerging interfaces, and interactive installations. Explored how living systems and technology can communicate and create new experiences.
    2020
  • Student Assistant @ The New School Making Center
    August 2019 - December 2019
    Supported students, artists, and designers with digital fabrication, prototyping, design refinement, and post-processing—helping turn early ideas into finished physical work.
    2019
  • Hardware Design Engineer @ CareDose
    June 2018 - December 2018
    Designed electronic hardware, circuit schematics, PCB layouts, and dedicated test fixtures. Improved reliability through systematic verification, quality control, and engineering validation.
    2018
  • Electronics Lab Lead @ Maker's Asylum
    September 2017 - June 2019
    Led the Electronics Lab at Maker's Asylum in New Delhi. Developed community projects, delivered hands-on workshops, and mentored makers, students, and innovators in electronics and prototyping.

    Product Designer @ Hello World Labs
    June 2017 - August 2017
    Designed connected products that combined electronics, industrial design, and IoT technologies, translating early-stage ideas into functional prototypes.
    2017
  • Maker-in-Residence @ IKP Knowledge Park
    June 2016 - July 2016
    Created hands-on projects and workshops covering PCB design, electronics, mobile app development, and rapid prototyping. Made technical concepts approachable through learning by building.
    2016
  • PCB Design Intern @ Robosoft Labs
    June 2015 - July 2015
    Designed and analyzed printed circuit boards for sensor modules, development kits, and other embedded hardware, building a strong foundation in circuit design and electronics.
    2015

Academics & Accomplishments

  • Departmental Honors
    Parsons School of Design
    2021
  • Physical Programming Language
    Publication
  • Haptic Glove Display
    Enabling Sensory Substitution
    Publication
    2020
  • Presidents Scholarship 2019-2021
    Parsons School of Design
  • MFA - Design and Technology
    Parsons School of Design
    2019
  • Gold Medalist 2018
    Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
    2018
  • Ring-O: Gesture Recognition
    Publication
  • Winner @ MHacks 2017
    University of Michigan
  • Guest Instructor
    Feminist Approach to Technology (NGO)
  • Winner @ HackIITD
    Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
  • Bachelor of Technology - ECE
    Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
    2014

About Me

I connect hardware, software, and design to bring ambitious ideas into the real world.

Based in New York, I build medical devices, embedded systems, and experimental interfaces. My work spans product architecture, electronics, prototyping, and the software and test tools that bring a system together.

I studied Design and Technology at Parsons and Electronics and Communication Engineering in Delhi. I’m happiest moving between the big picture and the workbench—figuring out how something should work, then making it happen.

Off the clock: e-sports, travel, and exploring the city.

Download résumé

What I bring to a project

  1. Product strategy

    Connect user needs, technical requirements, and a clear system architecture.

  2. Embedded systems

    Bring electronics, PCBs, firmware, and sensing together in working hardware.

  3. Software & interfaces

    Build the applications and controls that make physical products useful.

  4. Prototyping & testing

    Turn ideas into prototypes, test assumptions, and improve reliability.

Get in Touch

Building a medical device, connected product, or unusual physical interface? Tell me what you are working on.

ADDRESS: New York, USA
EMAIL: contact@akshaybaweja.com
WEBSITE: akshaybaweja.com

Let’s make something dependable, useful, and a little unexpected.