Nikhita Gangla
About Nikhita Gangla
Nikhita Gangla is a Senior Project Software Engineer at Lutron Electronics in Austin, Texas, with a background in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University.
Current Position
Nikhita Gangla is currently a Senior Project Software Engineer at Lutron Electronics in Austin, Texas, United States. She works in a hybrid capacity, combining both in-person and remote work commitments.
Professional Experience at Lutron Electronics
Before her current role, Nikhita Gangla served as a Project Software Engineer at Lutron Electronics from 2021 to 2023 in Austin, Texas. During this period, she developed mobile applications using Kotlin, Java, and KMM that integrated with Lutron's hardware and cloud services. She also functioned as a Feature Champion, pioneering several consumer-facing features from conception through completion and following the Agile framework.
Previous Roles and Industry Experience
Nikhita Gangla has an extensive industry background, including roles as Product Manager at Rice-Apps from 2020 to 2021 in Houston, Texas, and Machine Learning Intern at Rice Networks Group in 2020. She also held positions as Marketing/Applications Engineering Intern at Octavo Systems from 2019 to 2020 in Sugar Land, Texas, and as Freshman Engineering Design Writing Mentor at Rice University from 2018 to 2019. Additional roles include Engineering Student Consultant at Fundacion Cantaro Azul in Mexico from 2017 to 2018 and HSQE Management Systems Project Intern at SeaTeam Management Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2017.
Mentoring and Leadership
Nikhita has taken on mentoring roles, notably with android mobile app summer interns. Her responsibilities encompassed scoping their projects, overseeing and reviewing software designs, and reviewing code changes. These mentoring activities highlight her commitment to developing the next generation of engineers.
Education and Academic Background
Nikhita earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University. Prior to that, she achieved a perfect International Baccalaureate Diploma score of 45/45 points at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) from 2015 to 2016.