I'm Shiv.

I build hardware and chase ideas.

Shiv Agarwal at Tengwang Pavilion

Tengwang Pavilion, Nanchang · Summer 2026

Shiv Agarwal

I'm an electrical engineer working on augmented reality hardware at Meta Reality Labs — currently as Tech Lead, building the next generation of AR wearables from the silicon up.

I've shipped consumer hardware at Microsoft — Surface laptops, Xbox consoles, Kinect, and Microsoft Band. After Microsoft, I spent four years as a founder. Caramel IOT grew to 25 people building industrial automation hardware. Earlier: an internship at Apple on iPhone 5, and an MS from Stanford. In undergrad at Jadavpur University, I founded a hardware company and built a home automation system, a low-cost neonatal incubator, and a floating hydro generator. IIT-JEE rank holder.

Outside work I read widely, build things that don't fit job descriptions, and try to be present for the parts of life that matter most.

Tech Lead · Meta Reality Labs
2022–present
Co-Founder & CEO · Caramel IOT
2017–2021
Electrical Design Engineer · Microsoft
2013–2016
Hardware Intern · Apple
2012
Research Assistant · Prof. Boris Murmann's Lab, Stanford
2011–2013
Co-Founder & CTO · ISee Electronics
2009–2011

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