Three years ago, Sahil Khanna was toggling between polished meeting rooms and crisp lines of code. A consultancy life that looked perfect from the outside. Projects done neatly. Clients thrilled. Commutes bookmarked by podcasts about innovation. And yet, something inside wouldn’t quiet.
In the stillness between deadlines, a question kept surfacing: Was this it?
This longing for meaning led him to Nutromics, although at the time, he had no formal offer in hand. Still, there was something about the company that called to him. “I saw Jeremy’s video about moving from the U.S. to join, and it just clicked,” Sahil recalls. “If someone is willing to cross the globe for this, it must be worth exploring.”
Now, as a Senior Embedded Engineer, Sahil’s mornings often begin inside a humming lab: tangled prototypes, coffee mugs perched precariously near circuit boards, ideas sparking faster than hands can move. Somewhere along the way, he traded the sleek world of consultancy for this raw, exhilarating unknown.
A Lab Full of Possibility
When Sahil first stepped into Nutromics, the company was little more than a blueprint, a rough sketch of what it might become. In the early lab days, the team wasn’t even sure if the boards would power on. It was raw, thrilling, uncharted, exactly the kind of environment he had been craving.
Unlike the clean precision of consulting life, here the work was gloriously chaotic. Move fast. Tear it down. Build it better. One day, Sahil might be debugging firmware in the lab, shoulder-to-shoulder with scientists; the next, he’s iterating on a hardware design at breakneck speed. "In bigger companies, you’d hand your code off and wait weeks for feedback," he explains. "Here, I’m in the lab, iterating in minutes, not months."
We’re now collecting gigabytes of real clinical data," he says, a flicker of amazement in his voice. "It still feels surreal." It was quite the turning point. This wasn’t theoretical anymore. It had weight. Every tweak in the code, every decision about hardware, carried consequences far beyond the lab walls. "We’re building something that could save lives," Sahil says simply. "That’s not something I take lightly."
Building More Than Just Systems
There’s no illusion of hierarchy here. Just a group of people moving fast, trusting each other to get it right. "There’s no ego," Sahil adds. "We just focus on what makes sense and get it done." But collaboration means more to Sahil than just getting work done. The Friday after-work hangouts, the casual chats that turn into impromptu brainstorming sessions, these are the moments that matter.
But somewhere along the blur of prototypes and casual catch-ups, something else shifted. His definition of "building" expanded. Mentoring junior engineers. Speaking to university students. Partnering with programs like Startmate to inspire the next generation.
"I never thought I’d enjoy mentoring this much," he admits. "But watching others grow, helping them take ownership of their own ideas, it’s incredibly rewarding." It’s a kind of legacy, in a way. Not just creating devices that change outcomes, but shaping the people who will go on to build the next ones.
A Destination Worth Reaching
Today, offers from recruiters still flood his inbox. Sahil barely glances at them. "Sure, I get offers all the time," he says. "But job satisfaction matters more to me. I walk into work excited. I want to be here."
For him, success isn’t measured by titles or LinkedIn milestones. It’s the feeling of walking into a lab where the walls hum with ideas, where the thing you build today might one day tip the balance between illness and recovery. It’s knowing that every small decision, every line of code, every design choice, has real-world consequences far beyond the confines of the office.
Looking ahead, Sahil isn’t chasing accolades, or the next rung on a corporate ladder. He’s focused on preserving the magic that first pulled him here: innovation without ego, ambition without bureaucracy, and impact without compromise.
His advice to anyone considering the journey is simple: master your fundamentals, but don’t be afraid to rewrite the rules. At Nutromics, success isn’t about ticking boxes, it’s about carving new paths. For Sahil, it wasn’t just about moving faster or building smarter; it was about finding a destination worth reaching, one built on purpose, not just momentum.