Headline

Head of Engineering – ADAS Systems | Global Product Acquisition & Scaling | Regulatory & Cross-Border Leadership

About

With 17+ years of experience in Automotive & Cloud R&D , building and scaling programs I have delivered market-leading ADAS systems. My core expertise lies in scaling engineering frameworks for SAE L2+ autonomous radar-camera systems, bridging the gap between cutting-edge engineering and global business growth. Core Areas of Expertise: Engineering Leadership: Building, mentoring, and scaling multi-disciplinary system & test engineering teams. Compliance : Driving end-to-end alignment with regulatory & compliance frameworks. Business Growth & Project Acquisition: Technical quote strategies, and product introduction to new markets. Product Development Lifecycle: Accelerating validation cycles and optimization workflows to compress go-to-market timelines.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

gemini

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Head of Engineering - System & Test at AUMOVIO, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Accelerated project acquisition cycles by 30% by engineering a standardized technical quoting framework for next-gen L2+ autonomous radar solutions.

Head of Engineering - System & Test at Continental, Jul 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, SAE L2+ Autonomous Radar Systems Subject Matter Expert Autonomous Emergency Brake India Regulations via AISC Panel - DCAS for India Project Acquisition - Technical Quote preparation. Leading a team of Radar System Engineers, Test, Functional Safety

Senior Manager at Continental, Jan 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, SAE L2+ Autonomous Systems

Manager at Continental, Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr, Greater Bengaluru Area, Focusing on achieving NCAP2022/2023 Autonomous Emergency Brake Function Performance.

Supervisor - Embedded Development Support at Digi International, Dec 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, A technical supervisor who continued to code by choice. C/Embedded Linux/Embedded Yocto /Java Programmer Lead a team of 4 high-quality embedded/networking/RF/Cloud development support Engineers assisting customers worldwide. Administering Digi's Salesforce deployment. Administering Digi Device Cloud. IoT application development services.

Development Supervisor at Digi International, Dec 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos, Led global customer development support team for embedded/RF/IoT products by coding in C, Embedded Linux, and Java. Assisted pre/post-sales technical solutions delivery team in developing applications. Delivered IoT applications integrating Digi Device Cloud, enabling connectivity for embedded and satellite modules on Linux, NET+OS, VxWorks and Android. Administered Digi’s Salesforce and Device Cloud, ensuring streamlined workflows for global technical support and customer integration.

Lead Applications Engineer at Digi International, Dec 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr, Bangalore, Lead engineer for a team providing high-quality development level support on Embedded/RF/Cloud products to worldwide customers in IoT/M2M/Embedded Domains. C/Embedded Linux /Java Programmer. Provides technical training to customers/distributors as required.

Assistant System Engineer at Fagmann Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Jul 2009 - Jun 2010 · 1 yr, Greater Bengaluru Area, Worked on projects where i have come across technologies like GSM, 802.15.4 ,TCP/IP and PIC/ARM micro-controllers. Embedded C/Linux/Microcontroller Programmer.

Embedded Trainee at Cranes Software International Ltd, Apr 2009 - Jun 2009 · 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Implementation of basic Router functionality in VxWorks 6.3 on ARM9 EBD9200 board. Implemented HRFS File system , client-server models for router.

Education

nano-MBA, Product Management, Sunstone

Advanced Diploma In Real Time Embedded Systems, Embedded Systems, Cranes Varsity, Banglore