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# Bob Thomas on Tal

## 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

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