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Pratik Patnaik
Senior Product Owner
Bengaluru
Summary
SAFe-Certified Senior Product Owner with 16+ years of leadership spearheading automotive infotainment, powertrain, and software-defined vehicle (SDV) programs for global OEMs.
- Strategic & AI Leadership: Champions end-to-end product visions and roadmaps for 20+ engineers/suppliers, leveraging Generative AI to optimize backlog refinement and sprint velocity.
- Technical Architecture: Deep hands-on background in Android platforms, C/C++, Model-Based Programming (ASCET), and RTOS (QNX, ERCOS).
- High-Integrity Delivery: Drives rigorous ASPICE compliance, system design, HIL/SIL validation, and vehicle testing while untangling critical blockers to accelerate market launches.
Overview
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Language
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Certifications
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years of post-secondary education
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Owner
Visteon
Bangalore
04.2023 - Current
- Product Owner for connected infotainment, cockpit entertainment and KPI performance for a global OEM.
- Manage customer requirements intake, downstream planning and release alignment with suppliers.
- Own and prioritize product backlog; define roadmaps and ensure ASPICE‑compliant deliveries.
- Lead a cross‑functional team of 4 requirements engineers, 15 developers and 8 testers.
- Triage defects and prioritize critical features early to identify constraints and technical challenges.
- Contribute to technical blocker resolution leveraging prior software development experience (Android, C/C++).
Product Owner
Elektrobit India
Bangalore
10.2021 - 03.2023
- Product Owner for Bluetooth and Emergency Assist within an automotive infotainment platform.
- Translated customer needs into feature plans, specifications and delivery milestones, defining how, where and when components would work.
- Owned and prioritized the product backlog; continuously reviewed incoming change requests and triaged them based on business value and delivery risk.
- Led end-to-end feature delivery from vision and design through rollout and release.
- Partnered with design and engineering teams to identify constraints early and shape critical features upfront.
- Served as team lead for 15 developers, coordinating execution and cross-functional alignment.
Functional Specialist / Package Responsible
Harman International
Bangalore
02.2020 - 09.2021
- Team lead for the team of functional specialists.
- Owned and prioritized product backlog.
- Requirement elicitation, analysis, grooming, and release planning (creation of FPI) for media, radio, head unit, and vehicle functions (IPC, Compass, Navigation, Parking assistance, Ambient lighting, Anti-theft management, E-call, I-call).
- Discussion with the customer in case of blocked requirements.
- Working on platform enrichment.
- Providing technical inputs and support during system function design, implementation, unit regression testing, system testing, and vehicle testing.
- Participating in vehicle testing and audio tuning in various vehicles to improve the end customer experience.
- Plan the FPIs, and support in the execution for the same.
- Participate in the RFP and RFQ required for bidding on new projects.
Associate Project Manager – Powertrain
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions
Bangalore
02.2015 - 02.2020
- Package responsible for Engine Coordination, Engine Demand and Engine Start subsystems for APAC customers.
- Worked with platform package owners to add enhancements and plan platform enrichment.
- Performed requirement elicitation, analysis and release planning; system function design and implementation.
- Developed control models using ASCET for model-based development and code generation.
- Performed Unit Regression Test, System Test, HIL, SIL (TPT) and Vehicle Test; conducted design and code reviews.
- Coordinated customer timelines and deliveries; visited counterparts in Stuttgart for platform feature integration.
- Managed a team of 8 associates.
Analysist Programmer
Wipro Technologies
Bangalore
02.2010 - 02.2015
- Developed Service layer and Application layer components for audio profiles..
- Involved in requirement gathering, understanding and implementing the code for enhancements to be made in messaging features, Handsfree calling, AVRCP1.4 and Inband ringtone.
- Assigned additional responsibility of a module lead for HFA (Handsfree calling) and MA (Music application)
- Representing Client in Crosschecks happening in customer location along with the various suppliers at OEM location at Yokohama, Japan.
- Analyze GANET and Serial logs and rule out issues of other suppliers out of the product limit.
- Add enhanced features on the old hardware with limited memory
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
KIIT University
Bhubaneswar 09.2005 - 09.2009
Skills
ISO 26262 compliance ,
Backlog prioritization
Product roadmapping
Proficient in ASPICE standards
Data-driven decision making
User story creation
Product metrics tracking
Product lifecycle management
Technical acumen
Risk management
Acceptance criteria development
Stakeholder relationship management
Software
C
RTOS (QNX, ERCOS)
ANDROID
DLT Log analysis
Wireshark log analysis
DNG / DOORS
ASCET
TPT
QAC / SEDGe
INCA / MDA
PVCS / SDOM
Jira
Github
Copilot
Certification
Scrum Master Certification
Timeline
AI for Product Owners
07-2026
SAFe Certified Product Owner
04-2023
Senior Product Owner
Visteon
04.2023 - Current
Leading SAFe 5.1.1
07-2022
Product Owner
Elektrobit India
10.2021 - 03.2023
Scrum Master Certification
09-2021
Functional Specialist / Package Responsible
Harman International
02.2020 - 09.2021
Associate Project Manager – Powertrain
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions
02.2015 - 02.2020
Analysist Programmer
Wipro Technologies
02.2010 - 02.2015
B.Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
KIIT University
09.2005 - 09.2009