VIVEK SHENOY K
Summary
Embedded Software Architect and Technical Lead with 9+ years of experience delivering safety-critical embedded software for production automotive platforms deployed in over 10 million vehicles. Expertise in software architecture, embedded cybersecurity, AUTOSAR Classic, diagnostics, runtime performance engineering, and large-scale software integration. Recognized for leading architecture strategy, modernizing legacy software platforms, driving customer-facing technical decisions, and mentoring engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable, and production-ready embedded systems.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Lead
Bosch Global Software Technologies
07.2025 - Current
- Leading technical execution across Vehicle Motion customer programs, driving software architecture, integration strategy, engineering excellence, and customer delivery.
- Leading AI integration in the Team by deploying AI enhanced Software development and AI developed standalone efficiency tools
- Established automated CI/CD pipelines with integrated validation, improving engineering productivity, release consistency, and software quality.
- Mentored software architects and technical leads, promoting engineering excellence and adoption of AI-assisted software development practices to enhance team capabilities.
Security & Software Architect
Bosch Global Software Technologies
06.2024 - Current
- Defined software architecture that enabled robust embedded cybersecurity features across multiple OEM programs.
- Led software architecture reviews and technical discussions across software, systems, cybersecurity, and hardware teams.
- Integrated third-party security software into production ECU platforms, ensuring architectural consistency and enhancing overall system security.
- Defined and led the technical migration strategy for modernizing a production Airbag ECU from a legacy Non-AUTOSAR communication and diagnostics implementation to the Vector AUTOSAR COM and Diagnostic Stack, enabling regulatory compliance while preserving compatibility with an existing software architecture.
- Performed end-to-end architecture analysis including migration planning, interface abstraction, compatibility strategy, validation approach, and technical risk assessment, enabling phased deployment with minimal customer impact.
- Led a cross-functional team of 8–10 software engineers through architecture migration, software integration, validation, and production readiness while aligning execution with aggressive customer delivery timelines.
- Resolved post-migration communication and integration challenges through systematic debugging, architecture refinement, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring seamless operation.
- Led system-level runtime performance engineering by analyzing execution behavior, optimizing scheduler utilization, execution sequencing, cyclic task scheduling, background processing, CPU utilization, and interrupt handling while maintaining deterministic real-time behavior.
- Established validation gates and defect containment strategies that minimized customer defect leakage and ensured production software stability, facilitating a reusable migration approach for future programs.
- Performed software impact analysis to inform implementation planning and guide long-term platform evolution.
Security & Software Architect
Bosch USA
Plymouth
05.2022 - 06.2024
- Served as the technical architecture interface between North American OEM customers and globally distributed engineering teams for embedded cybersecurity solutions.
- Selected Contributions
- Owned analysis, decomposition, and feasibility assessment of 100+ customer software and architecture requirements, translating customer requirements into scalable software implementation strategies.
- Defined embedded cybersecurity architecture for production ECU software, balancing security, performance, implementation complexity, and long-term software evolution.
- Led architecture discussions with customer-facing software, systems, cybersecurity, hardware, and validation teams, influencing architecture decisions and technical trade-offs.
- Directed third-party security software integration while ensuring architectural consistency, interoperability, and maintainability across production software.
- Produced architecture impact assessments and technical recommendations, shaping customer implementation decisions and guiding future software evolution.
- Acted as the primary technical interface between North American OEM engineering teams and globally distributed software organizations.
- Mentored software architects across global teams, enhancing architectural competency and refining technical decision-making.
Senior Software Engineer : Software Architect
Bosch Global Software Technologies
04.2019 - 05.2022
- Developed safety-critical Airbag ECU software deployed across 10+ million production vehicles.
- Selected Contributions
- Architected scalable embedded software by translating vehicle-level, system-level, and customer requirements into reusable software architectures supporting multiple ECU variants.
- Defined software requirements and architectural considerations for secure firmware update functionality over CAN FD, enhancing system reliability and security.
- Led software architecture reviews and design governance, facilitating cross-functional technical discussions to ensure alignment and quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Maintained architecture consistency, maintainability, and compliance with customer and organizational standards as the software quality gate.
- Led Architecture, Software Design, and Software Unit Verification activities during ASPICE Level 3 assessments, coordinating engineering teams and contributing to successful OEM compliance.
- Mentored software developers, software integrators, and Software Architects, strengthening architectural ownership across multiple customer programs.
Software Engineer
Bosch Global Software Technologies
08.2016 - 03.2019
- Led software and system integration activities across multiple ECU variants contributing to software deployed in 5M+ production vehicles.
- Designed and developed safety-critical Airbag ECU software modules, enhancing vehicle safety through robust features like DEM, Warning Lamp Control, Switch Handling, EMD, and ROELite.
- Owned software modules, ensuring successful implementation, validation, and production release, contributing to overall software reliability.
Software Engineer
Robert Bosch GmbH
07.2018 - 12.2018
- Led software integration and conducted software architecture reviews to ensure quality of production releases.
- Developed diagnostics and complex device driver software to enhance functionality of production ECUs.
- Represented software team during ASPICE Level 2 assessments to validate compliance and improve processes.
Verification Intern
Sankalp Semiconductor
08.2015 - 03.2016
- Developed verification environments and protocol validation suites for SPI and UART communication interfaces, enhancing reliability of data transmission.
- Executed system-level validation to ensure robust communication across multiple devices.
- Assisted engineers in developing semiconductor designs and layouts.
- Conducted research on industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Collaborated with team members to troubleshoot fabrication process issues.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Cybersecurity
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
BMS College of Engineering
Skills
Architecture & Design
- Embedded Software Architecture
- Software Architecture Reviews
- Requirements Engineering
- Technical Feasibility Analysis
- Design Governance
- Embedded C
- AUTOSAR Classic
- RTOS
- Software Integration
- Safety-Critical Embedded Systems
Communication & Diagnostics
- CAN / CAN FD
- UDS
- SPI
- UART
Security
- Embedded Cybersecurity
- Secure Firmware Update
- Firmware Authentication
- Security Architecture
Performance Engineering
- Execution-Time Analysis
- Runtime Performance Engineering
- Scheduler Optimization
- Real-Time Systems
- Resource Utilization
Technical Leadership
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Engineering Mentoring
- ASPICE
- CI/CD
Accomplishments
- Architected and governed software deployed in 10M+ production vehicles
- Led architecture feasibility and implementation planning for 100+ customer software requirements
- Defined and led migration strategy from a legacy Non-AUTOSAR communication implementation to the Vector AUTOSAR COM & Diagnostic Stack
- Led system-level runtime performance engineering through execution analysis and scheduling optimization
- Defined software requirements and architectural considerations for secure firmware update capabilities
- Led Architecture, Software Design, and Software Unit Verification activities supporting successful ASPICE Level 3 assessments
- Established CI/CD workflows improving engineering productivity and release quality
- Mentored Software Architects, Technical Leads, and software engineers across global engineering teams
Certification
- Cyber Attack Countermeasures
- Enterprise & Infrastructure Security
- Real-Time Cyber Threat Detection & Mitigation
- German Language – A1
Timeline
Technical Lead
Bosch Global Software Technologies
07.2025 - Current
Security & Software Architect
Bosch Global Software Technologies
06.2024 - Current
Security & Software Architect
Bosch USA
05.2022 - 06.2024
Senior Software Engineer : Software Architect
Bosch Global Software Technologies
04.2019 - 05.2022
Software Engineer
Robert Bosch GmbH
07.2018 - 12.2018
Software Engineer
Bosch Global Software Technologies
08.2016 - 03.2019
Verification Intern
Sankalp Semiconductor
08.2015 - 03.2016
Post Graduate Diploma - Cybersecurity
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
BMS College of Engineering