Summary
Karthik Ashok Arjunagi is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building robust navigation, IoT, and connected-car systems, currently progressing through senior engineering roles on TomTom’s Navigation Data Standard (NDS) team. He combines deep Java and C++ experience from Telecoms (Nokia IMS) with hands-on testing and data-collection expertise from Mercedes‑Benz, giving him a pragmatic view of both product-grade engineering and validation. Early work in IoT at Bosch shows a flair for practical automation—designing Raspberry Pi benchmarking rigs and parallel flashing tools that improved efficiency by 80%—and he has repeatedly delivered high test coverage and automation frameworks. Comfortable across embedded, backend, and testing domains, he brings a systems-level perspective to complex vehicle and IoT data pipelines. Based in Germany with a Master’s in Telecommunications from the University of Maryland, he blends academic grounding with production experience in automotive and navigation platforms.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Telecommunications Engineering, Master's degree Telecommunications Engineering at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Telecommunications Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
English, Kannada, Hindi, German