Summary
Ovidiu Cincheza is a Senior Architect specializing in vehicle and cloud platforms with 13 years of hands-on experience in real-time embedded software for automotive body, cabin controls and instrument clusters. He combines deep C-level firmware expertise across microcontrollers (Freescale, STM32, TI) with model-based design practices (Matlab/Simulink) and Autosar/MISRA-aligned development processes. His background spans tier-one consulting for Jaguar Land Rover and large commercial vehicle OEMs (DAF, Kenworth, Tata, IVECO, CNHTC), where he delivered middleware, application and HMI features and led software integration and testing. At CARIAD he now operates at the intersection of vehicle and cloud platforms, translating embedded constraints into scalable architectures. Notably, he has repeatedly automated workflows—using Python for code generation and toolchains—and coached international teams on platform ramp-ups, reflecting both technical depth and cross-cultural leadership. Based in Karlsruhe, he pairs an MSc in Automotive Embedded Systems with pragmatic experience in version/change management and safety-focused development lifecycles.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Informatics at Liceul Grigore Moisil Timisoara
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Universitatea „Politehnica” din Timișoara
English, Romanian, Spanish, French, Catalan