Summary
Patrik Gebhardt is an engineering manager at NVIDIA with 14 years of experience bridging research-grade algorithm development and production-ready perception systems for automotive and ADAS applications. He holds advanced degrees from Ruhr University Bochum and has a strong track record in numerical modeling, high-performance implementations (including CUDA-based image reconstruction achieving >1000 FPS), and bringing ML-based radar perception from prototype into production. Former technical lead at Aptiv, he led cross-disciplinary teams of engineers, mathematicians and physicists to build annotation, verification and data-management platforms for radar and LiDAR workflows. Patrik’s background spans electromagnetic field theory, simulation, and embedded vision, enabling him to translate complex physical models into scalable software and verification pipelines. Based in California, he combines deep academic rigor with hands-on system delivery at scale, and is pursuing a Doctor of Engineering to further push the intersection of research and product engineering.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum
English, German