Ratik Kapoor
Senior Software Development Engineer at Tesla
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolRatik Kapoor is a Senior Software Development Engineer with a decade of experience building and validating complex hardware-software systems, currently working on AI supercomputer infrastructure at Tesla in Palo Alto. He combines deep embedded and systems expertise—C/C++, Linux kernel/firmware, Altium PCB design—with production software skills in Python and test automation to drive large-scale validation and deployment. Ratik founded and grew a university EV team to 50+ members, securing $85k+ in funding and designing CAN Bus architectures for custom infotainment and data collection. His internships at Versa and Tesla produced user-facing enterprise security clients and high-throughput manufacturing screening tools now used at scale, reflecting a knack for shipping pragmatic solutions under time pressure. Notably, he has taken projects from schematic to production—building custom data boards, low-cost hardware prototypes, and automated biofabrication devices—demonstrating full product lifecycle ownership. Based in the Bay Area, he blends academic research rigor with hands-on engineering to tackle end-to-end systems problems in AI and automotive domains.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Chemistry Higher Level and Mathematics Standard Level, Certificate Chemistry Higher Level and Mathematics Standard Level at International BaccalaureateBachelor of Science (Engineering - BSc (Eng)) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (Engineering - BSc (Eng)) Electrical and Computer Engineering at Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
Hindi, English, Punjabi
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Github Skills (45)
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react8
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android8
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ess-uofc/ess-schulichhub
Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
A platform for and made by engineering students at the University of Calgary to share, discuss, and initiate technical projects. Driving forward experiential learning by fostering connections.
Contributions:8 releases, 117 reviews, 91 PRs in 5 months
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RatikKapoor/personal-website
Apr 2020 - Sep 2021
This website is used to showcase my work, involvement in extracurriculars, and projects. Built as a static site using the Hugo Framework
Contributions:2 PRs, 144 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
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