Summary
Sagnik Dhar is a seasoned engineering leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over 16 years of experience building embedded and Android Automotive software for major OEMs. He currently directs software engineering for Interior, Infotainment & Digital Experience at CARIAD, leading teams that deliver accessibility, driver-attentiveness, HAL user-input, partner integration APIs and Android CTS certification. Previously he led Android Automotive system development and digital ecosystem applications at Volkswagen’s US innovation center, shipping predictive navigation, digital assistants and V2X features across multiple VW Group brands and regions. Sagnik pairs deep hands-on technical expertise—from C/C++ vision and ROS prototypes to large-scale Android system architecture—with product sensibility, often acting as product manager to align early-stage innovation to production requirements. He has a track record of taking first-of-kind prototypes to series launch (including an MVP showcased at the Frankfurt Auto Show) and scaling teams and partnerships across California and Germany. Known for bridging UX, design and engineering, he thrives on turning experimental research into certified, road-ready systems.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BE Computer Science, BE Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Stony Brook University