Simon Herkenhoff
Software Engineering Manager at General Motors
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolSimon Herkenhoff is a seasoned software engineering manager with 12 years of experience delivering large-scale embedded and automotive platforms across QNX, Linux, and Android, currently leading core compute and integration for General Motors. He has overseen global teams of 600+ engineers, shipped a 7M+ LOC production codebase, and designed cross-company frameworks that improved reliability, traceability, and developer throughput. Technically fluent in C/C++, real-time OSes, hypervisors, and Qualcomm SoC integration, he’s reduced bring-up time and monthly patch effort through platform-led upgrades and lightweight CI/CD automation. Recognized as Bosch’s North America AI Champion, he pioneered GenAI-assisted defect triage and process automation to bridge embedded engineering with productivity gains. Comfortable working across the U.S., Germany, and Japan and fluent in German and English, he excels at aligning supplier roadmaps, safety requirements, and executive stakeholders to deliver software-defined vehicle innovations.
12 years of coding experience
Japanese, Japanese at Yokohama National UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Universität Osnabrück
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Github Skills (7)
logger10
trace10
diagnostics10
surface10
logging9
dlt-daemon9
point-cloud8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sherkenhoff/homebridge-simple-plugin
Jan 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:7 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
sherkenhoff/dlt-daemon
Nov 2018 - Aug 2024
Diagnostic Log and Trace.
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
yangloggertraceloggingdiagnostic
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