Tarun Maandi is a Sr. Software Integration Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of hands-on experience architecting control systems and mechatronic solutions for automotive and heavy-vehicle platforms. He has driven end-to-end development from requirements and Simulink-based model design to embedded C implementation, verification, and ISO26262 safety cases at companies like ZF and Nikola, and now at Tesla. Tarun’s work spans advanced brake and chassis controls, Kalman-based estimators, BLE TPMS and novel low-voltage pyrofuse hardware choices that reduced BOM costs, reflecting a pragmatic blend of software, controls, and hardware integration. He routinely leads integration and validation campaigns—using MIL/SIL/HIL and vehicle testing—to move greenfield features into production, while also mentoring teams on model-based development and toolchain best practices. Known for reducing system busload through optimized CAN routing and for translating complex safety requirements into testable architectures, he combines mechanical engineering roots with a creative drive to explore new tech.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan
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