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Software engineering executive with 20+ years in the semiconductor and automotive industries, currently directing ECU integration for gateway, vehicle-compute, and electrification platforms at NXP Semiconductors.
Proven record of building and scaling international engineering organizations (50+ engineers across Romania, Czechia, and India) from the ground up, driving product strategy, and delivering embedded software solutions under AUTOSAR, Agile/SAFe, and V-model frameworks.
Trusted technical partner to Tier-1 automotive OEMs including Tesla, BMW, Daimler, and Waymo.
Engineering leadership & org build-up
Product ownership & roadmap strategy
Global, cross-cultural team management
Stakeholder & customer management
Agile / SAFe / V-model delivery
Embedded software (AUTOSAR, RTOS, *NIX)
Automotive ECU platform integration
Recruiting, mentoring & performance management
Languages & tools: Java, C/C++, C#, DelphiPython, VBA, Bash, REST
Platforms & OS: Linux, SmartDSP OS, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ARM, PowerPC, QorIQ, StarCore
Dev process & tooling: Eclipse, .NET, JDK, MFC, MS Visual Studio, GDB/GCC, PyCharm, JIRA, Stash, Bamboo, GIT, AccuRev, IBM DOORS
AI tooling: Vero Studio/Wchat, Claude Code
NXP Semiconductors — Bucharest, Romania June 2016 – Present
Director of Software Engineering / Senior Software Development Manager
S32 SDK April 2024 – Present
Direct automotive ECU integration scalability for central gateway (S32G3) and vehicle-compute (S32N5, S32N7) platforms.
Grew the Vehicle Platform Integration team by 10+ engineers to scale to full vehicle-level integration; serve as product manager for both platforms.
Vehicle Integration Platform June 2022 – April 2024
Led the automotive vehicle integration platform group spanning connectivity (S32G2/G3), electrification (S32Z/E), and central compute (S32N5/N7).
Built and led a ~50-person international team; served as product owner (SAFe) across three software solution lines and managed the technical partnership portfolio.
Automotive Software Integration September 2017 – June 2022
Built an integration applications portfolio across connectivity, ADAS (radar/vision), powertrain, and body domains, optimizing for portability, scalability, and performance.
Owned product definition and execution (design, code, test) as software engineering manager and scrum master.
Software Stacks June 2016 – June 2018
Established a 10-person (on/off-site) software stack team in Bucharest covering LIN, NFC, USB, TCP/IP, and SDHC communication stacks for AUTOSAR and non-AUTOSAR platforms.
Delivered direct technical support to Tesla, Daimler, BMW, and Waymo; represented the team at customer and industry technical events.
Freescale Semiconductor — Bucharest, Romania June 2005 – June 2016
Engineering Manager / Product Architect / Software Engineer
QorIQ Configuration and Validation Suite 2013 – June 2016
Led a 12-person (on/off-site) engineering team as manager and product architect for QorIQ bring-up, configuration, and validation tooling (DDR, PreBoot Loader, SerDes, PinMuxing, Data Path acceleration).
Drove roadmap and delivery, technical hiring, and direct support for Cisco, Iskratel, IBM, and Ericsson.
Software Simulation & Optimization Suite 2010 – 2013
Led simulation and optimization teams (up to 11 engineers) delivering PowerPC/StarCore core simulators and DDR/SerDes optimization tools for QorIQ/Qonverge SoCs.
Earlier Freescale roles 2005 – 2010
Progressed from software engineer to team leader across driver development, kernel awareness tooling, and configuration platforms for StarCore DSP and PowerQUICC device families, supporting Alcatel/Nokia.
Earlier Career 2003 – 2005
FITS Consulting and Development, Iași (Feb 2004 – May 2005) — Software developer on client-server banking applications (.NET, C#, Oracle) for cash management and investment fund operations.
VELPITAR, Iași (Mar 2003 – Feb 2004) — Software developer and IT administrator; built resource management applications and led internal software training.
B.Sc. Computer Science — Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering, Iași, Romania (1998–2003)
Baccalaureate, Mathematics/Physics — Military High School, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania (1994–1998)
2024 — The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Franklin Covey
2011 — Lean/Agile Software Development
2011 — Management Fundamentals
2010 — Harvard Manage Mentor
2006 — Application Development on StarCore Platform
Romanian (native) · English (fluent) · French (intermediate) · German (basic)
Gardening, foraging for mushrooms, reading, science fiction film, history
References available upon requests
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