Ratik Kapoor

Senior Software Engineer @ Tesla

San Francisco Bay Area

About

I'm a software engineer in the Bay Area who is passionate about using technology to inspire change in the world around me. I love all things related to computers, especially supercomputing, networking, and compute infrastructure. Experienced in Go, Python, Rust, React, TypeScript, C++, with current projects being used in companies like Tesla and Versa Networks. Fluent in distributed system development with experience in Linux OS and kernel development with an interest in compute infrastructure. I love learning about all things artificial intelligence, machine learning, and network optimization.

Experience

  • Tesla (San Francisco Bay Area · On-site)
    • Senior Software Development Engineer
      Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

      AI Supercomputer Infrastructure + Validation

    • Software Development Engineer
      Aug 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Founder & Executive Lead at Relectric Car Team
    Aug 2019 - May 2023 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    • Acquired the equivalent of over $85,000 in funding and resources within two years of establishing the team through strategic academic, corporate, and local partnerships • Fostered and grew UCalgary team to over 50 undergraduate students in under a year and expanded reach through establishing partnerships with the University of Central Florida, Queens University, and University of Sheffield • Led car architecture design for gathering and transmitting data from over 20 endpoints through CAN Bus for a custom infotainment system • Mentored 7 team leads at the University of Calgary, 5 directors at the University of Central Florida, and 6 executives at Queens University in successful team and project management strategies

  • Engineering Intern at Tesla
    Jan 2022 - Sep 2022 · 9 mos

    • Developed car computer validation software to sort over 110,000 units for known issues before installation in customer vehicles within 2 weeks of discovering design concerns using Python and Bash • Created frontend application for production line screening stations using GTK, Glade, and Python, to process over 3000 units weekly • Drove effort to characterize car computer behaviour by creating a custom data collection board using Altium and C++, to be installed in over 30 testers • Improved test automation software for stressing infotainment hardware by simplifying user interactions and reducing start time by 30%

  • Adjunct Research Student at Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
    Sep 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr

  • Software Engineering Intern at Versa Networks
    May 2021 - Dec 2021 · 8 mos

    • Spearheaded and green-lit initiative to develop low-cost networking hardware using single board computers to drive entry-level hardware costs down by 80% • Expedited and undertook custom Linux operating system transition from x86 to multi-architecture by writing low-level kernel firmware, automating build and test pipelines, and standardizing development environments • Corresponded between interdisciplinary and international teams to ensure thorough understanding of customer requirements was obtained