Vikram Bhat
Engineering Leader | Safety-Critical Automotive & EV Programs | Program Recovery & Delivery Stabilization | RFQ-to-SOP Excellence | ASPICE, ISO 26262, Cyber Security, SDV
- Role
- General Manager at AUMOVIO
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vikram Bhat
Safety-critical automotive programs don\'t fail because of technology. They fail when execution loses structure, accountability, and predictability across RFQ, development, and SOP.I lead engineering organizations through precisely these moments.With over 20 years across automotive software, systems, and quality leadership, I\'ve been repeatedly entrusted with high-risk mandates delayed OEM programs, fragmented delivery models, quality exposure, customer escalations, and resource constraints where recovery was non-negotiable and failure highly visible.My work sits at the intersection of engineering rigor, delivery governance, and customer trust.I have led the recovery and stabilization of complex, multi-OEM safety-critical portfolios, unifying fragmented software and systems teams, instituting integrated governance models, and rebuilding execution predictability with demanding global customers.Beyond recovery, I build repeatable execution engines. I have established end-to-end application software capabilities from the ground up, embedded ASPICE-aligned quality systems, and enabled on-time SOP delivery even under resource constraints by driving CI/CD adoption and AI-enabled engineering productivity rather than capacity backfills.My leadership style is calm, structured, and outcome driven. I align engineering teams, customers, and leadership around a single truth: predictability is the foundation of safety, quality, and scale.Today, I partner with global automotive and electromobility organizations to ensure engineering teams deliver on time, at quality, and at scale from RFQ through SOP across safety-critical programs.
Experience
General Manager
Jul 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Leading software and systems delivery for safety-critical brake programs across multiple global JOEMs. Responsible for stabilizing complex portfolios, restoring execution predictability, and institutionalizing integrated RFQ-to-SOP governance across concurrent programs
Education
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Enterprise Management
Cranes Varsity
Embedded Systems
Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, DAVANAGERE
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2001 — 2005
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