Experience

My career doesn't fit a single job title — and that's the point. Over 12.5 years at ITK Engineering GmbH (Bosch Group), I rotated through nearly every role in the software development lifecycle, across six major industrial clients. What follows is organized by what I do, not just where I did it.

What I do

Embedded Software Development

Production C/C++ for resource-constrained, safety-relevant systems.

Bare-metal and RTOS development on Infineon microcontrollers (high-voltage heater for a leading German automotive OEM: requirements, architecture, implementation, and testing under A-SPICE / V-Model)
Application and middleware development under Embedded Linux and QNX for an autonomous driving platform, including QNX evaluation for ADAS on Renesas hardware
UI-near embedded development with Qt/QML (agricultural-machinery touchscreens, premium home appliances)
Cross-compilation for x86/ARM targets, performance profiling, working within tight memory and timing budgets
Model-based software development & testing (Matlab/Simulink + TPT)

C
C++
Embedded Linux
QNX
Qt/QML
Infineon
Matlab/Simulink

Software & System Architecture

The role I gravitate toward most — modular, maintainable designs, communicated so teams follow them.

Software architecture for the base system of an autonomous driving platform (Tier-1 / premium-OEM project, 2018–2022): modular design under Embedded Linux and QNX that measurably improved reliability and maintainability
Architecture modeling with UML (Enterprise Architect, PlantUML, Polarion) and the arc42 approach
Introduced and improved software development processes within project teams (A-SPICE, V-Model compliance)
Standardized build and verification infrastructure across distributed development teams (major agricultural-machinery manufacturer, 2014–2018)

UML
arc42
Enterprise Architect
PlantUML
Polarion
A-SPICE
V-Model

Technical Leadership & Agile Roles

Engineering leadership across the people dimension — product, process, and team.

Product Owner & UI/UX Lead for a premium oven product line of a global home-appliance manufacturer (2022–2025): drove the project to Start of Production, coordinating a 12-member cross-functional team spanning development, testing, and CI/CD
Project lead of a four-person embedded team on an autonomous-driving platform; supervised a Master’s thesis on GPU code offloading in adaptive AUTOSAR
Scrum Master and agile facilitation: sprint ceremonies, backlog management, stakeholder communication
A decade of mentoring: from doctoral candidates at KIT to junior engineers in industry

Product Owner
Scrum Master
Project Lead
UI/UX

Process & Quality

Automotive software taught me discipline that transfers everywhere.

A-SPICE and V-Model processes from requirements to verification
Requirements engineering and traceability (Polarion, Jira, Confluence)
Software & system architecture using the arc42 approach
Test-driven workflows: Google Test, Unity; CI/CD pipeline integration (Jenkins, Docker)
Version control across ecosystems: Git, SVN, Mercurial

A-SPICE
V-Model
arc42
Polarion
Jira
Google Test
Jenkins
Docker
Git
CI/CD

Project timeline

Years	Project & Client	Role & Focus
2026	Model-based display software — top Tier-1 automotive supplier	Project manager & embedded engineer; Matlab/Simulink, TPT; coordinated international workstreams & outsourcing
2025–2026	Next-gen high-voltage vehicle heater (A-sample) — leading German automotive OEM	System & software architect; embedded C on Infineon µC; requirements → architecture → test under A-SPICE / V-Model
2022–2025	HMI & GUI for a premium oven line — major global home-appliance manufacturer	Product Owner & UI/UX Lead through Start of Production; C/C++, Qt/QML, Embedded Linux; 12-person team; Scrum Master
2018–2022	Autonomous-driving base system — Tier-1 / premium-OEM platform	Senior embedded SW architect & developer; C/C++, Embedded Linux, QNX incl. QNX evaluation for ADAS
2018–2019	Digital service system for agricultural machinery	Technical lead & architect (team of 3); C/C++, Embedded Linux
2014–2018	ECU software integration — major international agricultural-machinery manufacturer	SW integration lead (team of 4); standardized build & verification across distributed teams
2013–2014	Touchscreen display software for agricultural vehicles	Embedded SW engineer; Linux, C++, Qt

A detailed CV and reference letters are available upon request — get in touch →

Employer

All industry projects were delivered as an engineer at ITK Engineering GmbH, a Bosch Group company — for major automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and international industrial clients. Client names are withheld out of respect for confidentiality agreements.

What references say

“His work results are always of very good quality, even under changing requirements and in very difficult cases. He consistently accomplishes a thoroughly impressive workload, even in times of enormous peak loads… From heterogeneous staff he forms an exceptionally dynamic and collegial team.”

— ITK Engineering interim reference (Zwischenzeugnis), 2026

“He possesses extremely comprehensive expertise… delivers work quality far above average; volume and pace consistently far exceed our expectations.”

— Bosch Group interim reference (Zwischenzeugnis), 2019

“We came to know Dr. Minkevich as a highly conscientious, reliable and committed colleague who familiarizes himself rapidly with new and complex tasks… he carried out all tasks to our complete satisfaction.”

— Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2013