Lead Systems Engineer with extensive experience in autonomous vehicles, specializing in system architecture, safety engineering, and validation. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, managing complex requirements, and driving innovation in safety-critical systems. Adept at navigating fast-paced environments, optimizing engineering processes, and fostering collaboration across hardware, software, and AI teams to deliver cutting-edge mobility solutions.

Passion for safety related applications and systems such as ADAS and ADS since 1998 when I joined the X-By-Wire project, a European Research project as a Ph D student. Still dedicated to functional safety and functional safety management and specifically ADAS and ADS systems with vision/radar/lidar sensors, with all challenges that may include. Was an international expert in the Working Group 16 (now WG 8), the group producing the standard ISO 26262 since 2007 (in Swedish group since 2005). Responsible for the Safety Element out of Context concept, SEooC in part 10. Focusing quite a lot on nominal safety, i.e. false positives/negatives wrt to RWUPs. Initiated the SOTIF standard ISO 21448. International expert in TS 5083. Loves to teach in functional safety and is maintaining a training in ISO 26262 which is tailored for different sites need, from concept phase "down" to supporting processes.

Experienced expert in V-model systems engineering, vehicle test, thermal, embedded controls. Driven by the intelligent integration of new and disruptive technologies. Technically adept, well-read and committed to excellence.

Robert Kaster is a Chief Technical Expert at Robert Bosch LLC with over 28 years of experience in the automotive industry.

Cruise is building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles. Since our 2013 founding in San Francisco, we have hired over 1,600 talented individuals and opened additional offices in greater Seattle, Pasadena, Phoenix and Munich. We have raised $10B from General Motors, Honda, Microsoft, SoftBank, T. Rowe Price, Walmart and others. Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale, building all-electric, zero-emission, self-driving vehicles that will help save lives, reimagine cities, reduce carbon pollution, redefine time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for individuals who live in dense urban settings.

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

General Motors’ vision is to create a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, and we have committed ourselves to leading the way toward this future. Today, we are in the midst of a transportation revolution, and we have the ambition, the talent and the technology to realize the safer, better and more sustainable world we want. As an open, inclusive company, we’re also creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for who they are. One team, where all ideas are considered and heard, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential, with a culture based in respect, integrity, accountability and equality. Our team brings wide-ranging perspectives and experiences to solving the complex transportation challenges of today and tomorrow.

The Bosch Group is a leading international technology and services company with around 400,500 employees worldwide (as of December 31, 2017). In fiscal 2017, it generated sales of 78.0 billion euros. Its activities are divided into four divisions: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading provider in the Internet of Things (IoT), Bosch offers innovative solutions for Smart Home, Smart City, Connected Mobility and Industry 4.0. With its expertise in sensors, software and services as well as its own IoT cloud, the company is able to offer its customers networked and cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group's strategic goal is to provide solutions for connected life. Bosch improves people's quality of life worldwide with innovative and inspiring products and services. Bosch offers "Invented for life. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its approximately 440 subsidiaries and regional companies in around 60 countries. Including trade and service partners, Bosch's global manufacturing, development, and sales network extends to almost every country in the world. The basis for future growth is the innovative power of the company. Bosch employs 62,500 associates in research and development at 125 locations worldwide.