Sofia, Bulgaria · Technology · Automotive · Teams

Technology &
Engineering
Professional

Technology, engineering, and people working together. From customer needs to practical solutions.

Hi, I’m Ivan. My career has taken me from automotive production and product testing to software development and team leadership. I enjoy solving practical problems, improving how things work and helping teams move forward.

Portrait of Ivan Petrov
Curious by nature. Engineer by practice.
Experience
Software · automotive · operations · team leadership
Technology
C++ · Qt · product validation · engineering tools
Based in
Sofia, Bulgaria
Languages
Bulgarian · English
01 / A bit about me
01 - TECHNICAL RANGE

From production floor to product software.

I’ve worked across software, automotive product testing and manufacturing, with hands-on and team-leading responsibilities. Across each role, I’ve focused on understanding the problem, improving the process and delivering dependable results.

02 - LEADERSHIP

Making collaboration count

I’ve coordinated production teams and led product testing. I value clear communication, thoughtful planning and helping a team deliver quality work.

02 / The journey
OCT 2022 - JUL 2026

Software Developer

Chaos Software · Sofia, Bulgaria

Developed and maintained Vantage, a real-time 3D ray tracing application, and managed a shared company home screen used across several products.

C++Qt3D rendering
PRODUCT SOFTWARE
OCT 2018 - OCT 2022

Software Developer

Melexis Bulgaria · Sofia, Bulgaria

Built and maintained desktop applications for programming, testing and debugging integrated circuit products.

C++Qt 5Linux & WindowsGitLab
ENGINEERING TOOLS
APR 2015 - OCT 2018

Test Engineer · Team Leader

Sensata Technologies · Sofia, Bulgaria

Led product validation from planning through final reporting, guided prototype calibration and functional testing, and designed and maintained test equipment.

Team leadershipProduct validationTest systems
TEST & VALIDATION
OCT 2014 - APR 2015

Production Line Leader

Sensata Technologies · Botevgrad, Bulgaria

Coordinated daily production, team performance and delivery while supporting safety, quality and continuous improvement.

OperationsQualityTeam coordination
MANUFACTURING
03 / The toolkit

Skills and qualifications

Software & tools

C++ · Qt / Qt 5 · Desktop applications · Git · GitLab · Docker · Robot Framework · Linux · Windows

Automotive & testing

Product validation · Prototype calibration · Functional testing · Test equipment design and maintenance

Leadership & operations

Team leadership · Production coordination · Planning · Root cause analysis · Process improvement

Languages

Bulgarian: native
English: full professional proficiency

Bachelor of Science in Physics

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Sofia, Bulgaria

2010 - 2016

Google Project Management Certificate

Professional certificate

IN PROGRESS
04 / Your turn

Have a good question
or an interesting idea?

Whether it’s about technology, engineering, or leading a team or project, I’d be happy to hear from you.

Email Ivan