Grigoriy Asochakov

Senior Android Automotive Software Engineer with over 10 years of professional experience, including more than 7 years developing Android Automotive software for production infotainment systems. Experienced in Android Automotive OS (AAOS), AOSP customization, SystemUI, Launcher development, Vehicle HAL (VHAL), CarPropertyManager and vehicle integration through CAN. Contributed to production infotainment platforms for BMW and MINI and to an Android Automotive platform for an experimental electric truck project.

Strong

Kotlin and Java background with practical experience extending and maintaining native C++ code for Android Automotive integration.

Senior Android Automotive Software Engineer - APPSFACTORY GMBH - Munich, Germany

(2021-01 - 2025-01)

Developed OEM Launcher functionality for BMW and MINI infotainment systems, focusing on production-quality user experience and custom UI components.

• Designed and implemented OEM Launcher widgets used by BMW and MINI infotainment systems.
• Built custom UI components directly from production HMI designs.
• Implemented advanced graphics rendering, including dynamic shadow rendering for analog clock widgets and other Launcher components.
• Customized Launcher behavior according to OEM requirements.
• Worked with Android Views, SurfaceView and Jetpack Compose.

Senior Android Automotive Software Engineer - APPSFACTORY GMBH - Munich, Germany

(2021-01 - 2025-01)

Android Automotive platform developed for an experimental electric truck project in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University.

• Customized Android SystemUI for the vehicle platform.
• Integrated vehicle CAN signals into Android Automotive using Vehicle HAL (VHAL).
• Exposed vehicle properties through CarPropertyManager.
• Implemented support for vehicle data including battery level, hydrogen level, remaining driving range, tire pressure, GPS coordinates and other OEM-specific vehicle properties.
• Extended and maintained existing native C++ code used for Vehicle HAL integration.
• Developed Kotlin platform components interacting with Android Automotive services.
• Investigated and resolved platform-level issues across Kotlin and native C++ layers.

Android Developer (Contract) - HARMAN

(2020-01 - 2021-12)

Developed Android applications for banking customers including VTB and Sber.

• Developed new application features using Kotlin.
• Integrated REST APIs.
• Fixed production issues and maintained existing applications.

Android Software Engineer - HARMAN

(2018-01 - 2020-12)

Worked on Android Automotive infotainment platforms for General Motors and Renault.

• Customized AOSP for automotive projects.
• Customized Android SystemUI.
• Developed and customized Launcher functionality.
• Implemented Android platform features for automotive infotainment systems.
• Integrated customer-specific functionality into production software.

Android Developer

(2013-01 - 2018-12)

Developed commercial Android applications using Java. Projects included Lazada, KupiVIP and manufacturing software.

• Android application development, UI implementation, REST API integration, feature development and application maintenance.

Engineer's Degree - Software Engineering - Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Sciences (SibSUTIS) (2005-01 - 2011-12)