# Karan Gill

> Advanced Hardware Engineering @ Zoox

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/karangill

Technology leader with extensive experience in leading design, validation testing, safety analysis of sensor and driver monitoring technologies for NIO Autonomous Driving Platform, a technology shipping in all second generation vehicles (ET7, ET5, EC7, ES8).

Key contributor for design & development of autonomous driving Compute. System-level thinker and creative problem solver with patents on fundamental technologies in released products. Demonstrated talent for driving innovation as a cross-functional leader, taking technologies from proof of concept to mass production. Passionate about developing and applying cutting-edge technologies to solve complex challenges.

## Work Experience
### Systems Engineering, Advanced Hardware Engineering @ Zoox
Jan 2023 – Present
Architecture, requirements, project leadership for safety critical hardware.

### Staff Hardware Engineer @ NIO
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Architecture, design, development, and validation of high performance compute and sensor technologies for autonomous driving.

Past projects (as Sr. Hardware Engineer): Autonomous Driving, Surround View, and Driver Monitoring System cameras for NIO's second generation premium EV lineup.

### Head of Hardware and Product Design (R&D) @ Tinkerine Studios Ltd
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
▪ Invented a mechanism to automatically level 3D Printer platform with a precision of 100 microns (funded by National Research Council)
▪ Worked closely with CEO to define product features and specifications of next generation products
▪ Architected and developed hardware for 3D Printer comprised of ARM Cortex M7 microcontrollers, capacitive touchscreen, network connectivity, high speed flash storage, motor controllers, analog sensors, heater, accelerometer, ESD protection, DC/DC switching regulators, and custom power system.
▪ Performed high density layout with the latest SI optimization techniques for high speed interfaces. Fanned out fine-pitch BGA packages. Designed IC footprints.
▪ Established and maintained relationships with semiconductor and manufacturing vendors. Evaluated vendors and managed BOM.
▪ Performed power system, RF, and high-speed interface testing of prototype. Prepared technical documentation for FCC certification.
▪ System designed to have 50x performance leap to enable sophisticated application support
▪ Collaborated closely with the engineering team for firmware, mechanical integration, application software, and assembly-line production.

### Co-Founder and CEO @ Annofy
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
▪ Spun a project into a company with three founders
▪ Browser extension technology rendered all images across the internet into a platform for interactive conversations by creating a new layer on the web.

### Head of Industry Relations - UBC Engineering Society @ The University of British Columbia
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
▪ Collaboration and partnerships with Engineering firms across the country.
▪ Coordinated, planned, and executed UBC Engineering Career Fairs. Doubled the revenues for UBC's Engineering Society.

### Member, Board of Directors - Alma Mater Society @ The University of British Columbia
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | University of British Columbia
▪  Served in the Board of top-level decision making student body of UBC representing 48,000 students with an annual budget of $14M.
▪ Policy and code changes, capital allocation, directing services, AMS committee appointments, and dealing with issues that directly and indirectly affect the UBC students.


## Education
### Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering
The University of British Columbia

### Advanced PCB Layout in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
FEDEVEL Academy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### Computer Science
Coursera, University of Michigan
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

### Udacity
Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karanbirgill

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Last updated: 2026-03-25