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Shaunak Kulkarni

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System Engineer at MAHLE
📍 Kornwestheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Shaunak is an interdisciplinary automotive engineer in Corporate Research at MAHLE, focusing on vehicle systems and trend scouting. With a background from RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau and previous roles at Magna Powertrain and Daimler Truck, he is an expert in sustainable powertrains and complete vehicle interdependencies.

He is passionate about driving a cleaner, smarter future for mobility. He actively engages with the community by sharing knowledge, sparking conversations, and representing his company at university events to connect with students and discuss the future of the automotive industry.

Unique fact: Shaunak is a co-inventor on a patent for a compressor arrangement that improves the efficiency of heat pumps in electric vehicles.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
System Engineer
Location
Kornwestheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Sustainable Mobility
A core passion and the central theme of his professional work, where he actively promotes and discusses solutions for a cleaner automotive future.
Vehicle System Design
His current role involves tackling system-level challenges and analyzing the complex interdependencies within entire vehicles.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
System Engineer
MAHLE
1-2024 - 12-2024
Development Engineer: Advanced Engineering - Gearbox & Mechatronics
Magna International
2-2023 - 12-2023
Development Engineer: Advanced Engineering - Future drives & System Engineering
Magna International
5-2022 - 11-2022
Master Thesis Student
Daimler Truck AG
11-2021 - 4-2022
Intern - Development of Zero Emission Vehicles
Daimler Truck AG
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Education
10-2020 - 2-2023
Master of Science - MS
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
6-2019 - 6-2019
Summer school program - Automotive and Mobility studies
RWTH Aachen University
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