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Steffen Gruner

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Solution Manager Vehicle Driving Platform at CARIAD
📍 Leiferde, Lower Saxony, Germany

Steffen Gruner is an innovative automotive leader and Solution Manager at CARIAD, specializing in scalable hardware and software for vehicle drive and chassis functions. His career includes successfully leading the MEB platforms control unit development at Volkswagen, securing three patents, and earning a degree from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.

Outside of work, Steffen shows a keen interest in endurance motorsport. He is fascinated by the teamwork, varied engineering solutions, and the high-stakes, emotional nature of events like the World Endurance Championship races.

He played a leading role in the successful series introduction of the Volkswagen Groups MEB platform and holds three associated patents.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Solution Manager Vehicle Driving Platform
Job Level
Middle
Location
Leiferde, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Vehicle Driving Platforms
He leads the development of CARIAD's Vehicle Driving Platform, aiming to set new benchmarks in driving dynamics, innovation, and customer experience through highly connected functions.
Automotive Software
A thought leader in modern automotive software, he presents on building scalable platforms for vehicle motion at industry events like the International Vienna Motor Symposium.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
Solution Manager Vehicle Driving Platform
CARIAD
5-2022 - 5-2024
Business Owner Vehicle Motion
CARIAD
9-2016 - 4-2022
Produkt Owner/Projektleiter Antriebssteuergerät
Volkswagen
6-2013 - 8-2016
Projektleiter Motorsteuergerät W12 Motoren
Volkswagen
9-2011 - 6-2013
Teilprojektleiter On-Board-Diagnose W12 Motoren
Volkswagen
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Education
Diplom-Ingenieurin (Dipl.Ing.)
Ostfalia - University of Applied Sciences
8-2010 - 1-2011
Engineering
California State University, Long Beach
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