Varun Soni

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Senior Software Development Engineer at Tesla

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Varun Soni is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Tesla with expertise in automotive electronics and embedded systems. His background includes developing code for embedded processors at MathWorks and he holds a Master of Science from the University of Texas at Austin, along with a certification as a Self-Driving Car Engineer.

He has a passion for mentoring and hands-on technology projects. As a teaching assistant, he nurtured undergraduate teams to design and build a 3D food printer, teaching them to use hardware like Arduino and Raspberry Pi for controlling motors.

Unique fact: Varun was named a JN Tata Scholar, a highly selective scholarship awarded to approximately 100 students annually for higher studies.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Example Seeker

Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Topics They Care About

Automotive Software
Currently a Senior Software Development Engineer at Tesla with skills in automotive electronics and system testing, and a certification as a Self-Driving Car Engineer.
Embedded Systems
At MathWorks, he developed and tested backend systems that generate C/C++ code from Simulink models for embedded processors used in machine learning and computer vision.
Test Automation
He has a proven track record of optimizing testing, saving 3600 hours annually at GenXComm and improving bug detection time by 30% at MathWorks through automation.

Media Appearances

Software Engineering Daily Episode 1558 – Varun Soni on Tesla Software Development. Featured in Software Engineering Daily

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Guest: Varun Soni – Tesla Senior Software Development Engineer. Featured in YouTube

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Varun – Working at Tesla. Featured in Weekday.works

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Work History

12-2021
Senior Software Development Engineer at Tesla
7-2020 - 12-2021
Quality Engineer at MathWorks
1-2020 - 5-2020
Graduate Research Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin
9-2019 - 1-2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin
6-2019 - 8-2019
Intern at GenXComm Inc.

Education

2018 - 2020
Master of Science - MS from Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

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Insights For Selling To Varun

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship

DONT's

  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Varun is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Varun

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Varun move?

  • They like to analyze well and can take their time to reach any decisions.
  • Can Varun take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Varun

Personality Compatibility


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