Christoph Langer

Proactive driver of ideas that make a difference!

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

About

- Open minded but focused, experienced, trustworthy and consequent, strong work ethic and driver of ideas that make the difference - >10 years of experience in automotive industry with focus on developing products & business in the eMobility-area

Experience

  • Head of Platform Management eAxles at Schaeffler
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

    - Definition and development of next gen eAxles

  • Head of EMR4-Programm (eAxle Drive) at Vitesco Technologies
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    - Lead of an innovative programm for development and industrialisation of next generation eAxle Drives 400 V & 800 V technology (eMotor + Gearbox + Powerelectronics) - Group-lead of several project-managers for different variants within the programm - P&L responsibility for a 10-digit business case including 8-digit development budget

  • Continental (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Project Manager eAxle Drives
      Mar 2016 - Sep 2021 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      - Coordination of work between the areas controling, purchasing, sales, R&D and manufacturing with the aim to develop pure electric drivetrains - Responsible for reaching the project-targets within planned budget, time and quality - communication-interface to the customer

    • Assistent Vice President
      Sep 2015 - Mar 2016 · 7 mos

  • Volkswagen de Mexico (Mexico)
    • Master Thesis: Development & automation of a functional test bench for radio and navigation systems
      Nov 2014 - Apr 2015 · 6 mos

      - Development of a functional test bench for radio and navigation systems - Automation of the test bench using a roboter with 6 degrees of freedom and a visual system - Development and implementing of a user-friendly, well-designed and easy to use test-software. By using the software the robot can be controled and programmed, the automated testing is carried out and the results are processed.

    • Intern: Technical Project Leading Department
      May 2014 - Oct 2014 · 6 mos

      - Assistent to the head of Technical Project Leading Department - Organisation and support of high level meetings - Project: Preparation and implementation of a new high level meeting, that will support the whole product-development of future cars developed from VW de México. The goal of this meeting is to improve the comunication between the diferent areas, to guarantee timeliness of all project´s steakholders and to ensure a sucessful product-development

  • Daimler AG (3 yrs)
    • eAxle development
      Apr 2012 - Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      - Sytem-design of pure electric drivetrains and hybrid electric drivetrains - simulation of hybrid electric and pure electric drivetrains to optimize in cost, performance and cost

    • Bachelor´s Thesis: eDrivetrain concept development
      Nov 2011 - Mar 2012 · 5 mos

      - development of hybrid drive train concepts for mercedes benz premium cars as well as AMG sports cars - longitudinal dynamics powertrain simulation in order to proof the developed concepts

    • Intern: Powertrain Calculation and Innovation
      May 2011 - Oct 2011 · 6 mos

      - Calculation of powertrain losses - Analysis of competitor´s transmissions