David-Marian Schmitt

COO @ useblocks | Stanford | TUM | Manage&More

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Experience

  • useblocks (7 mos)
    • Chief Operating Officer (COO)
      Jul 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    • Head of Operations
      Jan 2026 - Jul 2026 · 7 mos

  • Researcher | TUM Autonomous Motorsports at FTM Institute of Automotive Technology TUM
    Oct 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Working with TU Munich and Stanford on autonomous racing.

  • Mobility Pipeline Manager & Venture Developer at TUM Venture Labs
    Apr 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Building the #1 hotspot for mobility ventures in Europe as employee #1. Focusing on autonomous systems, software-defined vehicles, and systems engineering.

  • UnternehmerTUM (1 yr 9 mos)
    • Senior Entrepreneurial Coach
      May 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Co-leading a 5-day innovation sprint as part of a 6 ECTS lecture series at TU Munich to teach business design and design thinking based on real-world partner cases

    • Startup Coach Mobility & Robotics
      Feb 2024 - Apr 2024 · 3 mos

  • R&D Autonomous Driving & Teleoperation at FERNRIDE
    Aug 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Research and development of key components for teleoperated and autonomous driving (e.g., design and implementation of the remote vehicle control unit)