Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
With over 15 years of professional engineering experience —10 of which have been dedicated to ADAS and Autonomous Driving— my career has been a continuous journey climbing up the layers of technical abstraction. I began my path designing hardware at the logic-gate level (FPGAs) and, through an evolution as an embedded software developer, software architect, and systems architect, I reached the level of designing reusable and ubiquitous vehicle-level functional architectures for major global OEMs and scale-ups. This 360-degree perspective allows me to treat the vehicle as a true "System of Systems". I specialize in bridging the gap between high-performance silicon constraints (SoCs, MCUs) and the ubiquitous, service-oriented software of modern Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). My core professional pillars: "Safety by Design": Pragmative integration of Functional Safety (ISO 26262, SOTIF) into early architectural phases to naturally mitigate risks and optimize ASIL classifications long before formal safety analyses begin. Distributed Team Leadership: Proven track record managing and mentoring multicultural teams of up to 18 architects and engineers across Europe and Asia, fostering high-trust and remote-first engineering workflows. Innovation in MBSE: Passionate about optimizing development lifecycles through Model-Based Systems Engineering (SysML), and actively exploring the role of AI/LLMs in automated architecture generation and requirements engineering. My goal is to leverage this cross-domain vision to solve the toughest bottlenecks in autonomous mobility and SDVs, working where engineering complexity meets real-world impact.
Global & Remote Leadership: Successfully manage, mentor, and scale a fully distributed, high-performing team of up to 18 Systems Architects and Engineers located across Germany, France, Poland, and India. Champion remote-first culture and seamless cross-cultural collaboration. Portfolio Management: Oversee the vehicle-level functional architecture and specification for a massive portfolio of ADAS features (L0 to L2: AEB, ACC, BSD, LKA, etc.) and L3 systems (Highway Pilot, eyes-on/hands-off) for major global OEMs including Stellantis (highest volume architecture), Renault, Mahindra, and CEER. EU Research Initiatives (EVENTS): Active contributor and company representative in the European-funded EVENTS project (reliablE in-Vehicle pErception and decisioN-making in complex environmenTal conditionS), collaborating on next-generation robust perception and decision-making architectures. Process Optimization & MBSE: Establish and deploy innovative, asynchronous engineering methodologies leveraging tools like Enterprise Architect and Polarion, significantly improving cross-functional efficiency and alignment across global time zones. Scalability: Drive the creation of modular architectural frameworks using SysML to enable the seamless reusability of architectural designs across diverse automotive product lines, reducing time-to-market. Quality & Robustness: Ensure strict adherence to Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) standards, embedding robust design practices that naturally align with safety requirements throughout the systems engineering lifecycle.
Vehicle-Level Architecture: Led the functional architecture and specification of advanced ADAS/AD features. Defined the holistic vehicle behavior and allocated responsibilities to specific sensor nodes (radars, cameras), ensuring optimal system-level performance. Advanced Engineering & L3 Systems: Directed advanced engineering initiatives, including the development of L3 features (Traffic Jam Chauffeur, Highway Chauffeur) for major European OEMs (PSA/Stellantis) prior to portfolio shifts. Safety-Oriented Architecture: Led the specification and architectural design phases with a strong "Safety by Design" mindset. Integrated ISO 26262 (FUSA) and SOTIF principles intuitively into the architecture, proactively defining use cases to control ASIL classifications and minimizing risks ahead of formal safety analyses.
Fail-Operational Concepts: Architected pioneering solutions with built-in diversity and redundancy to guarantee fail-operational AD functionalities. Key achievements included designing the secondary ASIL channel for a Premium German OEM's Level 3 system. System Definition & Modeling: Defined complex system boundaries, component interactions, and data flows using rigorous MBSE practices (SysML via Enterprise Architect) to support robust functionalities capable of passing rigorous FTA reviews.
Embedded Architecture: Acted as Developer for the communications board of a Coriolis mass flow meter. Designed the embedded C architecture (ARM Cortex-M3, RTOS, HAL) with a strong focus on modularity, ensuring software components could be seamlessly re-used across future product lines. Applied Safety Standards (IEC 61508) & TÜV Audits: Developed critical software components adhering strictly to IEC 61508 standards to achieve target Safety Integrity Levels (SIL). Actively participated in external certification audits conducted by TÜV, gaining deep practical insights into formal safety compliance. Mentorship & Supervision: Mentored postgraduate engineering students on CPU auto-diagnostics software projects, fostering early leadership and technical coaching skills. Distributed Data & Middleware: Architected distributed dynamic data managers and secure inter-board communications, building deep, low-level expertise that bridges the gap to modern high-level automotive middleware concepts.
EU Research Project (RECOMP): Key researcher in the RECOMP project (Dec 2011 – Mar 2013), a European initiative aimed at reducing certification and re-certification costs for safety-critical and mixed-criticality systems using multi-core platforms in automotive, avionics, and industrial domains (IEC 61508, DO-178/254). RTOS & Deep Embedded Architecture: Developed extensive hands-on experience with varied Real-Time Operating Systems (RTEMS, PikeOS, FreeRTOS) and AMBA bus monitoring while architecting multi-core solutions. Applied Compliance: Investigated methodologies to streamline compliance in safety-critical environments, developing a deep, foundational understanding of functional safety principles that informs current architectural decisions.
Computer Architecture: Awarded a competitive research grant to collaborate with the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology.
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