Rudolf Heer

Head of Research Unit Electronic Sensors bei Silicon Austria Labs

Austria

About

Rudolf Heer graduated from the HTBL u. VA St. Pölten in the field of communications engineering and electronics and finished in 1987 with the Matura. In 1988 he started his studies of electrical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. The diploma thesis at the Institute for Quantum Electronics and Laser Technology enabled him to deepen his knowledge in areas of laser physics and to complete his diploma studies in 1996. The subsequent doctoral studies at the TU Vienna were carried out by him at the Institute for Solid State Electronics. The main focus was on semiconductor and low temperature physics using scanning tunneling microscopy. During his doctoral studies he started working as a university assistant with corresponding teaching activities. After finishing his doctoral studies (summa cum laude) in 2000 he changed to the industry. His first focus was the system integration of high-frequency front-end modules used in mobile communications. In 2004 he was appointed to establish and lead the Nanocomponents Research group at the Austrian Institute of Technology. The focus of his current scientific work at Silicon Austria Labs is on the fabrication and characterization of nanoscale devices and the measurement of very small electrical and magnetic signals.

Experience

  • Head of Research Unit Electronic Sensors at Silicon Austria Labs
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Group leader, customer acquisition management, project- and program management, research - Principal Scientist

  • Senior Research Engineer at AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
    May 2004 - Sep 2019 · 15 yrs 5 mos

    Group leader, customer acquisition management, project- and program management, research.

  • Scientific Fellow at Vienna University of Technology
    Dec 2003 - May 2004 · 6 mos

    Sprintronics on thin films with low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy.

  • Systems Engineer at Applied International Informatics AG
    Feb 2002 - Apr 2003 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Sizing and performance tuning of SAP/R3 systems, storage management, system migration.

  • Development Engineer at EPCOS OHG
    Oct 2000 - Nov 2001 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Realization of new concepts for front end modules in cellular phones, theoretical basics, circuit design, evaluation of prototypes and fabrication of customer samples.