Tobias Kotulla

Head of Design @Eltako

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

Hi! I'm Tobias, passionate and driven Industrial Designer with a strong sense for form, function, and detail. I love what I do and I do it with energy, curiosity, and a hands-on mindset to bring ideas to life.

Experience

  • Head of Design at ELTAKO
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Building on its strong legacy as a technology leader, I will guide Eltako's product design and brand experience into a new chapter defined by clarity, innovation, a human-centered approach and design-driven product development.

  • Industrial Designer & Design Consultant at Freelance
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Senior Industrial Designer & Transportation Interior Designer at Bosch
    Mar 2022 - Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Lead Industrial Designer for the Bosch mobility unit in 12+ projects • Creating visions of future automotive interactions in pre-development for several customers, merging technology into customer specific brand experiences

  • Senior Industrial Designer at Siemens Healthineers
    Nov 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Design of visionary concepts, leading the way for the healthcare of the future • Design strategy and Industrial Design fore 20+ healthcare products up to series production • UX-Research in 60+ user interviews and co-creation sessions with users • Achievements: Red Dot Design Award „Best of the Best“ for mobile CT scanner Somatom On.site

  • Accenture Song (Erlangen)
    • Senior Industrial Designer
      Feb 2019 - Oct 2019 · 9 mos

      • Managing 3 Junior Designers in several projects, project management and presenting the design projects to top management on the customer’s side

    • Intermediate Industrial Designer
      Aug 2016 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      • Creating design styleguides, defining design strategies and executing Industrial Design projects for several customers, from concepts to series production