Experience

B.Braun New Ventures

Robotics Engineer and Architect • Feb 2023 — now

Architecture and Realization of Surgery Robot Software

Infrafon GmbH

CEO • Sept 2022 — Dec 2022

Developing smart badges to accelerate digitalization of organizations

Freelance

Drone Control Expert • Sept 2021 — Aug 2022

Hard- and software prototyping of specialized drone applications, robotics infrastructure design and development, pre-seed technical planning and design

Kiteswarms GmbH

CTO • Jan 2021 — Aug 2021

Coordination of research and development, strategic technology and product planning

Kiteswarms GmbH

Team Lead • Apr 2018 — Dec 2020

Supervision of the flight control team in development of drone flight control software, Coordination of and mediation between up to seven team members, Interfacing with other teams and collaborative system engineering, Moderation and mediation between team members in a supportive role, Creation of low-overhead development processes

Kiteswarms GmbH

Control Engineer and PhD Student • Apr 2017 — Mar 2018

Founding member of Kiteswarms, Implementation of state estimation, control and simulation software for drones and associated software infrastructure

Education

University of Freiburg

Master of Science - Embedded Systems Engineering • 2017

Master's thesis: Model-predictive control of a constrained model airplane

University of Freiburg

Bachelor of Science - Embedded Systems Engineering • 2013

Bachelors's thesis: Object detection based on RGBD data for a humanoid robot

Skills

Organizational leadership

Several years of experience leading engineering teams.

Programming Languages

Python, C/C++, Rust, Java, C#, Bash

Software Methodologies

SCRUM, Extreme Programming, Functional Programming

DevOps

CI/CD, Docker, Ansible, Linux System Administration

Control Theory

Classic Control (PID, Root Locus, Lead/Lag), Optimal Control (MPC, LQR, RTI), State Estimation

Associations

Werkstattkollektiv PlanB e.V.

Board member • 2022

A community workshop for woodworking, metalworking, electronics and much more.

Outside Interests

  • Paragliding, MTB, Bouldering
  • Drone Building and Racing
  • Woodworking