From embedded code to product ownership, a 19-year journey.

Professional Summary

System Development Lead and Senior System Engineer with 19 years in automotive product development— from embedded software and CI to system architecture and technical product ownership. Most recently owned the system and product landscape of high-voltage coolant heaters (HVCH) for Volkswagen, across series production and next-generation development.

Professional Experience

1. Independent — Reorientation & Product Ventures

   Jan 2026 — present

   Self-directed · Sindelfingen, Germany

   A deliberate year to invest in myself: moving towards defence and deep-tech, testing entrepreneurship with my own products, and adding product management to my engineering background.

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   • Orientation towards systems engineering roles in defence and aerospace.
   • Basmio: took a child-operated story box from prototype to product validation in the Innovation Sprint AI xpress — problem interviews and field research.
   • The Smart Switch: design case study for a local-first smart home switch platform.
   • AI Product Management Bootcamp (Ironhack).
   • Preparing for INCOSE systems engineering certification.

2. System Development Lead / Product Owner

   Oct 2022 — Dec 2025

   BorgWarner Stuttgart GmbH · Ludwigsburg, Germany

   Owned the system and product landscape for safety-critical high-voltage coolant heaters (HVCH) — architecture, requirements, OEM alignment and engineering execution across series production and next-generation programs.

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   • Technical and product lead for the HVCH portfolio of Volkswagen from long-running series production to next-generation development.
   • Primary technical interface to the OEM for requirements, concepts, change management and issue resolution across the product lifecycle.
   • Owned the System Requirements Specification (SyRS), end-to-end traceability and V&V strategy under Automotive SPICE v3.1 (SYS.1–SYS.3, CL2).
   • Owned the system architecture including safety and protection concepts and ISO 26262 risk analysis for high-voltage energy systems.
   • Drove design-to-cost measures contributing to a ~19% unit cost reduction on a high-volume platform (~15 million units).
   • Led cross-functional teams (hardware, embedded software, mechanics, validation, manufacturing) with responsibility for cost, quality and timing; hands-on in PCB reviews, EOL testing, production issues and root-cause analysis.
   • Led the integration of AI-driven services into engineering processes at business-unit level — requirements management, platform lifecycle and quality processes.

3. Senior System Engineer eDrive

   Jul 2022 — Sep 2022

   Nidec Motors & Actuators (Germany) GmbH · Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

   System responsibility for a mid-power inverter in an eDrive application — requirements, interfaces and architecture for power electronics and eDrive integration.

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   • System responsibility for a mid-power inverter within an eDrive application.
   • Aligned system requirements, interfaces and architecture topics with development teams and customers.
   • Supported architecture and integration concepts for power electronics systems.

4. Senior System Engineer

   Oct 2014 — Jun 2022

   Panasonic Automotive Systems Europe GmbH · Stuttgart, Germany

   System responsibility for high-voltage charging systems — solving system-level challenges across functional safety, integration and cross-domain coordination.

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   • System responsibility (SYS.2 / ENG.2) for multiple AC charging projects in an OEM environment, including on-board charger and HV DC/DC topics.
   • Aligned system requirements, target behaviour and feature scope with customers and internal teams.
   • Defined system functions, block diagrams and architecture based on customer and safety requirements.
   • Developed Functional Safety Concepts (FSC) and aligned Technical Safety Concepts (TSC) according to ISO 26262.
   • Managed change and configuration processes including technical assessments and effort estimation.
   • Central interface between OEM, system, hardware, software and test teams across the full lifecycle.

5. Build & Configuration Manager

   Apr 2014 — Sep 2014

   Delphi Automotive PLC · Wiehl, Germany

   Build, release and configuration management for automotive ECU programs, including CI automation.

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   • Build and release management for multiple ECU programs (CEM, PAM) — internal, special and official releases for OEMs and Tier-2 suppliers.
   • Built a distributed Jenkins CI setup on two nodes connected to an autotester, with automatic target download and test execution.
   • Configuration and change management in close cooperation with development, test and project teams.

6. Embedded Software Engineer

   Feb 2011 — Mar 2014

   Lear Corporation · Tarragona, Spain

   Embedded software for high-voltage battery management and power distribution in safety-critical applications (ASIL C).

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   • Embedded software for a high-voltage battery monitoring system (HV BMS) in an OEM environment.
   • Implemented safety-relevant functions according to ISO 26262 (ASIL C): shutdown, diagnostics and protection mechanisms.
   • Worked with AUTOSAR 3.2 architectures with selected AUTOSAR 4.x concepts.
   • Supported the functional safety team in FMEDA, FTA and safety analyses.
   • Software integration, board-level debugging, testing and build automation.

7. Embedded Automotive Software Engineer

   Jul 2007 — Jan 2011

   HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA · Craiova, Romania

   AUTOSAR software components for body control modules.

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   • Embedded software for ECUs in body and comfort systems.
   • AUTOSAR 2.1 software components for BCM applications.
   • Interior lighting, voltage monitoring and power management functions including diagnostics and dimming logic.
   • Software integration, debugging and ECU-level testing for variant-based vehicle platforms.