Since  03/2008, ZF Friedrichshafen AG ─ Division „Active & Passive Safety Technology“
(TRW Automotive has been incorporated on the 15th of May 2015 into the ZF Friedrichshafen AG as the Division A named ZF TRW)
Engineering Manager Video, In the ADAS Department in Koblenz
Responsible for:
- Function- and Software-Development of Video Based Driver Assistance Systems
- Many successful camera projects since then on passenger cars and commercial vehicles

02/2008 - 01/2005, Audi AG, Ingolstadt
Developer, First working on the Advanced Development of the front looking ADAS camera and then in the serial development of this camera for the Audi A8

12/2004 - 01/2001, Honda AG, Scientist at Honda Research Institute Europe, Offenbach
Working in research and doing my PhD: PhD, thesis “Evolutionary Optimization of a Biologically Inspired Visual Object Recognition System “
In other words: Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Processing and Classification

12/2000 - 11/1999, Research assistant at the University Stuttgart
in the project group Neural Control for Adaptive Structures in Aircraft Constructions

10/1999 - 08/1999, Visiting scholar at University of California San Diego, Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Laboratory

07/1999 - 06/1997, Working student at Carl Schenck AG, Darmstadt, department Technology and development, Master thesis (at Carl Schenck AG) „Adaptive modeling of nonlinear dynamical systems“

The Pop in your Job: What is your passion?
My passion is innovation. I love to work in one of the most innovative and interesting industry branches: Autonomous Driving. To work on innovations and to be creative to solve all kind of challenges together with my young team of bright colleagues.