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Zurich, Switzerland

Development of customised Internet of Things devices. From conception to industrialization.

Development of customised Internet of Things devices. From conception to industrialization.

Development of electronic devices in the Internet of Things eco-system. Special focus on low-power sensors in LoRaWAN and 2.4 GHz networks. Using agile development methods with continuous integration.

Ocean

Sailing with my family from Europe over the Atlantic, through the Panama canal, along the sparsely distributed islands in the South Pacific over to New Zealand. This amazing trip brought our family even closer together. Time seemed to be infinite. We faced strong winds, but no storm thanks to our careful planning.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

For the next generation Sound Processor for cochlear implants I was coordinator between the embedded SW team in the head quarter in Switzerland and the one in California. The goal was to integrate seamlessly the cochlear implant SW into the hearing instrument platform in order to benefit from all its features. Therefore the platform needed to be adapted and extended which required architectural work. Implementation in C and infrastructure work were also part of my task. This multi-site… Show more For the next generation Sound Processor for cochlear implants I was coordinator between the embedded SW team in the head quarter in Switzerland and the one in California. The goal was to integrate seamlessly the cochlear implant SW into the hearing instrument platform in order to benefit from all its features. Therefore the platform needed to be adapted and extended which required architectural work. Implementation in C and infrastructure work were also part of my task. This multi-site development required traveling and communication over phone and E-Mail. As the culture of the two companies was different a bit of tact was necessary to find the right way for the project. Show less

Zürich Area, Switzerland

When the next generation wireless chip project was launched, I joined the new team in the role of the embedded SW architect. The goal of our SCRUM team was to implement the in-house defined wireless protocol and to bring up the new chip. The chip contained 3 processors and a highly configurable radio. As SW architect I was working out concepts together with our embedded SW engineers, always keeping the big picture in mind. Crawling the whole code base and reviewing check-ins helped me to keep… Show more When the next generation wireless chip project was launched, I joined the new team in the role of the embedded SW architect. The goal of our SCRUM team was to implement the in-house defined wireless protocol and to bring up the new chip. The chip contained 3 processors and a highly configurable radio. As SW architect I was working out concepts together with our embedded SW engineers, always keeping the big picture in mind. Crawling the whole code base and reviewing check-ins helped me to keep track of the project. I was also responsible for the weekly SW conference calls with the engineers from the chip provider. The source code was written in C and the test harness was in C#. Show less

Stäfa

Development of new SW features for hearing instruments starting from specifications and concepts going through development and automated testing. Our small Micro Controller team was responsible for the user interface, switching algorithms on the DSP and provide the interface to the PC. The challenge was to fit the new features in the tiny device with very limited resources. The code base was in C and the test harness in Python.With the introduction of the wireless chip the company was faced… Show more Development of new SW features for hearing instruments starting from specifications and concepts going through development and automated testing. Our small Micro Controller team was responsible for the user interface, switching algorithms on the DSP and provide the interface to the PC. The challenge was to fit the new features in the tiny device with very limited resources. The code base was in C and the test harness in Python.With the introduction of the wireless chip the company was faced with the challenge of how hearing instruments interact with each other and other wireless devices. I was working on the higher layer communication stack on the micro controller. My fascination for this tiny low-power wireless chip motivated me to perform many experiments with my cell phone and the work culminated in a new product, a cell phone clip-on to stream audio from and to the hearing instruments. Show less

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Development of a production test for a 16 input video grabber card for surveillance applications. The work in this start-up company consisted of HW and SW development. The HW part was the design and bring up of a PCB capable to hot-plug the unit under test to the PC's ISA bus (PC104) and switch video signals. The SW part included FPGA code on the test PCB, a Linux Device Driver and the whole test procedure in C, C++ and LabView for Linux. The test system evolved to be an end test of the… Show more Development of a production test for a 16 input video grabber card for surveillance applications. The work in this start-up company consisted of HW and SW development. The HW part was the design and bring up of a PCB capable to hot-plug the unit under test to the PC's ISA bus (PC104) and switch video signals. The SW part included FPGA code on the test PCB, a Linux Device Driver and the whole test procedure in C, C++ and LabView for Linux. The test system evolved to be an end test of the produced video recorder device and pan-tilt camera. Show less

Europe

Representing Switzerland in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 in 470 Sailing (2 person team). Everything we did was in the focus of our goal: Physical training, mental training, finding best equipment and gear, fund raising and more.