Leading a worldwide System/Software organization - 100 engineers responsible for function-, platform- and project development for digital access transceivers (UWB/BLE) at Continental● develop and continuously improve an organization according to current and future needs (technology, skills, costs); define the footprint, assign key roles for all platform and customer projects; ensure building necessary competencies across different disciplines● ensure project execution (staffing, skills, competencies, quality/time/content) including escalation management● platform strategy (assets, maximize reuse, transparency, improvement potential); bring business understanding to the organization (features, architectures); contribute to / drive the definition of future platform architectures● disciplinary responsibility for local solution roles (PO, PM, Architects) and LAL

Managing a platform and all customer projects for digital access transceivers (UWB/BLE) at Continental● managing a platform train with several cross-disciplinary (SYS, SW, Test) teams - regularly deliver value to the higher-level product/solution train; represent the product in the higher level train (technical solutions, planning, prioritization, staffing, quality)● support and supervise related customer projects starting in quotation phase, reuse basis / feature breakdown, staffing, mentoring the technical leads and escalation management; improve the platform based on customer project needs

Portfolio / Platform Management for radio frequency SW assets, Integration and customization of these assets in all Continental Products● maintain / improve and manage the portfolio of RF software solutions● integrate RF solutions into all Continental products (Passive ECUs, Body Controllers, Tire-Pressure ECUs)● full responsibility for all RF receiver/transceiver products at Continental (RF ECUs)● define RF system solutions together with OEM and System Engineering - optimized for current consumption, homologation aspects and reaction time● contribute to all quotations/acquisitions - track effort/costs per project● mentoring and support for multiple student internships, Bachelor/Master thesis2017-2019: ramp-up a completely new team at a new development site in Novi Sad / Serbia● regular business trips, interview sessions, coordination of training and mentoring activities; at the same time phaseout development capacity at additional locations● identify and train the successor2018-2019: ramp-up a new team for digital access satellites (BLE/UWB)● combine BLE/UWB function development to a new product - this was the foundation of the later Continental SmartAccess Platform● introduction of Agile principles according to SAFE - first PIP mid 2019

People Management for up to 10 Software Engineers. Build a multi-location team for UWB/BLE satellite development. Keep the RF Software functional responsibility in parallel.

Managing SW projects for a German OEM in multi-service radio frequency transceivers - RKE, Passive entry & start, remote diagnosis, other data servicesBuilding a long-term customer relation over 4 generations of wireless transceivers.● managing a development team of about 10 developers - requirements engineering, software development and testing● RF system definition together with the OEM over 2 consecutive generations - protocols, optimize communication sequences● heavily contributed to the vehicle integration and onsite debugging sessions with many different suppliers

Development of generic and application specific software for radio frequency● reusable software assets for microcontroller and operating system abstraction● RF IC firmware driver development incl. product introduction to manufacturing● first automotive product with bidirectional RF incl. status display● long range RF demonstrator including OEM presentations● bidirectional key fob development

Development of generic as well as application specific software. Focus on radio frequency applications - especially bi-directional RF communication is ISM band for the world-wide usage.Development of customer specific radio frequency receiver ECU Software for world-wide customers.

Development of generic as well as application specific software. Focus on radio frequency applications - especially bi-directional RF communication is ISM band for the world-wide usage.

Software developer at Siemens VDO Automotive in Regensburg as temporary employment via Schmitt Engineering GmbH