Technical Lead of Robotics · Humanoid & Physical AI · Munich

Leading Physical AI,
from silicon to cloud.

I build and lead engineering teams creating humanoid, AMR, Industrial Robots, and Physical AI systems — uniting perception, autonomy, and the data pipelines and foundation models that power embodied intelligence.

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Executive Summary

A robotics engineering leader building embodied intelligence.

I'm a robotics engineering leader with 18+ years directing complex autonomous and data-intensive systems from silicon to cloud — combining hands-on technical depth with proven Technical leadership. I build, grow, and mentor high-performing teams while owning architecture, roadmap, and delivery for production-grade ROS 2 platforms across autonomous mobile robots, industrial arms, and humanoids — spanning perception, SLAM, locomotion, edge-AI inference, and the edge-to-cloud data pipelines that feed them. Embodied intelligence — including Vision-Language-Action (VLA) and Vision-Language Models (VLM), the software foundations of modern humanoid platforms.

Core Competencies

Where I focus.

  • Physical AI & Embodied Intelligence

    Systems that perceive, reason, and act in the physical world.

  • Vision-Language-Action (VLA) & VLM

    Multimodal foundations for modern humanoid platforms.

  • Robot Foundation Models & Learning

    Robot learning platforms and the data that refines them.

  • Robotics Software Architecture (ROS 2)

    Modular, scalable platforms on the ROS 2 ecosystem.

  • Autonomy, Planning & Decision-Making

    From perception to safe, purposeful autonomous actions.

  • Perception & SLAM (LiDAR & Visual)

    Mapping, localization, and scene understanding.

  • Systems Integration

    Uniting sensing, compute, and actuation into working robots.

  • Edge AI & On-device Inference

    Low-latency intelligence on constrained hardware.

  • Robotics AI Suites Development

    Developer platforms that accelerate ecosystem adoption.

  • Simulation & Digital Twins

    Virtual environments for testing, validation, and scale.

  • Safety- & Security-Critical Systems

    ISO 26262-grade rigor designed in from the start.

  • Engineering Leadership & Delivery

    Team building, roadmap, architecture governance, and delivery.

Career Highlights

Impact at a glance.

18+ Years Technical Experience across Embedded Systems, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems
50+ Engineers under Technical & Delivery Ownership
6+ Years Leading Robotics Software Architecture

  • Robotics AI Suites

    Architected ROS2-based Robotics AI Suites enabling AMR, industrial, and humanoid robot applications and accelerating ecosystem adoption.

  • Humanoid & embodied AI

    Built software foundations for humanoid platforms — VLA/VLM, robot learning, and foundation models.

  • Security & Safety-critical rigor

    ISO 26262-grade safety and security carried over from Automotive Autonomous Driving.

Technical Skills

Tools of the craft.

Robotics & AI Systems

  • Physical AI & Robotics Platforms
  • Robot Foundation Models
  • ROS 2 Ecosystem
  • SLAM (LiDAR & Visual)
  • Edge AI & Real-time Inference
  • AI Optimization (OpenVINO, oneAPI)
  • VLM & VLA
  • Perception & Sensor fusion

Community Engagement

  • Open Source Contributions
  • University Outreach
  • Community Leadership
  • Hackathon Organization
  • Mentorship Programs
  • Workshops & Seminars

Systems Architecture

  • Edge-to-Cloud Systems
  • Distributed Systems Design
  • Digital Twins & Simulation
  • Hardware/Software Co-design
  • Agentic AI Systems
  • LeRobot ecosystem

Security & Safety

  • Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)
  • Threat Modeling & Risk Analysis
  • Automotive Cybersecurity
  • Functional Safety (ISO 26262)
  • Embedded System Security

Certifications & Recognition

Recognized for impact.

  • Technical Leader Recognition
  • Multiple Divisional Recognition Awards
  • ETSI Security Conference Paper (2024)
  • ROSCon Germany — Technical Speaker
  • CyberSecurity Green Belt
  • Co-author of multiple invention disclosures
  • SAE — Robotics for Autonomous Vehicle Systems
  • Contributor — RoboTUM & LeRobot ecosystem

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