Projects

Re-engaged with a former client: programme steering for safety-critical airport systems — new server development and replacement.

• Aligned requirements, tender documents, quotations and project documentation with engineering and customers.
• Upgrade and deployment of a new server system during live airport operations.

Stabilised a high-criticality OTA Cloud-to-Vehicle delivery setup for four OEMs by building release governance, coordinating cloud deployments across six server environments and safeguarding China rollouts under UN R155 / UN R156.

• Established release and dependency tracking and enforced OTA gates across Audi, VW, Porsche and Bentley.
• Steered an international matrix setup across Germany, India, China and the USA, including Tier-2 partners and test functions.
• Established planning, tracking and prioritisation for change requests, defects, dependencies and resource bottlenecks.
• Directed CVE and patch management on live systems across six server environments.
• Managed an AWS production environment in China (~2M vehicles) under China-specific operational, certification and OTA/regulatory requirements.
• Ran the central interface to Audi China across the APAC-EMEA delivery chain, including daily operational alignment on development scope and rollouts.
• Technically negotiated and steered ~EUR 1.7M Tier-2 development packages (USA).

Turned around a programme with no reliable transparency by building governance from zero, restoring controllability and creating full release transparency for BMW.

• Built governance from zero, including schedule, dependencies, work structure and CR management.
• Engineered the missing feature-to-milestone mapping between base development and BMW's programme gates and enforced it as binding release governance.
• Built consistent change management (CR) from scratch and enforced it.
• Took over reporting at CTO level.
• Delivered the fact-based decision basis for the parallel BMW task force.
• Established transparency on SW release content, status and risks for BMW.
• Moved the programme from blind-flight mode into a controllable delivery setup.

Programme steering for safety-critical airport systems with a complex stakeholder landscape and coordinated upgrade to ECAC Standard 3 under live operating conditions.

• Acted as principal interface for Schiphol and additional stakeholders across operators, authorities and suppliers.
• Coordinated upgrade and deployment of 12 CT systems at Schiphol during live airport operations.
• Aligned requirements, tender documents, quotations and project documentation with engineering and customers.
• Steered FAT / SAT, transport logistics, installation and commissioning with factory, logistics and site teams.
• Also supported projects in Spain.
• Took an own product idea through to a self-built prototype and trialled it with the German Federal Police at Frankfurt Airport – recognised with the Smiths Detection Star Award.

Stabilised a critical SOP ramp-up for four OEMs by steering an international matrix organisation and safeguarding delivery across multiple offshore locations.

• Coordinated an international matrix across customer project, base development and offshore teams in Singapore, Mexico and Romania.
• Kept a critical SOP ramp-up stable for VW, Audi, SEAT and Škoda.
• Closely tracked and prioritised change requests, defects, prototype build issues and production topics.
• Shielded engineering from customer pressure while safeguarding delivery capability.
• Supported end-phase defect reduction through focused follow-up on the main issues.

Structured and assessed innovation potential in a traditional metal-processing company without established electronics capability and built a robust decision basis for new business fields.

• Collected, structured and assessed existing and new ideas in a systematic way.
• Researched and compared technical options, market developments and product approaches.
• Specified an electronic system including business plan, budget and schedule.
• Developed an iOS / Android app concept and assessed native versus hybrid implementation.
• Identified potential development partners and prepared negotiations.

Crisis-stabilised a global software integration under massive SOP pressure through disciplined defect steering, offshore reset and formal EE problem management.

• Steered global software integration with ~400 staff across Germany, Ukraine, India and China.
• Introduced A/B/C defect classification by customer impact and a planned inflow / outflow reduction model.
• Replaced the offshore engineering provider based on systematic performance evidence.
• Established a daily global integration process and formal E/E problem management with offshore teams.
• Drove defect reduction from >10,000 to ~1,500 tickets (−85%) with focus on customer-relevant issues.
• Achieved SOP on time and secured Daimler acceptance at E2 level.

Built a reliable schedule and release setup for electronic steering systems under resource bottlenecks and high change pressure.

• Built an overall schedule with dependencies and resource logic to enable reliable delivery dates.
• Actively steered release management and approval process.
• Negotiated requirements and dates with Daimler, AMG and internal functions.
• Prepared CR offers and supported around EUR 1 million in related volume.
• Stabilised the project under difficult resource conditions and handed it over in an orderly way.

Built and led a rapidly growing large-scale programme for a multi-camera system with 72 engineers, EUR 18.2 million budget and direct reporting up to CEO / VP level.

• Led a project with 72 engineers across multiple disciplines and international locations.
• Built the overall programme schedule from scratch and enforced it under major resistance.
• Helped establish the joint venture setup and development / quality processes in an ASPICE-level-2 environment.
• Initiated new manufacturing processes later rolled out to multiple sites.
• Reported directly to CEO, VP and directors and carried budget responsibility of EUR 18.2 million.

Led the German test and development branch as European interface for a US-driven infotainment programme with Opel / GM.

• Led the German branch on an operational and technical basis.
• Took over the customer and OEM interface to Opel / GM.
• Steered reflash campaigns, test drives and root-cause analysis in Europe.
• Coordinated international communication across the USA, India, China and Germany.
• Implemented the orderly closure of the branch as a cost-reduction measure.

Project lead for a test bench with focus on schedule and resource steering, quality compliance and reliable customer alignment.

• Built schedule and resource planning and monitoring.
• Ensured compliance with SPICE-related quality guidelines.
• Clarified and specified new customer requirements.
• Structured the project and delivered it successfully.

Specified and introduced a requirements management process in an environment without established tooling.

• Structured requirements from existing documents and transferred them into a traceable process.
• Operated and supported a temporary Excel-based requirements tool.
• Trained project managers and senior engineers in requirements management.

Turned around a drive-by-wire project through a requirements freeze, renegotiation of scope and schedule, and disciplined implementation stabilisation.

• Enforced a requirements freeze against resistance.
• Renegotiated scope and schedule with the customer.
• Negotiated, implemented and tracked the turnaround plan internally.
• Successfully stabilised the project and brought it to completion.

Responsible for test concepts, HIL / SIL / vehicle testing, requirements refinement and accelerated test methods in an early development environment.

• Developed and implemented test concepts, test cases and new test methods.
• Refined requirements to enable early and automated testing.
• Organised, executed and analysed vehicle, component, HIL and diagnostic tests.
• Supported benchmarking, field-return analysis and technical clarification with suppliers.

Independently developed and implemented a test concept including multilingual test scripts and Europe-wide test coordination.

• Created test scripts in six languages.
• Organised and executed tests with native speakers across Europe.
• Installed and operated recording computers and analysed test traces.
• Supported supplier-side defect analysis and coordinated vehicle modifications.

Delivered process-safe and fully traceable flashing of MOST ECUs and helped implement a defined flashing process for workshop and prototype environments.

• Implemented a defined flashing process for MOST ECUs.
• Trained Daimler staff and suppliers.
• Supported test concepts, test specifications and prototype setups.
• Accompanied vehicle modifications and defect analysis with Tier-1 suppliers.