Alexander Neumann - Project management in embedded software and hardware development / Smart Home

Q: Where is Alexander based?

Alexander is based in Siegen, Germany .

Q: What languages does Alexander speak?

Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), Russian (Native), English (Intermediate), Spanish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Alexander have?

Alexander has at least 31 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 16 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months . Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Alexander's latest experience?

Alexander's most recent position is Project management in embedded software and hardware development / Smart Home at Jung .

Q: What companies has Alexander worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alexander has worked for Jung , EbV Elektronikbau- und Vertriebs GmbH , Miele , Bosch , and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG .

Q: Which industries is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing , Education , and Professional Services . Alexander also has some experience in Healthcare , Construction , and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Product Development , Research and Development , and Project Management . Alexander also has some experience in Quality Assurance , Information Technology , and Accounting .

Q: Which industries has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in industries like Professional Services , Manufacturing , and Energy .

Q: Which business areas has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Product Development , Project Management , and Research and Development .

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Siegen, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025

2 years

Project management in embedded software and hardware development / Smart Home

Jung

Development and implementation of project management plans, taking project goals and requirements into account.
Monitoring project progress and identifying potential risks or delays.
Providing regular status reports and updates
Communication with external agencies and service providers to make sure that all requirements and expectations are met.
Communication with department heads to make sure that project goals are aligned with the overall company goals.
Advising developers to make sure that technical requirements and solutions are properly considered.
Proactive identification of potential risks and issues during the project.
Development of solution strategies and action plans to minimize risks and deal with issues as they arise.
Communication of identified risks/issues in order to respond to challenges in time and implement solutions.

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

2 years

Project management in the R&D area / heating controller

EbV Elektronikbau- und Vertriebs GmbH

Project planning and execution using agile methods (SCRUM)
Project controlling and costs, backlog, user stories, epics, etc.
Team and task coordination (internal employees and external service providers)

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

2 years

Product Owner Technology (POT) / Project management for electronics/hardware development in the Smart Home / built-in oven

Miele

Technical lead of the project for the development of electronic components for heated appliances
Current-state analysis of the project's development status so far
Deriving requirements for hardware/electronics development
Deriving work packages and defining user stories based on the analysis carried out earlier, including prioritizing the user stories.
Documentation of all project activities, including all required forecasts, analyses, recommendations, and plans in PTC/Windchill and Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira, etc.).
Project planning and execution using agile methods (SCRUM: backlog, user stories, epics, etc.)
Tracking project progress and creating a project report for sprint planning based on Jira reports
Team and task coordination (internal employees and external service providers)

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

2 years

Engineering: Electronic design of heat pumps

Bosch

Creation and reviews of FMEA and tests for electrical safety and product approvals
Design changes, review, and optimization of EMC requirements
Support in introducing project management methods and tools within the project (agile methods / SCRUM: JIRA, Confluence, …)

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

2 years

Project management and engineering in the R&D area / heating controller

EbV Elektronikbau- und Vertriebs GmbH

Classic and agile project planning and execution (backlog, user stories, epics, etc.)
Requirements analysis, concept development, prototype co-development
Team and task coordination (internal employees and external service providers)

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

2 years

Concept development & project management in R&D / high-performance plate imaging system

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Requirements analysis & concept creation, (agile methods / SCRUM: JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, MS Office, …)
Team coordination & escalation management
Budget & cost controlling, project planning, involvement of internal departments and external partners
SCRUM master tasks: running SCRUM meetings, dailies, sprints, retrospective, etc...
Supporting the team in introducing and using agile methods incl. Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, etc...)

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Concept development & new product development in the embedded area / sensor technology

Analysis of existing systems and requirements
Concept creation
Pre-development & prototype

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Interim project management using agile methods in software development & automation

GEA

SCRUM master tasks: running SCRUM meetings, dailies, sprints, retrospective, etc...
Team coordination & escalation handling
Budget & cost controlling, project planning, involvement of internal departments and external partners
Maintenance and support for the team in using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket,..)

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Interim management

Miele

Technical preparation, planning and execution of the rollout for digital products: using agile methods (SCRUM: JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, MS Office, …)
Voice assistance with partner Alibaba Tmall Genie
Professional Portal MOVE in Austria and Switzerland as well as preparation of further country rollouts
Identification of requirements for a product launch and operation
Identification and resolution of risks during the rollout

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Engineering

Various projects/prototypes – hardware development in the IoT area: ESP32/ESP8266/RaspberryPi, schematics & PCB with Altium, Eagle and KiCAD
(Partial) software development: C/C++, NetBeans, Eclipse, GIT, etc.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Engineering: Product Redesign

Kern Elektrotechnik OHG

Electronics development / camping equipment with KiCAD
Schematic & PCB layout

Jun 2019 - Dec 2025

6 years 7 months

Burbach, Germany

Freelance / Services in project management & engineering

Ing.-Büro Neumann

Services in project management & engineering

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1 year

Engineering

Various small projects/prototypes – hardware development in the IoT field: schematic & PCB with Altium, Eagle and KiCAD
Product software development: C/C++, Eclipse, GIT, etc.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1 year

Siegen, Germany

Further training

Wifa Gruppe

Cost and performance accounting / controlling / analyses
Business English
Web design (HTML, CSS, PHP, ..) - self-study

Jun 2013 - May 2019

6 years

Wilnsdorf, Germany

Engineer, team and project leader, SCRUM master & product owner in basic / R&D development

Siegenia-Aubi KG

Requirements analyses for new technical systems in the SmartHome, IoT and embedded areas (internal and customer-specific)
Team building and technical team leadership in the basic and new area of electronics development (engineers, computer scientists, supervision of students, interns, thesis and diploma projects)
Evaluation of new materials and technologies, e.g. using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process)
Inventory and methodical analysis for product modularization
Initiation of workshops to define company-wide standards for interfaces across products (e.g. from X different to radio standards such as WLAN and EnOcean, as well as an approach for web server and app control concepts)
Creation of requirements and specification documents
Support in creating internal documents, e.g. E&K manual, technical product documentation, etc.
Support in LEAN management & production systems
Use of LEAD techniques
Introduction of a standard ECAD tool for site-wide electronics development (Altium Designer + Altium Vault)
Introduction of standard SW tools for site-wide software development for C, C++ (Eclipse, doxygen, GIT, UML basics, code documentation, JIRA/Confluence, cProject, etc.)
Introduction of standard project management in the newly created E-development (from waterfall to agile: /V-model/SCRUM/KANBAN)
Introduction of a modular kit principle for circuits and µC (ARM: Cortex M0/M3 and AVR/ATMEGA8, etc.)
Internal tests via LabView and PSPICE & LTSPICE simulation, etc.
Feasibility studies, risk assessment and (P)(D)FMEA with APiS tool
Patent research and technical support for patent work
Standards research and technical support, standards / DIN notices
Introduction of software for distributed version control in development: GIT (site-wide)
Leading new concepts through to approval
Involving internal specialist departments and external partners
Support of memberships & alliances in the electronics field (EEBus, EnOcean Alliance), incl. various universities and external partners
Regular reporting of project progress to management
Creation of concepts, prototypes, designs and co-development of: radio window sensor "senso secure", EnOcean-WLAN converter, app mockup/frontend for "SIEGENIA-Comfort" app, sensor technology with FGL (shape memory alloy), gesture control, MEMS sensors (humidity, air quality, etc.), voice control, window/door drives, exceet, NFC module, Smart module universal – WLAN module
Customer-specific prototype building, e.g. window sensor with X3D radio for home automation (FR/DeltaDore)
Project planning, budgeting and control of: radio window sensor "senso secure" (incl. variants), SIEGENIA Connect Box, app development (partly), sensor technology with FGL, MEMS sensors (humidity, air quality, ..)
Preparation and support of product certifications (with external labs)
Test bench setups, design and tests for window change frames

Mar 2011 - May 2013

2 years 3 months

Dillenburg, Germany

Engineer and Project Manager in Measurement Technology / Automotive

Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG

Automotive: requirement analyses for new technical systems (customer-specific) according to functional safety ISO 26262
Evaluation of new materials and technologies
Preparation of requirement and specification documents
Development and project management of a current sensor with redundancy for electric and hybrid vehicles from customer request to series start. Product use in BMUs (Battery Management Units) of Daimler & Tesla
Member / representative in VDA and VDE

Aug 2004 - Feb 2011

6 years 7 months

Grünberg, Germany

Project Engineer / Industrial & Medical

Dipl.-Ing. W. Bender GmbH & Co. KG

Requirement analyses for new technical systems in the embedded area (internal and customer-specific)
(Co-)development of various products with C, C++, MISRA, SGS, Integra, Cadence, CadesG, etc. according to functional safety (IEC 61508).
Hardware development and display control incl. menu navigation for: ATTICS - (switching control for medical areas / SIL 2), RCMS460-490 (-D) (-L) - residual current monitoring, EDS460-490 (-D) (-L) - insulation fault locator

Feb 2004 - Jul 2004

6 months

Olpe, Germany

Further training in programmable logic controllers (PLC/S7)

Berufsfortbildungswerk DGB Olpe

Further training in the field of programmable logic controllers (PLC/S7)

Sep 2001 - Jan 2004

2 years 5 months

Wetzlar, Germany

Hardware and Software Developer / Industrial

Beck-IPC GmbH

Implementation of CANopen in SC12 chip
(Co-)development of various products with C, C++, OrCAD (SGS, Eagle, Cadence Design System)
Responsibility for hardware development (project: MicroRTU- USP-010 for MICROSOL)

Oct 1994 - Aug 2001

6 years 11 months

Siegen, Germany

Studies in Electrical Engineering

Universität Siegen

Focus: General Electrical Engineering
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur
Diploma thesis at Beck-IPC GmbH, Wetzlar: topic: “Development and integration analysis of a single chip PC (SC12) with CAN for the CANopen application layer“
Freelancer / commercial activities alongside studies
Various technical internships before starting university

Oct 1994 - Aug 2001

6 years 11 months

Siegen, Germany

Temporary position

Center for Sensor Systems (ZESS)

Temporary position at the Center for Sensor Systems (ZESS)
Research project: Topic: “Investigation and measurement setup for optical 2D PSD (position-sensing detector) angle measurement”

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Manufacturing, Education, Professional Services, Healthcare, Construction, and Information Technology.

Manufacturing

Education

Professional Services

Healthcare

Construction

Information Technology

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Product Development, Research and Development, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Accounting.

Product Development

Research and Development

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Information Technology

Accounting

Languages

German

Native

Russian

Native

English

Intermediate

Spanish

Elementary

Education

Oct 1994 - Aug 2001

University of Siegen

Dipl.-Ing., focus on General Electrical Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Siegen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Programmable logic controller (PLC/S7)

Berufsfortbildungswerk DGB Olpe

Driver's license class 1

Driver's license class 3

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 21

Experience in Manufacturing 28 y

Avg length 2 y 8 m

Longest experience 6 y 10 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Project management in embedded software and hardware development / Smart Home, Project management in the R&D area / heating controller, Product Owner Technology (POT) / Project management for electronics/hardware development in the Smart Home / built-in oven

Main industries Manufacturing, Education, Professional Services

Main business areas Product Development, Research and Development, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 3

Profile

Created

June 2025

Last Update

July 2026

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Alexander is based in Siegen, Germany.

Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), Russian (Native), English (Intermediate), Spanish (Elementary).

Alexander has at least 31 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Alexander would be well-suited for roles such as: Project management in embedded software and hardware development / Smart Home, Project management in the R&D area / heating controller, Product Owner Technology (POT) / Project management for electronics/hardware development in the Smart Home / built-in oven.

Alexander's most recent position is Project management in embedded software and hardware development / Smart Home at Jung.

In recent years, Alexander has worked for Jung, EbV Elektronikbau- und Vertriebs GmbH, Miele, Bosch, and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

Alexander is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Education, and Professional Services. Alexander also has some experience in Healthcare, Construction, and Information Technology.

Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Research and Development, and Project Management. Alexander also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Accounting.

Alexander has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Energy.

Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Project Management, and Research and Development.

Alexander holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from University of Siegen.

Alexander has 3 certificates. These include: Programmable logic controller (PLC/S7), Driver's license class 1, and Driver's license class 3.

Alexander is immediately available for suitable projects.

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