Shiqing Fan - Vehicle Software and OS Expert in Munich

Q: Where is Shiqing based?

Shiqing is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Shiqing speak?

Shiqing speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Chinese (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Shiqing have?

Shiqing has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Shiqing has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 10 months . Note that Shiqing may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Shiqing's latest experience?

Shiqing's most recent position is Technical Director at EmotionPool GmbH .

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

In recent years, Shiqing has worked for EmotionPool GmbH , NIO GmbH , and Huawei Munich Research Center .

Q: Which industries is Shiqing most experienced in?

Shiqing is most experienced in industries like Automotive , Information Technology , and Biotechnology . Shiqing also has some experience in Healthcare and Transportation .

Q: Which business areas is Shiqing most experienced in?

Shiqing is most experienced in business areas like Product Development , Research and Development , and Information Technology . Shiqing also has some experience in Strategy .

Q: Which industries has Shiqing worked in recently?

Shiqing has recently worked in industries like Automotive and Transportation .

Q: Which business areas has Shiqing worked in recently?

Shiqing has recently worked in business areas like Product Development , Research and Development , and Information Technology .

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Oct 2025 - Jul 2026

10 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Technical Director

EmotionPool GmbH

Spearheaded the EU market entry strategy for L3/L4 autonomous logistics vehicles, driving the technological localization and deployment of the parent company’s smart robotics portfolio.
Orchestrated technical alignment between top-tier autonomous driving suppliers across China and Europe, translating complex client requirements into precise engineering specifications compliant with EU standards.
Cultivated strategic joint R&D initiatives with leading European universities, research institutes, and enterprises, accelerating the transition of cutting-edge robotic concepts into commercial products.
Directed the end-to-end architecture of intelligent warehousing solutions, guiding cross-functional teams in optimizing hardware integration for autonomous vehicles & robots, and overall system performance.
Led the R&D of high-fidelity simulation and AI algorithms using NVIDIA Isaac Sim & Lab, establishing robust "Sim-to-Real" pipelines to train and validate dynamic path planning optimization, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and complex navigation stacks prior to physical deployment.
Maintained hands-on oversight of the core system architecture, focusing on bottom-level performance tuning, AI model inference acceleration with TensorRT/ONNX Runtime, and sensor integration.

Jan 2024 - Sep 2025

1 year 9 months

Munich, Germany

Vehicle Software and OS Expert

NIO GmbH

Drove innovation and development projects of end-to-end performance analysis and optimization for control algorithms and mixed-criticality systems on real-time operating systems.
Led a small cross-functional team of software architects, engineers, and system designers to align optimization goals with functional safety requirements, develop and integrate analysis tools into CI/CD pipelines.
Coordinated with engineers from external partners to resolve hardware–software co-design challenges.
Led the development of toolchains for automated bottleneck detection and optimization in RTOS task scheduling, communication latency, and system resource allocation.
Developed a runtime performance optimization workflow using self-built profilers, benchmarking frameworks, monitoring systems, memory analyzers, instrumentation, and automation scripts.
Identified numerous issues and reduced manual optimization efforts by 80%, shortening integration, testing, and optimization cycles from two weeks to 1–3 hours, thereby achieving significant Time-To-Market savings.
Researched in cutting-edge technologies and engineering practices with embedded systems and ML, focusing on system architecture design, functional safety assurance, and real-time performance optimization.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2023

9 years

Munich, Germany

AUTOSAR Representative and Working Group Speaker; Principal Engineer; Senior Software Engineer; Parallel Computing Engineer

Huawei Munich Research Center

Led the AUTOSAR Communication and Time Synchronization Working Group with researchers and project managers, facilitating cross-company collaboration between OEMs and suppliers.
Participated in the formulation and decision-making of technical standards, and was responsible for the feature design and development of in-vehicle time synchronization protocols.
Contributed to the development of in-vehicle communication protocols, middleware ecosystems, and supporting toolchains, driving the technical implementation of key standard functionalities.
Took full ownership of the entire process from proposing new feature concepts to formalizing them into standards, actively advancing the design and implementation of new functionalities and architectures within the standardization.
Coordinated with internal R&D teams in deeply interpreting and implementing AUTOSAR framework to ensure compatibility and consistency, and planned forward-looking technical strategies.
Conducted the internal AUTOSAR architectural design and contributed to the implementation (e.g. IVC, PHM, EM, E2E protection, Time Synchronization, IAM, and V2X) in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Designed and implemented a software lockstep prototype targeting high functional safety levels (ASIL-D).
Responsible for the architectural design of end-to-end timing analysis models and runtime trace mechanisms, ensuring efficient deployment and operational readiness.
Coordinated and led several third-party collaboration projects, enabling full-cycle transformation from technical cooperation to product commercialization.
Directed the internal project of DDS design and development, integrated into internal products, supporting ADAS/AD and providing a high-performance and scalable communication infrastructure.
Led the research and prototype development of shared memory and zero-copy communication mechanisms, achieving 20x performance improvement (from 800 µs to 40 µs for 2 MB data).
Designed, developed, and validated a prototype of communication library and application compatible interface with Open MPI for cloud-based HPC platform projects.
Designed and implemented network virtualization solutions using traditional network stacks alongside RDMA/RoCE protocols.
Designed, developed, and validated valet autonomous parking solution.
Analyzed and resolved performance bottlenecks in cloud-based HPC scenarios, achieving near-native communication performance with reduced latency and increased throughput for real-time workloads.

Nov 2012 - Dec 2014

2 years 2 months

Penzberg, Germany

Senior Researcher

Roche Diagnostics GmbH

Optimized the parallel computing performance of OpenFOAM simulation algorithms by improving parallel algorithms and acceleration operators based on RDMA and GPU technologies.
Developed a computational pipeline to support medical diagnostics and experimental workflows.

Mar 2007 - Oct 2012

5 years 8 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Researcher

High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart

Contributed in Open MPI community, designed and developed acceleration libraries on both Linux and Windows platforms to support efficient parallel computation in heterogeneous environments.
Designed and implemented semantics checking algorithms for RDMA-based communication to improve the stability and performance for cross-platform communication protocols.
Optimized simulation applications (OpenFOAM, GROMACS) on HPC platforms to improve computational efficiency and resource utilization for multiphysics tasks.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Healthcare, and Transportation.

Automotive

Information Technology

Biotechnology

Healthcare

Transportation

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Product Development, Research and Development, Information Technology, and Strategy.

Product Development

Research and Development

Information Technology

Strategy

Summary

Expert in innovation and runtime performance optimization with technical know-how and hands-on expertise.
Managed and contributed to multiple software projects from prototype to product, overseeing life-cycle phases.
Skilled in fostering effective communication and leading collaboration across multinational teams.
Systematic understanding of automotive industry standards, international regulation trends, E/E architecture.

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Chinese

Intermediate

Education

Mar 2007 - Jul 2013

University of Stuttgart

PhD, High Performance Computing and Parallel Computing · Stuttgart, Germany

Apr 2004 - Feb 2007

University of Stuttgart

Master of Science, Embedded System and Information Technology · Stuttgart, Germany

Sep 1999 - Jul 2003

Dalian University of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Electronic Information Engineering and Automation · Dalian, China

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 5

Experience in Automotive 11.5 y

Avg length 3 y 10 m

Longest experience 8 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Technical Director, Vehicle Software and OS Expert, AUTOSAR Representative and Working Group Speaker; Principal Engineer; Senior Software Engineer; Parallel Computing Engineer

Main industries Automotive, Information Technology, Biotechnology

Main business areas Product Development, Research and Development, Information Technology

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate

Profile

Created

July 2026

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Shiqing is based in Munich, Germany.

Shiqing speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Chinese (Intermediate).

Shiqing has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Shiqing has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 10 months. Note that Shiqing may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Shiqing would be well-suited for roles such as: Technical Director, Vehicle Software and OS Expert, AUTOSAR Representative and Working Group Speaker; Principal Engineer; Senior Software Engineer; Parallel Computing Engineer.

Shiqing's most recent position is Technical Director at EmotionPool GmbH.

In recent years, Shiqing has worked for EmotionPool GmbH, NIO GmbH, and Huawei Munich Research Center.

Shiqing is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Information Technology, and Biotechnology. Shiqing also has some experience in Healthcare and Transportation.

Shiqing is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Research and Development, and Information Technology. Shiqing also has some experience in Strategy.

Shiqing has recently worked in industries like Automotive and Transportation.

Shiqing has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Research and Development, and Information Technology.

Shiqing holds a Doctorate from University of Stuttgart, a Master from University of Stuttgart and a Bachelor from Dalian University of Technology.

Shiqing is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

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