Autonomous Driving Experts in Germany

• Developing a model-based AI where natural language is interpreted as formal relations.
• Natural language terms are not considered rigid but fluid and can be negotiated in a context so meaning resolves by iteratively specifying.
• Develops all kinds of model solutions.
• Backed by natural language and data annotation.
• Requirements to code and other solutions.

• Responsibility for the further development of digital service products with a focus on customer value, profitability, and scalable growth
• Development and prioritization of the service product roadmap based on customer feedback, market analysis, financial evaluation, and technical feasibility
• Identification of new digital service opportunities as well as derivation of product requirements, feature priorities, and value propositions
• Alignment of product vision, roadmap, and user experience with product owners, center of competence, sales, service, and market organizations
• Support of go-to-market activities, market validations, and internal training for the successful launch of digital service offerings
• Use of data-based decision-making to assess customer needs, business model assumptions, and product progress

Testing and verification of high-voltage systems

• Performed integration and system tests for control units in PHEV/EV vehicles using ECU-TEST (TraceTronic), Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, ETAS INCA, Tornado, E-Sys, and EDIABAS.
• Analyzed the interaction of high-voltage control units (including CCU, BMU, inverter, IPB, and IPF) and carried out software updates and flash processes to verify new software versions.
• Worked closely with software, system, and integration teams in an agile development environment to analyze issues and verify new software versions.

• Developed a real-time video analytics proof-of-concept for deployment on NVIDIA Jetson edge devices.
• Implemented DeepStream pipelines including object detection, tracking, human pose estimation, face anonymization, and zone intrusion detection.
• Built a Qt/Python demonstration UI interfacing with the AI pipeline via REST APIs.

• Led strategic software development of fusion algorithms for precise object tracking, trajectory prediction, and environment modeling based on multimodal sensor data (e.g., camera, LiDAR, radar, GNSS, IMU)
• Developed and implemented navigation algorithms for autonomous vehicles, including path planning, obstacle avoidance, and sensor fusion of visual, inertial, and distance-based sensor sources
• Automated extraction and training processes with CI/CD
• Developed and optimized data pipelines and processes in Microsoft Azure using Apache Spark, Databricks, and PySpark
• Developed and optimized embedded software for automotive control units
• Designed latency-critical software for real-time control in robotic systems with RTOS (freeRTOS, SAFERTOS)
• Used the Vector toolchain (CANdela, DaVinci, CANoe) for configuration and diagnostics
• Optimized existing data pipelines and processes (ETL, data warehouse, SQL)
• Developed and trained machine learning models using PyTorch
• Created deep-learning-based object detection and visual SLAM algorithms, trained on combined data from camera, LiDAR, and IMU sensors
• Implemented computer vision algorithms for object detection and classification in robotic systems using OpenCV and YOLO, utilizing synchronized image and depth data
• Implemented behavior-based control systems for autonomous robots using ROS2 Behavior Trees
• Performed testing, release, and integration of sensor fusion algorithms into automotive production programs
• Ensured adherence to proper software development processes and safety standards to guarantee high data quality (MISRA, ISO 26262, ASPICE)

• Independently responsible for the design and cross-market rollout of a safety-relevant digitalization project for the centralized and transparent provision of vehicle and service data
• Developed an integration concept for existing IT and workshop sys...

• Developed an evaluation framework for AI-generated multiview driving videos intended for perception and embodied-AI/VLA-related training workflows.
• Designed automated checks for temporal coherence, cross-camera consistency, semantic correctness, and multiview geometric quality, exposing failure modes relevant to autonomous systems.
• Combined classical computer vision, learned visual representations, and vision-language models to convert complex video artifacts into measurable engineering signals.
• Built repeatable benchmarking and failure-analysis workflows to support model comparison, data-quality decisions, and system-improvement discussions.

• Converts natural language into JQL using RAG and pgvector. Returns structured JSON with a query, chart spec, and plain-text answer. A two-stage router answers general questions without touching the JQL pipeline at all.
• Interchangeable LLM backends: Ollama, vLLM, Groq, Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock - switchable at runtime, no code changes. Self-healing JQL: on Jira validation failure, feeds error back to LLM, retries up to 4 times. OCI Vault for secrets. Deployed on Oracle Cloud A1 with GPU inference over Tailscale private network. Open source.

Leading the end-to-end development of Edge AI-powered smart glasses for visually impaired individuals, aligning product vision with user needs and managing a cross-functional team of data scientists, Android developers, AWS engineers, and hardware specialists.

• Defined product roadmap for Edge AI smart glasses and MVP features through user research, stakeholder interviews, and competitive analysis, ensuring accessibility and real-world usability.
• Developed and validated a PoC for AI-driven cancer cell identification in PET/CT scans, collaborating with medical experts to optimize diagnostic accuracy and clinical relevance.
• Built and scaled a multidisciplinary team of 75+ engineers, interns, and designers across Germany and India, driving cross-border collaboration and iterative prototyping.
• Established strategic partnerships with NGOs, healthcare providers, and advocacy groups to embed inclusivity and patient feedback into product design.
• Drove hands-on hardware-software integration using Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano of AI models. Initiated and nurtured relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, and ecosystem players to build scalable go-to-market plans.
• Owned critical product decisions, from prototype development to funding strategy, applying a data-informed and impact-driven mindset.
• Fostered a learning-focused culture by facilitating brainstorming sessions and continuous feedback loops between engineering and product.

Achievements:

• Public speaker: Auto.Ai 2025 (Berlin), Wearable technologies 2025 (Munich and Bangalore), MEDICA 2024 (Dusseldorf)
• WMF, Bologna, Italy (June 2024): Only AI startup to be selected from Germany as EBV hero to represent sprhava on global platform
• Medica, Germany (2024): Delivered a speech on AI smart glasses in world's largest Healthcare event.
• Wearable Technologies, Bengaluru, India (Dec 2024): I was a speaker presenting sprhava and its product.
• Venturise Global Challenge (GIM 2025, Bengaluru Palace, Karnataka): sprhava was selected as one of the 16 top startups (ESDM) to present on this global platform
• Wearable Technologies Conference 2025 EUROPE, Munich, Germany (May 2025): Delivered a talk on Edge AI at the Europe's biggest wearable tech event.
• InsurNext Köln, Germany (2025): sprhava was honoured with a booth from Cologne administration.

• Leading AI development for aquaculture startup, optimising shellfish visual assessments with machine learning and computer vision.
• Development and systematic evaluation of ML/CV algorithms for shellfish condition and morphometrics, using Python, Pytorch and MLFlow.
• Analysis of model performance, including identification of failure modes and edge cases in production deployments.
• Design of annotation strategies and refinement of labelled datasets for computer vision tasks.
• Detailed analysis of system performance and communication of findings through publication-quality technical reports to investors and fellow R&D staff.
• Responsible for delivery of technical roadmap.

Part of a company-wide SAP S/4Hana cloud migration program including 6 implementation teams migrating the whole business process landscape from on premise into the cloud. Managing of two project teams on data migration and creation of business cockpits for pricing and logistics. Conducting two workshops to define the data migration approach and the Kanban working mode. Setting up release and deployment plans. Conducting stakeholder management and management reporting. Setting up the full project structure in Jira and sharepoint.

Key Contributions:

• Conducting two scoping workshops on the data migration approach for business partner and materials incl the full project plan definition and the pricing and logistics cockpits
• Coaching of one development and one data migration team consisting of 5 developers, SAP consultants and several business key user by adapting Scrum and Kanban frameworks
• Managing three external services provider consisting of different SAP consultants and developer incl budget and ressource allocation management

• Lead a team of 15 annotators on large-scale computer vision projects for autonomous vehicle systems
• Developed comprehensive annotation guidelines that improved inter-annotator agreement by 35 percent
• Implemented quality control processes that reduced error rates by 42% across all projects
• Collaborated with ML engineers to identify edge cases and improve dataset quality
• Managed annotation projects for Fortune 500 clients, delivering 100% on time

• Topic: Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation for (AUV) Systems using Transformer-Based Vision Models and Sensor Fusion.
• Designed and implemented an end-to-end multi-sensor fusion perception pipeline (Camera, LiDAR, IMU) in ROS
• Developed CNN-based Machine Learning model (YOLOv8) and Transformer-based vision models for real-time object detection
• Processed and clustered 3D LiDAR point clouds using DBSCAN, RANSAC, and voxel grid filtering to enable robust object localisation in noisy environments.
• Designed Bayesian Network models (GeNle) for probabilistic reasoning and sensor-level decision fusion under uncertainty.
• Applied Kalman filtering for sensor state estimation, temporal alignment, and smooth object tracking, reducing false positives in safety-critical scenarios.
• Evaluated system performance under realistic driving dynamics, improving tracking stability and overall perception robustness.
• Built deep learning pipelines for training, validation, and performance evaluation of perception models using sensor data.

• Acted as technical consultant to optimize multi-layer ensemble models combining ResNet, CNN-BiGRU-Attention, and XGBoost.
• Guided implementation of a Logistic Regression meta-learner to solve class imbalance problems, achieving 92.86% accuracy and 0.9644 AUC on PTB-XL and Chapman-Shaoxing datasets.