CATIA Experts in Germany

• Review and assessment of the existing situation
• Identification and definition of implementation measures to close existing gaps

• In this role, I led a funded development and prototyping project with an external partner.
• I structured processes for schedule, budget and risk management.
• I coordinated meetings and reports with all parties involved.
• I systematically prepared the next project phases through to piloting and planned scaling.

UEF 3.0 · Semantic Government Overlay (SGO) · Autonomous Systems (UAS / dual use)

• Designed: Semantic Government Overlay (SGO) – AI-guided administration without replacing existing specialist procedures. Read-only semantic layer over registers and specialist processes based on the Federal Information Management (FIM). Decision authority remains with the case worker (architecture principle).
• Developed: Reference architecture with source-backed, derived statements (Executable Ontologies OWL/RDF/SHACL). Technically guaranteed purpose limitation and no-write-path principle in specialist data – auditable, without a central data pool.
• Anchored: Regulation as a design principle: EU AI Act (high-risk obligations for public-sector AI, fundamental rights impact assessment under Art. 27), GDPR, NIS2, and administrative automation limits (§ 35a VwVfG, § 31a SGB X) as technical control points in the architecture.
• Created: Methodical tool for pilot organizations: data pipeline assessment (phase 0), compliance blueprint, and management summary as a decision-ready package for public administration.
• Specified: UEF 3.0 as a successor architecture to TOGAF – decision paper, canonical ontology, six-layer architecture, read/actuate boundary, federation registry, terminology concordance, and release delta as a closed specification status.
• Architected: AI-native mission OS for autonomous UAS and ground robotics as a tactical layer on top of a separately approved autopilot. Run-time assurance according to ASTM F3269-21 (Simplex pattern): the verified safety controller keeps authority, the AI function provides suggestions.
• Designed: Three-tier architecture – Tier 0 autopilot with 650 Hz flight control on RTOS, Tier 1 AI OS with semantic world model and multi-agent cluster, Tier 2 swarm and ground mesh. Zenoh as the primary fabric, MAVLink as the only authenticated command path (single writer). Result: graceful degradation – loss of the mission, not of the aircraft.
• Secured: Two-gate chain on the read/actuate boundary – governance gate (can-question: AI Act risk class per actuation, enforced human oversight under Art. 14, immutable log) before the RTA safety monitor (is-it-correct question: flight envelope, geofence, energy reserve) with revert to the baseline controller.
• Anchored: Dual-use architecture with common core and build-time fork instead of runtime switch. Three separate legal levels: civil variant – UAS under the EASA Basic Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 with the limited applicability under Art. 2(2) of the AI Act, ground robotics under the Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 with the full high-risk obligation chain, Cyber Resilience Act for both; unarmed carrier variant as defense material under AWG/AWV and Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821 (BAFA approval); armed variant under KrWaffKontrG. Each variant lives under exactly one dominant legal regime. Evidence base: AI BOM, SBOM, and complete data lineage.
• Analyzed: System analysis and realignment of grown engineering system landscapes. Approach concept for consolidation without migration – semantic layer over the existing sources instead of data transfer. Result: decision-ready implementation concept including an evaluation model for the target architecture.

E-Drive Control

• Performed Model-Based Development (MBD) of application software (ASW) functions for E-Drive control using AVL & customer toolchains
• Translated product requirements into scalable, high-performance Simulink models for high-visibility projects, ensuring compliance with V-Model, AUTOSAR, ASPICE, ISO 26262, MAAB, MISRA, MXAM
• Automatic code generation (.c, .h, .arxml) using Embedded Coder
• Analyzed and derived system and ASW requirements, along with test cases, using PTC Integrity, CodeBeamer & PikeTec TPT
• Performed Verification & Validation of ASW using MIL/SIL/HIL, model/code coverage, exception report, req. & test case traceability
• Reviewed requirements, test cases and ASW, providing feedback to testing & development teams to drive bug fixes & improvements
• Created signals in Visu-IT-ADD & Vector DaVinci Developer Classic
• Documented ASW functions using Visu-IT-FunDoc & customer tool
• Updated enterprise architecture (EA) framework for system & ASW
• Created whitebox specifications for Inverter subsystem using Visio
• Commissioned & tested Inverters on Power HIL
• Mentored colleagues to foster collaboration & knowledge sharing

• Retrofit of 10 existing distribution centers with ASML (automated scan manual labelling)

• Automation of conveyor technology at the induct with the goals of improving ergonomics, reducing costs, and increasing throughput

• Adaptation of existing MHE (material handling equipment)

• Supplier management (internal and external)

• Construction site coordination

• Detailed planning and execution of the implementation concept

• Acceptance tests for machine safety, Machinery Directive

• Planning and execution of IOQ, SWEH, SAT, Launch

• Ensuring compliance with costs, deadlines, and scope

• Risk management

• PM coaching of the project team and suppliers

• Leading multiple international teams

• International communication/coordination of sites (Delivery Stations AMZL, suppliers), RME, Ops, Safety, PMO, and Quality

• Methods and tools: Interim project management, project management (classic, agile, hybrid), change management, V-model, Scrum, Ozark, Chime, PtW, RightCrowd, stakeholder management, scheduling, cost planning, resource planning, controlling, conveyor technology, logistics, mechanical engineering, construction site coordination, claim management, requirements management, specifications, functional specification, supply chain management, risk management, FMEA, lessons learned, supplier management, team leadership, communication (international)

• Training and advising project teams in sales and IT on the compliant use of external staff through service/work contracts
• Preparing service descriptions with consideration of labor and social security law as well as compliance aspects
• Supporting teams in transforming ways of working into new collaboration models
• Supporting tenders as a representative of the specialist departments
• Developing solution strategies for future collaboration with external service providers
• Running and designing workshops, creating training materials

Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, focusing on workflow digitization, PLM

• CAD system: SolidWorks 2021
• PDM database: HXP SolidWorks
• Product: mobile hydrogen refueling station
• Handling and implementing change requests
• Independently developing products for new applications
• Reviewing and approving production and assembly drawings
• Providing technical support to engineering service providers
• Collaborating closely with purchasing and quality teams
• Developing and achieving cost reduction goals
• Planning and executing concept validations
• Independently creating solution proposals and technical concepts for new ideas
• Establishing and maintaining supplier relationships

• Consulting on the optimization of the system development process for MB.OS and introduction of MBSE on a central platform (25% increase in efficiency)
• Planning and conducting ASPICE assessments, analyzing the results, and creating a coaching strategy
• Training more than 10 project teams in systems engineering and software development methods
• Ensuring compliance with relevant development guidelines and processes

• Cost estimation for a hydraulic system, taking into account the costs over the entire product life cycle and optimizing the technical specifications.

• Creation of complete 3D designs and design drawings
• Evaluation of requirement specifications and customer specifications
• Execution of partial steps in technical work preparation according to specifications and documents, including project support
• Contact person for internal and external customers in design projects
• Design and calculation of piping and components for cryogenic media and low-temperature applications
• Support with finite element calculations

• As part of a greenfield project, a new production plant is being built in Slovakia to produce industrial media storage for OEMs and distributors once completed.

• Procurement and industrialization of production equipment for prefabrication.

• Design, procurement, installation and integration of complete production lines based on stamping, forming and welding technology with integrated, labor-reducing processes.

• Establishment of a production environment under strategic aspects according to the latest state of the art.

• Overall and continuous communication with the entire greenfield team, adjacent departments and plant and executive management.

• Development of concepts together with key suppliers and identification of ratio potentials along manufacturing process chains using value stream analyses.

• Collection, assessment and application of process data such as throughput times, manufacturing times, setup times, wait and idle times using time and multimoment studies as well as surveys.

• Forward-looking design of production systems and processes with the goal of implementing automated and competitive process solutions as part of comprehensive supply chain management.

• Planning of production workflows, definition of manufacturing methods, design of the overall layout and workstations.

• Determination and recording of process cost rates, overhead rates, cost evaluation of production processes, machine hourly rates, depreciation as well as expected share of claims and rework costs to optimize manufacturing costs.

• Continuous optimizations of product designs for their adaptation into automation-oriented production environments until the plant's SOP.

• Multi-project management for the engineering, design, procurement, installation and process integration of all relevant trades with respect to plant engineering, lifting equipment, production equipment and QA installations.

• Ongoing establishment of an overall concept in constructive, plant engineering, logistical, IT and QA aspects.

• Overall responsibility for the quality of module KH
• Technical leadership and coordination of a module lead team
• Analysis of design models and alignment of technical requirements
• Preparation of risk analyses and presentations, and presenting them to decision-makers
• Test management, development, coordination and approval of current test cases and their prioritization for test events
• Test planning for different test phases
• Coordination of test phases with other departments to ensure relevant aspects of business operations
• Prioritization of handling existing bugs/tickets
• Tracking and validation of the quality of problem management
• Consistency checks, planning, prioritization and sorting of tickets
• Preparation and coordination of required test data
• Tracking ALM (QC) processes and their implementation at module level
• Collaboration with interface partners for bug fixes
• Ensuring effective communication within the team and with interface partners
• Coordination of tasks when processing tickets in ML KH
• Tracking, assignment and clarification of bug-fix scheduling
• Close collaboration and management of suppliers (at module level), the development department, and external partners
• Planning, development, execution and evaluation of functional tests
• Conducting functional end-to-end tests
• Weekly reports on current test and defect status to management committees
• Planning and executing performance and load tests to ensure that SOA applications meet expected performance and scalability requirements
• Developing test strategies and test plans for SOA-based applications
• Defining test objectives and criteria to ensure services meet requirements
• Integration of test automation

• Developed and implemented comprehensive project plans for the rollout of various MHE systems (e.g., automated forklifts, conveyors) across Amazon’s network, including innovative packaging designs and material innovations.
• Set and coordinated daily milestones with both internal teams and external vendors.
• Ensured continuous alignment among warehouse operations, technical teams, and external partners through regular progress meetings, maintaining complete project transparency.
• Directed comprehensive activities including employee training led by the Learn team, performed detailed machine parts checklists to verify compliance, and monitored setup adherence to safety and operational standards.
• Implemented robust end-to-end testing protocols, monitored key performance indicators, and facilitated a seamless transition from project completion to regular operations with thorough documentation.