SolidWorks Expert

I have worked on the development of technical products from the concept phase through to production-ready design. My responsibilities included creating 3D CAD models and assemblies, designing components, developing plastic, sheet metal, milled and cast parts, as well as creating production drawings and technical documentation.

I worked closely with design, development, manufacturing and project teams to develop functional, cost-effective and producible solutions. In addition to designing new and existing products, my work also included optimizing existing assemblies in terms of cost, weight, ease of assembly and manufacturability.

CAD/Engineering Software:

CATIA Siemens NX SolidWorks Autodesk Inventor Autodesk Fusion Autodesk Revit Rhino 3D AutoCAD

Areas of focus:

Product development 3D CAD design Assembly development Technical product design Parametric modeling Detailed design Production drawings Design for Manufacturing (DfM) Change and variant management Prototype development Technical documentation

Through my combination of design understanding and technical engineering expertise, I can support products from the initial idea through design and development to production release.

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.

I work as managing director – organization and active development engineer

Recently completed or nearing completion (2023, 2024):

• Projects in the field of wafer production at Hittec Prontor GmbH (apertures for ZEISS SMT GmbH)
• Micromanipulator concepts with flexure joints for ZEISS SMT, arranged through HAYS AG)
• EVE Innovativ GmbH (combined heat and power plants)
• Kraftblock GmbH, (renewable energy storage)
• CAE Consulting Eng. GmbH, European patent for hybrid robot, market development
• TQ Systems GmbH (gearbox technology)

CE is a supplier of development services in the broad field of mechanical engineering. 30 completed projects in the D-A-CH region. Development and patent exploitation company for R&D, products, cutting and welding robots, conveyor technology ... etc.

My most important results:

• Small selection - results of research and development activities led to the international patent application for cutting and welding robots and to the German patent application for the rotary lifting hanger as well as the spherical joint for combining 3 rods at one point for the parallel kinematics robot, push chain, own European patent for hybrid robot, combustion engines

• Conception and detailed design of mechanical systems.

• CAD modeling, drawings and calculations.

• FEM, motion analysis and reverse engineering.

• Preparation of technical proposals and claim management.

• AIRBUS A-320 Assembly Station.

• AIRBUS A-350 Manual Assembly Station.

• FORD Truck R&D Prototype Manufacturing Station.

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I am your problem solver - trust in more than 35 years of successfully completed projects in special-purpose machine and fixture construction.

Bachelor Professional (DQR 6) Welding Specialist Qualified Electrical Worker Certified SolidWorks Professional - Mechanical Design Certified SolidWorks Professional Advanced - Sheet Metal Certified SolidWorks Professional Advanced - Drawing Tools Certified SolidWorks Associate Simulation (FEM)

Design & development of special-purpose machines fixtures production equipment intralogistics machine enclosures

FEM simulations Transfer of old 2D drawings/workpieces into 3D Documentation / Technical drawings in compliance with GPS

SolidWorks Design 2026 Premium (ongoing maintenance contract) SolidWorks 2026 Visualize (ongoing maintenance contract) Workstation with certified hardware DIN A0 plotter HP DesignJet

Overall responsibility for the company's technical division with a focus on innovation, quality and efficiency. Member of the management board, responsible for the strategic and operational management of all development activities to secure technological leadership and competitiveness. Leading an interdisciplinary team of 21 development engineers from engineering, software, robotics, research & development and product management. Responsible for product and portfolio development, including product management, R&D as well as software and laser process development. Successfully managed the design of standard and special machines, electrical design and technical documentation. Responsible for efficient use of resources within development work and further development of the self-initiated budget tracking system for transparency and tracking of project costs – initially for own area of responsibility, later planned as a company-wide model. Promoted future-oriented technologies and implemented customer-oriented solutions through efficient project planning and proposal development.

• Developed several new products within a few months and successful presentation at AMB 2024. These market-ready developments in machine design, robotic automation and software communication form the basis for the future development of the entire product portfolio
• Developed a technology roadmap for long-term planning and alignment of technology with company goals
• Strategically aligned the technical departments to a common vision
• Recruited and developed junior staff and key positions to ensure seamless and clear collaboration
• Significantly increased efficiency and effectiveness through improved cross-functional collaboration among technical teams
• Designed and implemented a product configurator for the entire portfolio with seamless ERP and CRM integration
• Introduced and optimized numerous new processes to ensure a robust and future-proof company structure
• Modernized and standardized the IT infrastructure across departments
• Represented the company in industry associations, with partners and clients

• 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.

• 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.

• Developed an end-to-end AI pipeline for analyzing 2D exploded-view drawings using computer vision and deep learning models.
• Integrated YOLO-based object detection (Bounding Boxes, Post-Processing, Overlap Handling) for accurate part and callout detection.
• Applied the Segment Anything Model (SAM) for fine-grained segmentation and separation of individual components.
• Implemented OCR and feature extraction modules, and compared Vision Language Models (VLM) and traditional computer vision approaches in terms of accuracy, runtime, and scalability.

• Design of components with Catia V5 (Generative Shape Design, Part Design, Drafting) and AutoCAD
• Full-flight simulator: Development of a platform with an electromechanical system for positioning the platform and the instructor/observer seats
• Airbus H145: Design of seat rails
• VR flight simulator: Development of an assembly system for pedals
• Train simulator: Design of a brake controller system
• Creation of sketches for quick visualization and as a means of communication
• Performance of technical analyses, including statistical analyses and tolerance analyses
• Cooperation with engineers and project teams to ensure manufacturability, cost-effectiveness and compliance with quality standards
• Maintenance and management of CAD data in the PDM system (S4)

• Designed and developed mechanical components for space applications, considering envelope constraints, weight targets, and interface requirements
• Performed 3D CAD modelling and detailing in CATIA V5 (Part Design, Assembly Design, Drafting), including CAD and design tolerance analysis and manufacturing-oriented design
• Created norm-compliant manufacturing drawings with full GD&T definition, including fits, surface finishes, and form and position tolerances
• Conducted FEM analyses in SIMULIA for stress, contact conditions, and thermal effects under cryogenic boundary conditions
• Supported prototype build, testing campaigns, and iterative design reviews
• Developed Python scripts for engineering calculations, data processing, and automated evaluation of test and simulation results

• Development and design of components and assemblies for automated machinery using SolidWorks 3D CAD
• Preparation of bills of materials, part, and assembly drawings
• Design with focus on manufacturing costs, quality, and project deadlines
• Technical coordination with internal departments and suppliers

• Design for Manufacturing
• Product Support