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Career at a glance

From ECU to cloud platform

19 years, five positions. This page gathers the evidence: the positions, a competency profile from six references, the projects in detail and an external management audit — all verifiable.

2022 – today Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart
Product owner & team lead — internal developer platform (BODE)
2018 – 2022 Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart
Engineer, architect, scrum master & team lead — security automation (WARP)
2017 – 2018 Philips Medizin-Systeme, Böblingen
Software development engineer — patient monitoring
2011 – 2017 Elektrobit Automotive, Böblingen
Expert development engineer, scrum master & architect — driver assistance
2011 Minol Messtechnik, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Software developer R&D — smart metering radio network
2007 – 2011 Gigatronik Stuttgart
Development engineer — embedded ECUs
2003 – 2007 Hochschule Esslingen
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Computer Engineering

What I work with

Leadership & methods

Product OwnershipTeamleitung (bis 13 MA, international)Scrum & KanbanRequirements EngineeringStakeholder-ManagementMentoring

Platform & DevOps

Internal Developer PlatformsKubernetesDockerAzureTerraformJenkinsGitHub ActionsCI/CD

Engineering

Python (FastAPI, Django)REST / OpenAPIC / C++ / C#React / Vue.jsPostgreSQL / MongoDBEmbedded (AUTOSAR, OSEK)

Projects

Career in projects

Every entry is verifiable — filter by role or industry.

  1. 2022 – heute · Robert Bosch GmbH

    Product owner & team lead — internal developer platform (BODE)

    Product / project type
    Internal developer platform for a ~400,000-employee corporation — platform engineering
    Responsibility
    Product ownership (PO) and team leadership; international collaboration across several teams (Germany + India, up to 13 people).

    Core responsibilities

    • Product owner of the orchestrator component: product strategy, roadmap, backlog, stakeholder management, 1.0 release
    • Team lead customer experience: self-service, trainings, support and customer acquisition for the platform
    • Introduced AI-guided onboarding (chatbot), learning paths and an education center
    • Product ownership for the central developer tooling landscape (quality, cost planning, unified customer experience)
    • Multi-cluster / platform evaluation; speaker at two developer conferences (platform engineering)

  2. 2018 – 2022 · Robert Bosch GmbH

    Engineer, architect, scrum master & team lead — security automation (WARP)

    Product / project type
    Web platform automating firewall & compliance workflows (WARP), used corporation-wide — IT security
    Responsibility
    Key role in building the platform; in parallel team lead of the build & deploy team and scrum master.

    Core responsibilities

    • Built a web platform (Python/Django/Celery/PostgreSQL/Docker) from empty repo to corporation-wide use
    • Fully automated manual firewall and rule-management processes (network security policy management)
    • Team lead of the build & deploy team; scrum master
    • CI/CD, containerization and operation of the platform

  3. 2017 – 2018 · Philips Medical Systems

    Software development engineer — patient monitoring

    Product / project type
    Patient monitors (IntelliVue) in regulated medical technology
    Responsibility
    Software development in a regulated, safety-critical environment.

    Core responsibilities

    • Development of control functions (incl. catheter lab, lab interface) in C++/C#
    • Introduced Jenkins into the software integration process

  4. 2011 – 2017 · Elektrobit Automotive

    Expert development engineer, scrum master & architect — driver assistance

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    Product / project type
    Driver assistance systems (ADAS) for Daimler
    Responsibility
    Technical leadership & architecture, scrum master and deputy project lead in teams of 8–12.

    Core responsibilities

    • AUTOSAR feature development (Simulink/TargetLink) across several sub-projects (incl. VPU, RDU3/4, AIM, camera flap, ESP longitudinal controller)
    • Built CI toolchains (Python/Jenkins), established agile processes
    • Architecture & reverse documentation of complex ADAS software
    • Deputy product owner (AIM project and several months on the ESP longitudinal controller)

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  5. 2011 · Minol Messtechnik

    Software developer R&D — smart metering radio network

    Product / project type
    Multi-hop radio network for consumption metering (research & development)
    Responsibility
    Analysis and further development in an R&D context.

    Core responsibilities

    • Analysed the radio network’s control flow & data management
    • Designed and integrated error capture — IoT before it was called that

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  6. 2007 – 2011 · Gigatronik Stuttgart

    Development engineer — embedded ECUs

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    Product / project type
    Series & prototype software for automotive ECUs
    Responsibility
    Software component ownership, test automation and methodology; first direct customer contact.

    Core responsibilities

    • Software component ownership incl. functional safety — PTC heater (IOControl, Supervision, LIN), production-ready
    • Diagnostics & fault-memory test automation (UDS/GMW3110) with CANoe/CAPL & CANape — test effort per software build cut from weeks to half a day (TRW, Beru)
    • Company-wide UML-for-C design guidelines incl. Enterprise Architect code generator (architecture & method)
    • Prototype & special development: redesign of the virtual EEPROM manager and a multi-zone seat heater (touch display)
    • Model-based development & production-grade code generation (MATLAB/Simulink, TargetLink) — electro-hydraulic power steering

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  7. 2003 – 2007 · Esslingen University

    Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Computer Engineering

    Product / project type
    Degree programme with an embedded focus
    Responsibility
    Coursework and hands-on, hardware-near projects.

    Core responsibilities

    • Study project: a self-built OSEK real-time operating system (graded 1.0)
    • Diploma thesis: TargetLink autocode interface at Gigatronik (graded 1.5)
    • Embedded internship (Leuze electronic): 8051, OLED driver, barcode sensing

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Competency profile

What six references across 19 years say

Six employment and interim references from five positions draw the same picture — from an independent source, not my own pen.

ExpertiseGraspMotivationResilienceWork styleResultsLeadershipConduct

Tip: toggle references on/off in the legend.

From specialist to leader

Career development at a glance

My career rests on an excellent technical foundation, deliberately extended over the years with strategic leadership and delivery competencies:

  • Constant strengths: Top-tier expertise, strong self-motivation and precision in how I work have been the reliable foundation from day one.
  • Deliberate evolution: Team leadership, resilience and conduct have grown steadily to absolute top marks across my career stations.

The result: a rounded competency profile that blends solid technical expertise seamlessly with modern product and team responsibility.

The values are my reading of the evaluative language (German reference grading), not figures stated in the documents.

Competency profile · detail

All six references at a glance

Each column a reference, each row a criterion — the stronger the shade, the higher the rating. An empty cell means that dimension was not assessed in that reference (e.g. leadership in pure developer roles). Click a rating to see the original excerpt from the reference.

Gigatronik 2011 Minol 2011 Elektrobit 2017 Philips 2018 Bosch 2022 Bosch 2026
Technical expertise 4.3
Grasp & learning –4.74.35.0
Motivation & drive 4.34.74.5
Resilience –4.5
Reliability & work style 4.34.04.7
Results 4.04.35.0
Leadership & team building –––
Communication & conduct 4.04.34.3

* Minol (2011): Short R&D stint (4 months). Only an overall rating ("to our utmost satisfaction") is documented — no full reference text, hence no per-criterion excerpts.

/ 5

Original excerpt from the reference (German).

External management audit 2022

What an independent assessment found

An external management audit (conducted by aestimamus, 2022) assessed my competency profile independently — via interview, a presentation task, a case study and a simulated employee conversation. Unlike a reference letter, this is a deliberately critical scale: a 3 means "stable", only 4–5 stand for strong and very strong. That is exactly why the picture is honest and differentiated.

Overall verdict Recommendation with reservations — solid competence with clearly recognisable potential.
Result profile (actual vs. target)
Actual Target 1 = major development need · 5 = very strong

Personal competencies

Presence & communication
Contact & relationship
Criticism & conflict
Willingness to learn & self-reflectionDevelopment area
Achievement motivationDevelopment area

Leadership competence

Task-oriented leadership
People-oriented leadership

Problem-solving competence

Analysis & reasoningDevelopment area
Execution & decisiveness

Entrepreneurial competence

Innovation & change management
Market & strategyDevelopment area
Partner & customer orientation

Note: the actual/target values are read from the original result chart (scale 1–5).

Strengths

  • Honest, open and approachable manner, coupled with a high likeability. matches the "exemplary" conduct noted across the references
  • Strong leadership motivation, marked by an employee-oriented perspective: adaptable and willing (and able) to take others’ perspectives. ↔ top scores in "leadership & team building" (international team, 2026)
  • Notable capacity and willingness for self-reflection: a differentiated engagement with own strengths and development areas, and openness to feedback. this very strength makes the open account of development areas below credible
  • Verbal fluency and articulacy: communicates and presents content convincingly. ↔ "grasp" and communication across several references
  • Willing to take a stance and voice opinions; radiates an inner independence.
  • Enjoys substantive and leadership-related challenges (achievement motivation). ↔ "impressive workload, even at peak load" (2026)

Development areas

  • Presentation & analysis: orienting elements and structuring methods (e.g. SWOT) would improve traceability.
  • Time management & concision: a stronger focus is recommended to present content precisely ("short and to the point").
  • Perspective-taking: the existing ability to anticipate others’ expectations should be applied consistently and deliberately.
  • Openness to self-criticism: remain honest and reflective, but handle self-criticism in a more balanced way when presenting.

What I have worked on since

The same areas resurfaced in later peer feedback. I take them seriously — here is the concrete follow-through:

Concision & focus

FeedbackBoth the external audit and peer feedback noted a tendency toward thoroughness — "from detail to key message".

Since thenDeliberate reduction to core messages in presentations and decision papers; quicker first assessments instead of perfectionism.

Structured analysis

FeedbackRecommendation to use structuring methods (e.g. SWOT) more systematically to improve traceability.

Since thenFixed evaluation frameworks in selection and architecture decisions — visible e.g. in the IT Product Selector.

Entrepreneurial & strategic thinking

FeedbackA call for more attention to business metrics (KPIs) and the bigger strategic picture.

Since thenCost and value thinking embedded in product decisions (e.g. explicit LLM cost transparency in my own tools).