Software Architect/Engineer

Freelance work for a robotics start-up with over $1B funding. Software development under time pressure, making safety equipment for factory robots.

• initial requirement analysis, software architecture and planning
• cooperation with teams in Germany, Serbia and Romania

Radar-based human presence detector: Monitoring heart and breathing rate with a millimeter-wave radar for child presence detection in cars. What was originally a concept written in Matlab was realized as an embedded system, first on an evaluation kit, then on a series of hardware prototypes aiming for series production. I was responsible for all aspects of software, including:

• embedded software as well as PC tools
• algorithm implementation in Matlab und C
• hardware integration and low level drivers
• RF front-end configuration
• integration of FreeRTOS / SafeRTOS
• messaging and multitasking over several CPUs
• development of a complete CAN stack
• API specifications
• end-of-line testing in pilot factory
• functional safety compliance and preparations for software audit
• cooperation with teams in Hungary, India and Israel

Initial planning and design of a platform independent, scalable real-time audio framework to be used in all cars for all customers globally:

• draft of the software architecture
• API specifications and documentation
• portable - compiles to embedded platform as well as to VST audio plugin
• stakeholder meetings in Detroit, team located in Germany, USA, India and China

Development of several tuning tools, to be used internally as well as by customers (Bentley):

• GUI development in Python
• portable (PC and Mac)
• network transparent, divided into client and server
• API specifications and documentation
• development on-site in prototype car, in cooperation with customer

High end car audio systems for Aston Martin, Bentley and Volvo/Polestar.

• system architecture with several DSPs
• several DSP algorithms (among others active engine noise cancellation and Dolby Atmos)
• signal processing distributed and synchronized over several DSPs
• build process and automated testing, configuration management
• technical specifications and documentation
• teams located in Sweden, Germany, USA, India, and Poland

• quality control of software development in an international environment
• development and maintenance of several servers and database applications
• implementation of feature extensions according to customer requirements
• active as an instructor in a program outsourcing tasks to Bangalore, India