Program Manager & AI Transformation Lead — Munich
I deliver safety-critical automotive software at scale — ADAS, software-defined vehicles, functional safety — and lead the AI-first transformation of a 300-engineer delivery organisation. 15 years from mechatronics to AI-driven engineering.
“Every software component is an agent-in-waiting — with strict functional-safety and cybersecurity guardrails.”
The operating model for AI in regulated engineering: copilots and agents raise throughput; accountability, verification and sign-off stay human — by design, under ISO 26262, ASPICE and ISO/SAE 21434.
Engineering runs best on evidence — efficiency metrics, traceability, forward-looking risk signals — not gut feel. Measured teams deliver visible results; vibe-driven teams deliver surprises.
Vehicles made the shift; satellites, factories and defence systems are next. The playbook — edge AI, OTA, safety guardrails — transfers across regulated domains.
Multi-year platform programme for a German premium OEM — ADAS, SDV, functional safety — owning budgets, schedules and risks across teams in Germany, India, Egypt, Poland, Serbia and Ukraine.
Rolling out LLM toolchains — coding copilots, model APIs, agentic frameworks — across a 300-engineer account, with training, domain agents and AI-assisted code review tailored to safety-critical constraints.
RFQ solutioning, estimation and delivery architecture for new programmes; end-to-end lifecycle delivery from development through Start of Production into maintenance.
Driving AI-first delivery across a 300-engineer account — LLM toolchains, domain agents, AI-assisted code review — and leading RFQ solutioning for new OEM programmes.
Took a safety-critical software product through Start of Production into maintenance; re-architected the delivery footprint across six countries through the automotive downturn.
Led a 40-engineer global team delivering adaptive AUTOSAR applications into series production; began the programme's 3x scale-up through geopolitical disruption.
Translated OEM requirements into classic AUTOSAR architecture. Promoted to Project Manager after 12 months.
Classic AUTOSAR basic software, integrated into production ECUs — hands-on software-into-hardware engineering.
Bavarian Government Scholarship. Published research on AR-based tele-robotic systems (ISARC 2015).
Control-system automation for production processes — where the 15-year arc began.
Foundations in robotics, automotive systems and embedded control.
Proceedings of the 32nd ISARC, Oulu, Finland (2015) — tele-operated robotics, AR/HMD, real-time stereo vision.