I do the engineering and the design.
I grew up on the wine route in southern Germany and live in Helsinki.
What I like most is building the electronics myself and then sitting down with the people who use the thing.
Experience
2025 – now
Software Design Engineer, AIABB Motion · Helsinki
I designed and built the Insight library: customer research that designers can search and cite. Since August 2026 I also lead AI knowledge governance: which service knowledge an AI assistant may trust.
2026
Software engineer, part-timeOberhofer GmbH · Edesheim
Füllplan: order intake and production planning for a family wine-bottling business.
2024
Master’s thesisABB Marine & Ports · Helsinki
Steering Dynafin: physical controls and connected interfaces, developed with maritime operators. Graded 5/5.
2023 – 2025
Co-founderbrailly · Berlin
Brailly: a tactile cube for learning braille through touch, typing and sound.
2023
Research intern, human-centred AIInria Saclay / LISN · Paris-Saclay
Four months in the Ex-Situ group: which model is sufficient rather than the largest, and how AI can leave a person more capable rather than more dependent.
2021 – 2022
Working student and bachelor’s thesisVolocopter · Bruchsal
A Wi-Fi 6E link between a landed air taxi and the ground.
2019 – 2020
Electrical design engineerDroneTeam Twente, then A3T · Enschede
Drone electronics: power distribution, batteries, and the choice of motors and speed controllers; flight-controller integration; building, bench testing and flight testing.
Education
2022 – 2024
MSc Human-Computer Interaction & Design, cum laudeAalto University & Université Paris-Saclay
An EIT Digital double degree. Master’s thesis at ABB Marine & Ports, graded 5/5: the published thesis ↗.
2017 – 2022
BSc Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Twente
Bachelor’s thesis at Volocopter. An exchange semester at the University of Vaasa.
What I work with
- Hardware and embedded
- Embedded C/C++ · ESP32, Raspberry Pi · I²C, SPI, UART · PCB design · prototyping, soldering and rework · bench debugging · 3D printing · RF and antennas (Ansys HFSS)
- Software and systems
- Python · TypeScript, React / Next.js · PostgreSQL · retrieval and its evaluation · APIs, WebSockets, auth and access control · Linux, Docker, CI
- Human-machine interaction
- Operator interfaces · cognitive load and situation awareness · field research and participatory design · interactive prototyping · Figma to code
- Languages
- German, native · English C2 · Dutch C2 · French B1 · Finnish A1 · Swedish A1
- Where
- Helsinki, Finland · German citizen (EU/EFTA) · open to field work and travel