Full Stack Developer
April 2025 to present in Cologne, Germany
Full Stack Developer - Grade B
May 2024 to March 2025 in Bochum, Germany
Description:
Ausbildung.de is an autonomous part of the Bertelsmann Group. Its category leading job portals Ausbildung.de, MeinPraktikum.de and Trainee.de connect young people to their first jobs
Key Accomplishments:
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Lead launch of the customer facing dashboard infastructure with Next.js/React/Zod/Radix/PostCSS and more
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Achieved high degree of test coverage in a CI Environment with Unit/Integration/E2E Tests
Full Stack Developer - Grade A
November 2022 to April 2024 in Bochum, Germany
Key Accomplishments:
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Built functional Vectorembedding enabled search MVP
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Lead effort to increase the number of landing pages with SEO relevance by 100x+ to increase organic traffic
Full Stack Developer (Working Student)
April 2022 to November 2022 in Bochum, Germany
Key Accomplishments:
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Relaunched MeinPraktikum.de with a microservice architecture (Aug 2022)
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Used Strapi to eliminate hard coded site content
Software Developer (Working Student)
November 2020 to March 2022 in Bochum, Germany
Description:
sentin is a startup focused on automating visual and image-based inspection of materials and products with Artificial Intelligence
Key Accomplishments:
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Developed and integrated numerous features on the sentin EXPLORER, the desktop application used to inspect images by hand or with an AI
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The EXPLORER is a JavaScript based Electron application, built on technologies like React, Redux, Material-UI and many more
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Developed unit tests with Jest and conducted UX studies
Cofounder & CEO
September 2019 to April 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Description:
ATTA is a software platform that helps line workers, quality engineers and data scientists collaborate to manage quality risks in manufacturing.
Key Accomplishments:
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Led 2-person, full-time team
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Developed a product brochure to showcase the features of the platform
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Introduced Objectives and Key Result (OKRs) to our goal setting process
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Connected with industry experts, the local entrepreneurial ecosystems and potential users to validate the product and business plan
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Built a Python package that simulates an assembly plant to create realistic process data for the minimum viable product (MVP)
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Developed a scalable NoSQL (MongoDB) schema that organizes disparate plant data
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Built RESTful API with Express.js to efficiently query the database
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Collaborated on a React.js frontend that implements redux and saga state management
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Research Engineer, E-Drive Systems
April 2019 to August 2019 in Dearborn, Michigan
Description:
The E-Drive Systems Group, in the Research & Advanced Engineering Division, is tasked with developing the system around the electric machine in future Ford electrified vehicles
Key Accomplishments:
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Benchmarked competitor power electronics to predict future vehicle packaging needs
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Leveraged the binder jet additive manufacturing process to develop novel powertrain cooling concepts
Product Development Engineer, Base Engine Design Group
March 2018 to March 2019 in Dearborn, Michigan
Description:
The Base Engine Group, in the Research & Advanced Engineering Division, is tasked with developing hardware designs for future internal combustion engines
Key Accomplishments:
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Ran Durability (Abaqus) and CFD (STAR-ccm+) simulations to support ongoing projects
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Developed and tested design characteristics that prevent parts with cooling channels from collapsing during the laser powder bed fusion (LBPF) printing process (patented see below)
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Developed and tested breakaway support structure designs for parts printed with the LPBF process - reducing the post-processing time by > 90%
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Created a MATLAB tool that returns a CATIA VBA script that adds all necessary breakaway support structures to the LBPF CATIA Part, reducing preprossesing time by >95%
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Developed 3D printed gear designs that attenuate frequencies ranges that hurt engine performance (patent pending see below)
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Product Development Engineer, Research & Advanced Engineering
July 2015 to February 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan
Description:
The Ford College Graduate Program is made up of 5 rotations that are completed in 32 months. The intent of the program is to prepare the engineer for a permanent position, in this case a job in the Powertrain Research and Advanced Engineering Department.
Rotation 5: Powertrain Control
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Developed and tested algorithms for engine misfire detection in Simulink, Matlab and in vehicle
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Lead inventor in hardware/software solution that makes variable compression engines viable for towing (patented see below)
Rotation 4: Engine Durability CAE
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Developed novel analytical method to predict the effect of cylinder bore distortion on emissions and oil consumption
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Meshed and ran durability FEA simulations with SimLab/Hypermesh/Abaqus
Rotation 3: Transmission & Driveline CAE
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Identified root cause of production driveline failure mode using MSC Adams View
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Validated with testing at the supplier, no cost added solution implemented in ~1.25M vehicles
Rotation 2: Dearborn Engine Plant
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Developed statistical metrics that detect defects and reject parts at engine assembly stations, resulting in $100K monthly scrap cost savings
Rotation 1: Base Engine Design
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Optimized engine coolant channel design characteristics by connecting optimizer (modeFRONTIER), CFD model (STAR-ccm+) and CAD (CATIA)
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Research Aide - Design Informatics Lab
January 2015 to July 2015 in Tempe, Arizona
Description:
Under the direction of Prof. Max Yi Ren, a browser game was developed that studies opportunities in crowdsourced design optimization
Key Accomplishments:
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Developed functional Node.js Front End that implements the Three.js 3D Library
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Created algorithms that store the regions of a geometry that players reveal to each other
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Research Aide - SpaceTREx Lab,
March 2014 to December 2014 in Tempe, Arizona
Description:
Under the direction of Prof. Jekan Thanga, now at the University of Arizona, the lab developed AOSAT I - a space centrifuge satellite (CubeSat)
Key Accomplishments:
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Led systems and structures development (2 publications)
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Selected for launch by NASA in 2018
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Intern
May 2014 to July 2014 in Bretten, Germany
Description:
Atlas Copco develops innovative dispensing solutions for automotive manufacturing, formorely known as SCA Schucker GmbH
Key Accomplishments:
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Designed and tested Bayesian algorithms that improved defect detection and classification
Intern
September 2013 to May 2014 in Tempe, Arizona
Description:
ESA Corp provides engineering consulting to aerospace firms and participates in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects
Key Accomplishments:
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Designed mirror assembly for a scanning LiDAR system that helps US Navy ships detect submerged mines
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Prototype was able to detect submerged objects at 15-50 m distance/0-5 m depth
Intern, L-Lab
May 2013 to July 2013 in Lippstadt, Germany
Description:
HELLA is a Tier 1 auto supplier for lighting and electronics products, L-Lab is a public private partnership of HELLA, the University of Paderborn and the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Science
Key Accomplishments:
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Developed hardware/software solution that detects hazardous driving conditions, such as fog, ice, and moisture
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Delivered a functional prototype that packaged a microcontroller, sensors, and a powersupply
Intern
May 2012 to July 2012 in Leverkusen, Germany
Description:
Pro Automation, formerly ITB-Maschinenbau, is a company that designs and launches complex assembly systems for Atlas Copco
Key Accomplishments:
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Launched 10 Atlas Copco Assembly Stations at a new Mercedes-Benz Truck Engine Line
Retail Salesperson
March 2011 to October 2013 in Tempe, USA
Description:
Sole Sports has consistently been one of the best local runnning shoe stores in the US for the past 15 years
Key Accomplishments:
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Video Gait Analysis to match people with the running shoe that is best for them