Thomas Westphal

Team Lead for the Internal Service Department, implying technical and disciplinary leadership for the fields technical documentation, DevSecOps, Simulation, Internal Tooling, Predevelopment, Simulation and Testing. Additionally holding the position as System Architect, responsible for interface definitions, separation of technical responsibilities between teams as well as system composition planning.

Software development engineer for autonomous guided vehicles for intralogistics solutions. Developed a C++ standalone application for POSIX based operating systems; including operating system development, sensor and actuator control, communication protocols and algorithms for vehicle behaviour control. Responsible for different steps of the development:

{ Hardware drivers and interface implementations

{ Vehicle Control Application

{ Software Architecture

{ CI/CD Pipelines

{ Software testing and integration in vehicles. Used Tools and Languages:

{ Programming Languages: C++(20), Python3, CMake

{ Tools: GitLab, Bash, Docker, Compose, Linux/Busybox

{ Project Management: Jira/Confluence, Scrum Framework

Software development engineer working for multiple clients, mostly in the automotive area; responsible for different steps of the development:

{ Definition of software requirements

{ Algorithm development

{ Build process and code generation

{ Software testing and integration in vehicles. Algorithm development:

{ Automotive safety

{ Object detection and localization in 3D point clouds

{ Feedforward and feedback control

{ Sensor fusion and sensor failure detection

{ Mathematical/physical algorithms (DH-Transformation, Kalman Filter, Environment modelling,...). Gained first expertise in project lead:

{ Feasibility studies and time estimations

{ Interface between client and sales team to determine development steps and suitable developer for the project. Used Tools and Languages:

{ Programming Languages: MatLab, Simulink, CodeSys, Python

{ Integration Tool: CANoe

{ Requirements Management Tool: Polarion

{ Project Management: Jira/Confluence