Curriculum Vitae

Senior system engineer and PhD researcher in radar perception and automated driving systems.

Summary

Senior system engineer and PhD researcher specializing in automotive radar and lidar perception, system validation, and safety-critical sensing for advanced driver assistance and automated driving systems.

My experience spans automotive OEM and semiconductor environments, with a strong record of industrial innovation, patents, and applied research. A central focus of my work is translating research outcomes into robust, real-world automotive systems.

Current roles

Audi AG
Senior System Engineer – Radar & Lidar Perception
Function ownership for radar and lidar perception, including system architecture, feature definition, delivery planning, and validation for advanced driver assistance and automated driving applications.

RWTH Aachen University
PhD Researcher (ongoing)
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering focused on the validation of radar perception systems through synthetic edge-case generation, with the goal of improving robustness and systematic safety assessment.

AImotion Bavaria - Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
External Doctoral Student
Research collaboration at the intersection of artificial intelligence and future mobility.

IEEE Computer Society – Germany Section
Secretary
Support of technical activities, professional events, and knowledge exchange within the engineering and research community.

Selected experience

Senior System Engineer – Radar & Lidar Perception, Audi AG
Senior System Development Engineer – Radar Perception, CARIAD SE
Development Engineer – Front Radar Perception, Audi AG
ADAS Software Applications Engineer, NXP Semiconductors

Experience across perception algorithm development, embedded systems, system integration, validation, and product ownership for automated driving functions.

Research & intellectual property

Author and co-author of multiple granted patents in automotive radar perception, sensor synchronization, degradation detection, and sensing architectures
Peer-reviewed publication on generative adversarial synthesis of radar point-cloud scenes (IEEE MTT / ICMIM 2024)
Ongoing research on synthetic data generation and rare-event discovery for perception system validation

A complete list of publications and patents is available in the downloadable CV.

Core expertise

Perception & sensing
Radar and lidar perception · multi-sensor systems · object tracking and classification

Validation & safety
System validation · robustness analysis · degradation detection · synthetic edge cases

Engineering & research
Signal processing · embedded systems · AI and deep learning · experimental design

Leadership & product
Function ownership · product strategy · cross-functional coordination · team development

Education

Doctorate of Engineering (ongoing) – Electrical Engineering
RWTH Aachen University

Master of Science – Communications Engineering
Technical University of Munich

Bachelor of Science – Computer Engineering
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Languages

English – Advanced proficiency (C1)
German – Advanced proficiency (C1)
Urdu – Native proficiency (C2)