Freelance Senior Embedded System Architect & Systems Engineer for scalable, safety-critical automotive, rail and embedded platforms.
Aktualisiert am 10.08.2026
Profil
Freiberufler / Selbstständiger
Remote-Arbeit
Verfügbar ab: 24.08.2026
Verfügbar zu: 100%
davon vor Ort: 15%
System Architecture
Systems Engineering
Embedded Systems Architecture
Platform Architecture
System Definition
System Context
System Decomposition
Requirements Allocation
Interface Definition
Architecture Reviews
MBSE
SysML
Functional Safety
ISO 26262
ISO/SAE 21434
EN 50128
HARA
SIL/HIL
System Integration
V&V
Traceability
Technical Leadership
Requirements Management
German
Native proficiency
English
Full professional proficiency
Portuguese
Good working knowledge

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year 1 month
2025-08 - now

Independent Professional Development | Embedded Systems & Robotics

  • Practical development with ROS 2; foundational work with Zephyr RTOS, DeviceTree, and embedded board bring-up.
  • Study of autonomous-system safety and SOTIF. 
10 months
2024-10 - 2025-07

Defined reusable ADAS and IVI platform architectures and design guidance adopted

Embedded Technical Architect
Embedded Technical Architect
  • Defined reusable ADAS and IVI platform architectures and design guidance adopted across multiple international programs. 
  • Governed cross-domain architecture decisions across product, hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, interfaces, and validation for reusable ADAS/IVI platforms. 
  • Aligned simulation-based and real-world validation strategies with platform maturity, roadmap priorities, and release needs, supporting consistent platform validation planning. 
  • Evaluated platform architecture alternatives and resolved technical trade-offs against product, integration, and validation constraints. 
eInfochips, supporting Panasonic Automotive (Remote)
2 years
2022-04 - 2024-03

Governed system definitions, requirements baselines, interfaces, and architecture consistency

Staff Engineer ? System Architecture
Staff Engineer ? System Architecture
  • Governed system definitions, requirements baselines, interfaces, and architecture consistency, enabling approval of global ADAS/AD ECU architecture baselines. 
  • Developed and reviewed SysML architecture models and maintained end-to-end traceability between requirements, architecture elements, safety constraints, and verification activities. 
  • Led cross-domain architecture trade-offs across product scope, functional safety, cybersecurity, software constraints, and validation needs. 
  • Coordinated architecture decisions, requirements baselines, and technical reviews across distributed teams in Europe, India, and the United States. 
  • Mentored up to five engineers in systems engineering, functional safety, and cybersecurity. 
Arriver Software GmbH, Unterschleißheim (Remote)
3 years 3 months
2019-01 - 2022-03

Led architecture definition and reviews

Principal Engineer ? System Architecture
Principal Engineer ? System Architecture
  • Led architecture definition and reviews for scalable SAE Level 2?4 ADAS platforms.  
  • Reviewed requirements, system decomposition, functional/logical architectures, safety and cybersecurity concepts, and verification evidence for consistency and completeness.  
  • Established end-to-end traceability across ODD assumptions, hazards, safety requirements, architecture decisions, and verification activities, supporting reuse of development artifacts.  
  • Identified system integration and architecture risks, improved requirements traceability, and coordinated cross-domain mitigation actions.  
  • Coached five systems engineers and strengthened architecture and design assurance practices. 
Veoneer Germany GmbH, Unterschleißheim
8 years 9 months
2010-04 - 2018-12

electronic system integration and application software quality

Team Leader / Specialist Electronic Systems Engineering
Team Leader / Specialist Electronic Systems Engineering
  • Led and restructured multicultural systems engineering teams of up to 14 engineers across Germany and Hungary. 
  • Held end-to-end responsibility for electronic system integration and application software quality in safety-critical rail brake systems. 
  • Directed industrialization of electronic platforms under regulatory, cost, schedule, and lifecycle constraints. 
  • Defined integration concepts for complex control systems across international rail product programs. 
  • Represented engineering on safety review boards, evaluating technical evidence to support release decisions for safety-critical systems. 
  • Authored engineering guidance and provided technical consulting across development teams. 
Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH, Munich
8 months
2009-08 - 2010-03

Performed software and hardware integration testing

Specialist Software Verification
Specialist Software Verification
  • Performed software and hardware integration testing for safety-critical brake-control units for trains. 
  • Evaluated test methods and expanded system integration and test architectures for international projects. 
FERCHAU Engineering GmbH at Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH
3 years 11 months
2005-04 - 2009-02

Developed automated test systems and validation concepts

Staff Engineer ? Test Engineering
Staff Engineer ? Test Engineering
  • Developed automated test systems and validation concepts for automotive semiconductors. 
  • Applied fault analysis and statistical production-data evaluation to improve test stability and production readiness. 
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
4 years 9 months
2000-08 - 2005-04

Developed SoC test solutions from specification to production transfer

Group Leader System-on-Chip / Principal Application Engineer
Group Leader System-on-Chip / Principal Application Engineer
  • Progressed from Application Engineer to Group Leader and Principal Application Engineer for automated semiconductor test systems.  
  • Developed SoC test solutions from specification to production transfer. 
LTX Europe Ltd, Woking (UK)
4 years 10 months
1995-09 - 2000-06

Analyzed kinematics, odometry, and trajectory-tracking performance

Research Assistant
Research Assistant
  • Developed the mechanical, electrical, and embedded C elements of a four-wheel-steered mobile robot.  
  • Analyzed kinematics, odometry, and trajectory-tracking performance as part of doctoral research. 
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham (UK)

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

5 years 4 months
1995-09 - 2000-12

Ph.D. in Engineering and Computing

Nottingham Trent University, UK
Nottingham Trent University, UK
Designed an adaptive steering controller and analyzed kinematics, odometry, and trajectory tracking. 
1 year 7 months
1993-09 - 1995-03

MEng/BEng (Hons) in Computer-Aided Engineering

Nottingham Trent University, UK
Nottingham Trent University, UK
Curriculum covered mechanical and electrical engineering, computational methods, and project management. 
4 years 1 month
1988-03 - 1992-03

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in Electrical Power Engineering

Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany
Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany
Focused on electrical power distribution, electronic systems, control, and engineering fundamentals. 

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

System Architecture Systems Engineering Embedded Systems Architecture Platform Architecture System Definition System Context System Decomposition Requirements Allocation Interface Definition Architecture Reviews MBSE SysML Functional Safety ISO 26262 ISO/SAE 21434 EN 50128 HARA SIL/HIL System Integration V&V Traceability Technical Leadership Requirements Management

Schwerpunkte

Embedded System Architecture
Systems Engineering
Platform Architecture

Aufgabenbereiche

Architecture definition
requirements and interfaces
technical governance
system integration
V&V
functional safety

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Professional Summary

  • Freelance Senior Embedded System Architect and Systems Engineer with 20+ years of experience in embedded electronics and software, including 15+ years in safety-critical automotive and rail systems. Defines scalable embedded platforms, requirements and interfaces, resolves cross-domain architecture trade-offs, and drives systems from definition through integration, verification, and technical readiness.  
  • Recent work covers reusable ADAS/IVI platforms, global ADAS ECU architecture governance, MBSE/SysML, end-to-end traceability, functional safety, cybersecurity, and validation strategy.  
  • Experienced in distributed international engineering teams across Europe, India, and the United States. 


Key Technical Competencies

Architecture & Platform Definition

  • Embedded system architecture
  • embedded platform architecture
  • HW/SW architecture and integration
  • system context
  • decomposition
  • architecture trade-off analysis
  • lifecycle engineering 


Requirements & Interfaces

  • Requirements engineering
  • requirements management and allocation
  • requirements baselines
  • traceability
  • interface definition and governance
  • SysML/MBSE 


Safety, Security & Technical Assurance

  • ISO 26262
  • ISO/SAE 21434
  • EN 50128
  • HARA
  • FMEA
  • FTA
  • safety requirements
  • technical risk
  • release readiness


Integration & Verification

  • System integration
  • V&V strategy
  • SIL/HIL
  • simulation
  • scenario-based and real-world validation
  • test architecture


Technical Leadership

  • Architecture governance
  • technical reviews
  • stakeholder alignment
  • distributed teams
  • mentoring 


Typical assignments

System and platform architecture definition, architecture assessment and review, requirements and interface governance, functional safety integration, architecture trade-off analysis, integration and V&V strategy, technical readiness and cross-domain engineering coordination. 


Technical Skills

Architecture, Requirements, and Modeling Tools:

  • Enterprise Architect
  • SysML
  • UML
  • MBSE
  • codeBeamer
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • GitHub
  • TortoiseSVN  


Test and Development Tools:

  • Vector CANoe
  • Vector CANalyzer
  • MATLAB/Simulink
  • CODESYS
  • ASCET  


Embedded and Robotics Development:

  • ROS 2
  • Zephyr RTOS
  • DeviceTree ? foundational working knowledge 


Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Tools:

  • Mentor Graphics
  • Cadence OrCAD
  • ConceptHDL
  • Pro/ENGINEER  

Programmiersprachen

C
C++
Python
basic
SQL
foundational

Branchen

Branchen

  • Automotive
  • Rail
  • Semiconductor
  • Embedded Systems
  • Autonomous Systems

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year 1 month
2025-08 - now

Independent Professional Development | Embedded Systems & Robotics

  • Practical development with ROS 2; foundational work with Zephyr RTOS, DeviceTree, and embedded board bring-up.
  • Study of autonomous-system safety and SOTIF. 
10 months
2024-10 - 2025-07

Defined reusable ADAS and IVI platform architectures and design guidance adopted

Embedded Technical Architect
Embedded Technical Architect
  • Defined reusable ADAS and IVI platform architectures and design guidance adopted across multiple international programs. 
  • Governed cross-domain architecture decisions across product, hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, interfaces, and validation for reusable ADAS/IVI platforms. 
  • Aligned simulation-based and real-world validation strategies with platform maturity, roadmap priorities, and release needs, supporting consistent platform validation planning. 
  • Evaluated platform architecture alternatives and resolved technical trade-offs against product, integration, and validation constraints. 
eInfochips, supporting Panasonic Automotive (Remote)
2 years
2022-04 - 2024-03

Governed system definitions, requirements baselines, interfaces, and architecture consistency

Staff Engineer ? System Architecture
Staff Engineer ? System Architecture
  • Governed system definitions, requirements baselines, interfaces, and architecture consistency, enabling approval of global ADAS/AD ECU architecture baselines. 
  • Developed and reviewed SysML architecture models and maintained end-to-end traceability between requirements, architecture elements, safety constraints, and verification activities. 
  • Led cross-domain architecture trade-offs across product scope, functional safety, cybersecurity, software constraints, and validation needs. 
  • Coordinated architecture decisions, requirements baselines, and technical reviews across distributed teams in Europe, India, and the United States. 
  • Mentored up to five engineers in systems engineering, functional safety, and cybersecurity. 
Arriver Software GmbH, Unterschleißheim (Remote)
3 years 3 months
2019-01 - 2022-03

Led architecture definition and reviews

Principal Engineer ? System Architecture
Principal Engineer ? System Architecture
  • Led architecture definition and reviews for scalable SAE Level 2?4 ADAS platforms.  
  • Reviewed requirements, system decomposition, functional/logical architectures, safety and cybersecurity concepts, and verification evidence for consistency and completeness.  
  • Established end-to-end traceability across ODD assumptions, hazards, safety requirements, architecture decisions, and verification activities, supporting reuse of development artifacts.  
  • Identified system integration and architecture risks, improved requirements traceability, and coordinated cross-domain mitigation actions.  
  • Coached five systems engineers and strengthened architecture and design assurance practices. 
Veoneer Germany GmbH, Unterschleißheim
8 years 9 months
2010-04 - 2018-12

electronic system integration and application software quality

Team Leader / Specialist Electronic Systems Engineering
Team Leader / Specialist Electronic Systems Engineering
  • Led and restructured multicultural systems engineering teams of up to 14 engineers across Germany and Hungary. 
  • Held end-to-end responsibility for electronic system integration and application software quality in safety-critical rail brake systems. 
  • Directed industrialization of electronic platforms under regulatory, cost, schedule, and lifecycle constraints. 
  • Defined integration concepts for complex control systems across international rail product programs. 
  • Represented engineering on safety review boards, evaluating technical evidence to support release decisions for safety-critical systems. 
  • Authored engineering guidance and provided technical consulting across development teams. 
Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH, Munich
8 months
2009-08 - 2010-03

Performed software and hardware integration testing

Specialist Software Verification
Specialist Software Verification
  • Performed software and hardware integration testing for safety-critical brake-control units for trains. 
  • Evaluated test methods and expanded system integration and test architectures for international projects. 
FERCHAU Engineering GmbH at Knorr-Bremse SfS GmbH
3 years 11 months
2005-04 - 2009-02

Developed automated test systems and validation concepts

Staff Engineer ? Test Engineering
Staff Engineer ? Test Engineering
  • Developed automated test systems and validation concepts for automotive semiconductors. 
  • Applied fault analysis and statistical production-data evaluation to improve test stability and production readiness. 
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
4 years 9 months
2000-08 - 2005-04

Developed SoC test solutions from specification to production transfer

Group Leader System-on-Chip / Principal Application Engineer
Group Leader System-on-Chip / Principal Application Engineer
  • Progressed from Application Engineer to Group Leader and Principal Application Engineer for automated semiconductor test systems.  
  • Developed SoC test solutions from specification to production transfer. 
LTX Europe Ltd, Woking (UK)
4 years 10 months
1995-09 - 2000-06

Analyzed kinematics, odometry, and trajectory-tracking performance

Research Assistant
Research Assistant
  • Developed the mechanical, electrical, and embedded C elements of a four-wheel-steered mobile robot.  
  • Analyzed kinematics, odometry, and trajectory-tracking performance as part of doctoral research. 
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham (UK)

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

5 years 4 months
1995-09 - 2000-12

Ph.D. in Engineering and Computing

Nottingham Trent University, UK
Nottingham Trent University, UK
Designed an adaptive steering controller and analyzed kinematics, odometry, and trajectory tracking. 
1 year 7 months
1993-09 - 1995-03

MEng/BEng (Hons) in Computer-Aided Engineering

Nottingham Trent University, UK
Nottingham Trent University, UK
Curriculum covered mechanical and electrical engineering, computational methods, and project management. 
4 years 1 month
1988-03 - 1992-03

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in Electrical Power Engineering

Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany
Fachhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany
Focused on electrical power distribution, electronic systems, control, and engineering fundamentals. 

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

System Architecture Systems Engineering Embedded Systems Architecture Platform Architecture System Definition System Context System Decomposition Requirements Allocation Interface Definition Architecture Reviews MBSE SysML Functional Safety ISO 26262 ISO/SAE 21434 EN 50128 HARA SIL/HIL System Integration V&V Traceability Technical Leadership Requirements Management

Schwerpunkte

Embedded System Architecture
Systems Engineering
Platform Architecture

Aufgabenbereiche

Architecture definition
requirements and interfaces
technical governance
system integration
V&V
functional safety

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Professional Summary

  • Freelance Senior Embedded System Architect and Systems Engineer with 20+ years of experience in embedded electronics and software, including 15+ years in safety-critical automotive and rail systems. Defines scalable embedded platforms, requirements and interfaces, resolves cross-domain architecture trade-offs, and drives systems from definition through integration, verification, and technical readiness.  
  • Recent work covers reusable ADAS/IVI platforms, global ADAS ECU architecture governance, MBSE/SysML, end-to-end traceability, functional safety, cybersecurity, and validation strategy.  
  • Experienced in distributed international engineering teams across Europe, India, and the United States. 


Key Technical Competencies

Architecture & Platform Definition

  • Embedded system architecture
  • embedded platform architecture
  • HW/SW architecture and integration
  • system context
  • decomposition
  • architecture trade-off analysis
  • lifecycle engineering 


Requirements & Interfaces

  • Requirements engineering
  • requirements management and allocation
  • requirements baselines
  • traceability
  • interface definition and governance
  • SysML/MBSE 


Safety, Security & Technical Assurance

  • ISO 26262
  • ISO/SAE 21434
  • EN 50128
  • HARA
  • FMEA
  • FTA
  • safety requirements
  • technical risk
  • release readiness


Integration & Verification

  • System integration
  • V&V strategy
  • SIL/HIL
  • simulation
  • scenario-based and real-world validation
  • test architecture


Technical Leadership

  • Architecture governance
  • technical reviews
  • stakeholder alignment
  • distributed teams
  • mentoring 


Typical assignments

System and platform architecture definition, architecture assessment and review, requirements and interface governance, functional safety integration, architecture trade-off analysis, integration and V&V strategy, technical readiness and cross-domain engineering coordination. 


Technical Skills

Architecture, Requirements, and Modeling Tools:

  • Enterprise Architect
  • SysML
  • UML
  • MBSE
  • codeBeamer
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • GitHub
  • TortoiseSVN  


Test and Development Tools:

  • Vector CANoe
  • Vector CANalyzer
  • MATLAB/Simulink
  • CODESYS
  • ASCET  


Embedded and Robotics Development:

  • ROS 2
  • Zephyr RTOS
  • DeviceTree ? foundational working knowledge 


Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Tools:

  • Mentor Graphics
  • Cadence OrCAD
  • ConceptHDL
  • Pro/ENGINEER  

Programmiersprachen

C
C++
Python
basic
SQL
foundational

Branchen

Branchen

  • Automotive
  • Rail
  • Semiconductor
  • Embedded Systems
  • Autonomous Systems

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