Summary
Bernd Kolb is a Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineering Manager at Apple with over 14 years of experience building compilers, tools and embedded software for ML accelerators and autonomous systems. He combines deep expertise in domain-specific languages and model-driven software development with hands-on leadership, having led model-based systems engineering at CARIAD and architecture teams at itemis. Bernd excels at turning high-level system models into production code and developer tools, driving performance, safety, and developer productivity for complex embedded platforms. He has guided open-source and ecosystem work through roles like the Eclipse Architectural Council, and co-authored papers on language engineering for safe embedded systems. Based in Bavaria, he’s known for building high-performing teams that bridge research, tooling and production delivery. A less obvious strength is his pattern of moving between research-led standards work and pragmatic industrial toolchains, enabling both innovation and deployable results.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master software engineering Communication- and software engineering, Master software engineering Communication- and software engineering at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
Abitur, Abitur at Werkgymnasium Heidenheim