Erik Zimmermann
R&D Manager at nokra/part of KELK (VPG)
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Zimmermann is an R&D manager with a strong physics research pedigree and eight years of technical experience, blending deep experimental expertise with product leadership. Trained at RWTH Aachen and having completed a PhD at Forschungszentrum Jülich, he built and measured cryogenic, high-magnetic-field devices aimed at realizing Majorana quasiparticles for topological quantum computing. Since 2023 he transitioned to industry at nokra, where he moved from product management into R&D leadership, working hands-on with development, sales, and customer-facing engineering for automated laser measurement systems. He excels at translating complex lab-scale experiments into robust, customer-ready instrumentation and brings uncommon familiarity with both cleanroom fabrication and market-driven product roadmaps. Based in Aachen, he combines academic rigor with practical systems delivery and a knack for bridging specialist research teams with commercial stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Physics, Ph.D., Physics at RWTH Aachen University
Github Skills (60)
minecraft10
minestom10
reflection10
bukkit10
trading10
spigot10
packet10
waterfall10
java10
plugin10
gamepad10
api10
paper10
maven10
warp10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
erikzimmermann/WarpSystem-API
Jan 2021 - Apr 2023
Contributions:9 releases, 21 pushes, 16 tags in 2 years 3 months
erikzimmermann/PacketManagement
Dec 2020 - Aug 2023
A packet management API
Contributions:17 releases, 2 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 years 8 months
apiminecraftkong-pluginhttp3packet
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