Frank Z is an electrical engineer (M.Sc.) based in Zurich with eight years of hands-on experience in embedded systems, PCB design, and product-level electronics for robotics and UAVs. He currently contributes to ANYbotics' hardware systems and previously supported development and manufacturing of the Fotokite Sigma situational awareness UAV. An early founder of The VFD Collective, he publishes open-source hardware and vintage VFD clock projects, blending maker entrepreneurship with professional engineering. Frank has taught power electronics and programming at ETH Zürich and TU Berlin, pairing strong academic credentials (TU Berlin top 6% BSc) with practical lab and production experience. Colleagues describe him as someone who brings curiosity for sustainability and good coffee into engineering discussions—often turning hobby projects into reproducible designs.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA: 1.6 (Top 6% ECTS Ranking), Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA: 1.6 (Top 6% ECTS Ranking) at Technische Universität Berlin
Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at ETH Zürich
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.