Franz Scherr
AI Engineer VLM LLM at Flexion Robotics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolFranz Scherr is an AI engineer specializing in vision and language models (VLM/LLM) with a decade of experience bridging academic research and industry R&D. Currently at Flexion Robotics after leadership and research roles at a stealth AI startup and Huawei, he brings hands-on expertise in building state-of-the-art ML systems and leading algorithm teams. Holding a PhD in Computer Science from TU Graz and a background in physics and engineering, he combines rigorous theoretical grounding with practical deployment experience. Franz stays current by systematically reading the latest publications and translating new methods into production-ready solutions. He has a track record of advising startups and contributing to cross-disciplinary projects, reflecting an ability to move between deep research and product-focused engineering. Based in Zurich, he’s comfortable in both fast-moving startup environments and structured industrial research settings.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Heidelberg UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Technische Universität Graz
English, German
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Github Skills (33)
pytorch9
amd9
llm9
inference9
gpt9
cuda9
transformer8
python8
deep-learning8
mlops8
gpu8
machine-learning8
llama8
tpu8
llmops8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
franzscherr/franzscherr.github.io
Aug 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
franzscherr/francis
Mar 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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