Jens Wawerla
Head Of R&D ADAS Nearfield at ZF Group
Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJens Wawerla is a seasoned engineering leader with 17 years of experience at the intersection of robotics, embedded systems, and ADAS, currently heading R&D for ADAS Nearfield at ZF Group. He combines deep technical hands-on expertise in C/C++, object-oriented design and digital hardware with systems engineering and interdisciplinary research skills developed during a PhD in Computing Science. Jens has progressed from academic robotics and sensor-network research through industry roles in flight control, large-scale hydrology modeling, and ADAS systems and validation, giving him a rare blend of research rigor and production delivery. He excels at bridging cross-functional teams—systems, data, test and project management—to turn complex algorithms into robust, testable vehicle software. A pragmatic innovator, he often operates at the hardware-software boundary, making him effective at translating low-level constraints into scalable system designs.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Phd, Computing Science, Phd, Computing Science at Simon Fraser University
English, German
Github Skills (3)
robot7
robotics6
python5
Github contributions (5)
rtv/autolab-fasr
May 2009 - Sep 2009
Contributions:38 commits in 4 months
jwawerla/autolab-rapi
Apr 2009 - Feb 2012
Contributions:161 commits in 2 years 10 months
roboticspythonrobot
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