Julian Stiefel
Senior Consultant at ipt Innovation Process Technology
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJulian Stiefel is a robotics-focused senior consultant and former founding software lead who combines seven years of hands-on experience in medical and autonomous systems with an ETH Zurich mechanical engineering background. He helped develop a minimally invasive surgical robotic platform at ETH and co-founded Nanoflex Robotics to commercialize an electromagnetic navigation system for brain surgery, leading its software division. Comfortable at the intersection of hardware and software, he thrives in interdisciplinary teams and startup environments, turning research prototypes into product-ready systems. Beyond engineering, his eclectic past—from journalism and photography to technical consulting—feeds a pragmatic, user-centered approach to problem solving. An endurance athlete and DIY tinkerer, he brings persistence and a maker’s mentality to complex engineering challenges.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Matura, Matura at Kantonsschule am BurggrabenKTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) at ETH Zürich
Latin, French, English, German
Github Skills (87)
ros10
lists10
twincat9
beckhoff9
azure9
logger9
microsoft9
iterative9
ubuntu8
microsoft-azure8
siemens8
logging8
joystick8
usb8
closest8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ethz-msrl/ads_catkin
Jun 2020 - Mar 2024
A catkin wrapper for the Beckhoff ADS library.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 9 months
jstiefel/esp32_komoot_ble
Dec 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 11 comments in 1 year 4 months
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