Leon Schmidt is a Test Development Engineer based in the Stuttgart region with 11 years of software engineering experience across embedded tooling, enterprise software, and systems administration. He progressed from internships and working-student roles at VECTOR Informatik and Compart AG to a full-time test development role at Philips, combining hands-on coding with test automation and system-level validation. Leon holds strong academic credentials—including a MS in Applied Computer Science and a BE in Software Engineering from Hochschule Esslingen and a 4.0-term at Gannon University—reflecting a disciplined, research-informed engineering approach. He is comfortable bridging development and operations, having served as a system administrator and tackled real-world reliability challenges. Colleagues describe him as methodical and pragmatic, with a knack for turning complex requirements into maintainable test frameworks. Outside routine titles, he brings an uncommon mix of deep academic performance and practical product delivery experience in the automotive and enterprise domains.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Software Engineering, Computer Science, GPA: 4.0, Bachelor of Science Software Engineering, Computer Science, GPA: 4.0 at Gannon University
Abitur, Abitur at Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Böblingen
Master of Science - MS, Angewandte Informatik, 1,5, Master of Science - MS, Angewandte Informatik, 1,5 at Hochschule Esslingen - University of Applied Sciences
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Leon Schmidt - Test Development Engineer at Philips