Manuel Nickschas
Technical Lead, C Application Framework
Blaustein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolManuel Nickschas is a technical lead with 20 years of experience designing and shipping C++ middleware and in-vehicle systems, currently responsible for BMW’s in-house C++ application framework that underpins multiple ECUs. He has driven architecture, code quality, documentation, and community building for safety- and scale-sensitive automotive features, including leading the Remote Software Update effort now deployed in millions of cars. His background spans academic research in autonomic and embedded distributed systems to hands-on platform work at Nokia and BMW, giving him a strong blend of theory and production engineering. Known in open-source circles as “Sput” or “Sputnick,” he maintains a long-term commitment to Free Software practices alongside corporate development. Based in Blaustein, Germany, he combines a methodical, research-informed approach with pragmatism for delivering robust, maintainable middleware. Colleagues rely on him for system-level design, API discipline, and shepherding complex features from prototype to series production.
20 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Computer Science, sehr gut, Diploma, Computer Science, sehr gut at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)Abitur, Mathematics, Chemistry, 1.0 (best), Abitur, Mathematics, Chemistry, 1.0 (best) at Gymnasium TrossingenUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
German, English
Github Skills (21)
testing10
gentoo10
linux10
overlay10
irc10
ebuild9
staging8
docker-image7
localization6
travis-ci6
travis6
translation5
appveyor4
docker4
knife3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Sput42/quassel
Mar 2018 - Jul 2025
Quassel IRC
Contributions:838 pushes, 133 branches, 199 tags in 7 years 5 months
ircquassel
quassel/quassel-site
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
Sources for the Quassel IRC website at https://quassel-irc.org.
Contributions:2 PRs, 34 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 9 months
irc
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