Martin Sowada
Referent Betrieb at Bundesanstalt für den Digitalfunk der Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben (BDBOS)
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolMartin Sowada is an experienced engineering professional with 17 years bridging IT, R&D and operational leadership, currently serving as Referent Betrieb at BDBOS in Berlin. He combines a mechanical-engineering background (Dipl.-Ing. TU Berlin) with deep hands-on experience in software testing, automation and project management across aerospace, automotive and research institutions. His open-source contributions to scientific Python projects like mdtraj and SciPy highlight a focus on robust back-end code and test suites for computational workflows in molecular dynamics and rotations. Comfortable switching between strategic program leadership and low-level technical fixes, he has a track record of improving test coverage, data correctness and reproducibility in complex engineering stacks. A less obvious strength is his long history of working in highly regulated, safety-critical environments where rigorous validation and interdisciplinary communication are essential.
17 years of coding experience
Diplom-Ingenieur, Mechanical Engineering, Diplom-Ingenieur, Mechanical Engineering at Technische Universität Berlin
English, Polish, French, German
Github Skills (20)
scipy10
pytest10
molecular-simulation10
python10
testing10
mdm10
numpy10
rotation10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
mdt10
nonlinear-dynamics10
algorithms9
scientific-computing9
hashing-algorithm9
file-handling8
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
mdtraj/mdtraj
Jun 2015 - Dec 2021
An open library for the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 126 commits, 63 PRs in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Martin contributed significantly to the core functionality and testing of the mdtraj library, which is focused on molecular dynamics trajectory analysis. They implemented and refactored hashing mechanisms for core trajectory and topology objects, essential for identifying and comparing different states of molecular simulations. Additionally, the user enhanced the test suite by adding tests for new features like skipping frames during trajectory loading, and improved existing tests to ensure code correctness, especially focusing on the correctness of stride.
pythonmdtrajmolecular-dynamicspdbpdb-files
scipy/scipy
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
SciPy library main repository
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 1 PR in 3 days
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the testing of the `scipy/scipy` repository, focusing on rotation functionalities. They added a new regression test to ensure the contiguous memory layout of arrays in `Rotation.as_euler` and added several tests that leveraged the `Rotation` class. They also modified existing tests to use individual `RandomState` instances and fixed an issue to align with older numpy versions.
scipypythonscientific-computing
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