Simon Appel
Software Developer For Renewable Energy at Fluence
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSimon Appel is a software developer with 9 years of experience building real-time, production-grade systems at the intersection of renewables, robotics, and machine learning. Currently at Fluence, he engineers data ingestion and neural-network forecasting pipelines to optimize wind and solar park performance and storage. His background includes low-latency C++ perception and sensor-fusion work at Amazon and Mercedes, plus embedded and computer-vision solutions that ran on constrained hardware like Jetson Nano and Raspberry Pi. He holds an MSc in Systems Engineering and Automation and a top-ranked BSc in Electrical Engineering, bringing strong numerical and systems-thinking skills to energy problems. Notably, he combines field-proven autonomy algorithms with battery-storage domain knowledge to turn noisy meteorological and plant data into actionable forecasts. Based in Zurich, he focuses on scalable, sustainable tech that directly reduces carbon footprint through smarter energy production and storage.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Study abroad, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 3.88, Study abroad, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 3.88 at Iowa State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Final grade: 1.1 (equivalent GPA 3.9), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Final grade: 1.1 (equivalent GPA 3.9) at Ulm UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Systems Engineering and Automation, Final grade: 1.3 (equivalent GPA 3.7), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Systems Engineering and Automation, Final grade: 1.3 (equivalent GPA 3.7) at RWTH Aachen UniversityComputer Science | Artificial Intelligence | Ethics, Computer Science | Artificial Intelligence | Ethics at IDEA League Summer School on Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Spanish, German, English
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Github Skills (16)
kitti10
benchmark10
sensor10
ros10
evaluation10
perception9
stereo6
ros-node5
pcl5
fusion1
lidar1
sdk1
system-integration1
depth-camera1
camera1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
appinho/SARaspberryPi3ImageClassifier
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
appinho/SAMaskRCNNKitti
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:56 commits, 52 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
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