Stefan Sicklinger
Vice President, Head Of AI, Cloud, Digital Engineering And Validation
Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolStefan Sicklinger is a technology executive and engineer with 10+ years of experience building and leading interdisciplinary teams across AI, cloud, simulation, sensor fusion and mechatronics, now serving as VP and Head of AI, Cloud, Digital Engineering and Validation at ZF Group. He combines deep academic roots—a Dr.-Ing. in Computational Mechanics and a long-standing lecturer role at TUM—with hands-on expertise in high-performance C++ engineering, distributed HPC, and production-grade ML/vision stacks deployed at scale in automotive programs. At Volkswagen/CARIAD he architected the BigLoop data and shadow-mode ecosystems (project Ingenuity), marrying high-fidelity simulation, active learning and embedded ML runtimes for fleet-scale data acquisition and validation. Known for starting teams from scratch, he repeatedly turns advanced numerical methods and co-simulation approaches into robust engineering products for chassis, mechatronic and perception systems. He values integrity and creativity, and uniquely bridges rigorous scientific computing (founder of the EMPIRE HPC effort) with pragmatic cloud-native and embedded delivery.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Excellence in General Management, Excellence in General Management at SGMI Management Institut St. GallenNanodegree Computer Vision, Nanodegree Computer Vision at UdacityDoctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) Computational Mechanics, Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) Computational Mechanics at Technical University of MunichDiplom Mechanical Engineering, Diplom Mechanical Engineering at Deggendorf Institute of TechnologyM.Sc. with Honours Computational Engineering (Elite Network of Bavaria), M.Sc. with Honours Computational Engineering (Elite Network of Bavaria) at Technische Universität München, Bavarian Graduate School
German, English
Github Skills (33)
freeboard9
arduino-library9
pong9
hikvision9
marine8
nmea8
dynamics8
simulation8
simulator8
arduino7
ais7
signal6
barrage5
solver4
decoder4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
DrStS/EVAA
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
EVAA: Efficient Vehicle dynAmics simulAtor
Contributions:268 commits, 1 PR, 253 pushes in 1 year 8 months
simulationsimulatorvehicledynamicsvehicle-dynamics
DrStS/STACCATO
Apr 2016 - Oct 2018
STACCATO: STefAn's Computational vibroaCoustics Analysis TOol
Contributions:95 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
computational
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