Steffen Axer
Tech Lead Strategic Mobility Analytics
Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSteffen Axer is a tech lead and transport modelling specialist with nine years of experience shaping strategic mobility analytics at Volkswagen, where he architects the Mobility Impact Analyzer and leads teams building large-scale, simulation-driven assessments for new mobility concepts. He combines deep expertise in agent-based transport modeling (MATSim) with hands-on software development, contributing code to core MATSim libraries to improve freight scheduling and commercial traffic simulations. Academically grounded with a Doctor of Engineering in Traffic Engineering and a track record as a guest lecturer, he bridges research and product delivery to turn complex mobility questions into actionable, data-driven decisions. Passionate about open source, he builds bespoke analytics tools and writes about iterative agent-based modeling on his blog, bringing practical engineering rigor to strategic business development.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Ingenieurin (Dipl.Ing.), Industrial Engineering - Traffic Management, 1.5, Diplom-Ingenieurin (Dipl.Ing.), Industrial Engineering - Traffic Management, 1.5 at Ostfalia - University of Applied SciencesDoctor of Engineering, Traffic engineering, Magna cum laude (very good), Doctor of Engineering, Traffic engineering, Magna cum laude (very good) at Technische Universität Braunschweig
Github Skills (5)
scheduling10
javas10
mat10
java10
agent-based-modeling9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
matsim-org/matsim-libs
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Multi-Agent Transport Simulation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 reviews, 94 commits, 152 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Steffen has contributed to structuring code into functional parts and fixing potential issues related to service departure times within the context of commercial traffic applications. Their work involved modifications to the `CommercialJobGenerator.java` file, specifically addressing issues with tour planning and scheduling of freight agents. These changes include adjustments to activity end times and leg departure times, ensuring services do not start too early, and improving the overall handling of freight agent schedules.
agent-basedtransportation-planningagentagent-based-modelmatsim
steffenaxer/matsim-libs
Mar 2021 - Feb 2025
Multi-Agent Transport Simulation
Contributions:1 PR, 273 pushes, 72 branches in 3 years 11 months
agentsimulationsimulatortransportmulti-agent
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