Summary
Stephan Herrmann is an ISP and vision-systems technical leader with 20+ years of experience designing image signal processing pipelines, processor architectures, firmware and tools for camera SoCs at NXP Semiconductors. He leads the ISP Technology Engineering Center, architecting multi-core programmable ISP solutions for ADAS and Ethernet camera applications while bridging algorithms (AEC, AWB, HDR, tonemapping) to RTL and production firmware. His background spans academic research, MPEG‑7 reference software stewardship, VLSI/RTL design and high‑level timing modeling, giving him rare end‑to‑end insight from algorithm to silicon. Stephan combines hands‑on C/C++ and parallel compute expertise with processor and digital‑circuit design, and he’s known for pragmatic parallelization and system-level bandwidth/control optimizations. Based in Greater Munich, he pairs deep technical authorship with customer-facing support and cross‑team collaboration, often translating research prototypes into deployable SoC features.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.-Ing., Electrical Engineering, Dr.-Ing., Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Munich
Dipl.-ing., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, Dipl.-ing., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude at Technische Universität Berlin