Summary
Tom Slawik is a research-focused software engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience building control and autonomy software for robotics and marine vehicles. Based in Bremen, he develops real-time interfaces and control stacks (C++, ROS 2, Gazebo) at DFKI, bridging trajectory planning, inverse kinematics and hardware integration for unmanned surface and underwater robots. With a background in mechanical engineering (MSc candidate) and early programming experience since age 12, he combines embedded/linux expertise with machine learning methods such as Bayesian inference and neural networks. He also brings practical manufacturing and systems experience from integrating robots and fabricating small parts, plus prior backend and web work, making him adept at interdisciplinary projects that sit between hardware, software and algorithmic research.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Berufliches Gymnasium Technik - Informationstechnik, Abitur, Berufliches Gymnasium Technik - Informationstechnik at Berufsbildende Schulen Verden
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Leibniz Universität Hannover