Dr. Stefan Franz
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- Current 9 months, since Aug 2025
Vice President (VP), Software Development
Luminar Technologies
VP of global software organization spanning development teams from India, Europe, US and South America providing lidar only software solutions for automotive-, defense- and commercial customers in global markets.
- Current 2 years and 10 months, since Jul 2023
Director ADAS Functions Autonomous Driving Platform
Luminar Technologies
Head of ADAS/AD Function Software Development
- 1 year, Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Senior Manager
Luminar Technologies
Leading development of LIDAR based autonomous driving platform software
Building up and leading an agile organization that is responsible for the full software stack of the Eurofighter Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk1. Negotiation of customer needs and validating solutions with the EuroRADAR consortium. Developing and communication of portfolio work and the program vision roadmap in providing guardrails on capacity and investments. Definition and management of workshare priorization for releases and program increments.
- 1 year and 2 months, Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
Function Owner Perception
Daimler AG
Function Owner Nahbereichserfassung und Manövrieren für Urban Automated Driving - Bereichsübergreifendes Management der funktionalen Wirkkette von System-Design bis Komponenten Ebene mit agilen Entwicklungsteams für die Nahbereichserfassung und low-speed Manövrieren für Urban Automated Driving
- 2 years and 11 months, May 2017 - Mar 2020
Product Owner Surround Vision System
Daimler AG
- Product Owner Surround-Vision-System for Urban Automated Driving - Technische Leitung eines interdisziplinären Entwicklerteams (20+) für Architektur, Design und Implementierung von Softwarekomponenten zur kamerabasierten Nahbereichserfassung mit Deep Learning Strategien
- 1 year and 10 months, Jul 2015 - Apr 2017
Principal Engineer
Daimler AG
- Techlead Embedded Runtime Ressources für Environment Perception des Autonomous Drive Controller - System Owner Near-Field Environment Perception für Autonomous Driving
- 2 years and 2 months, May 2013 - Jun 2015
Senior Software Engineer
Daimler AG
- Technischer Projektleiter für autonome Parkfunktionen - Vorentwicklung DriveRecorder Mercedes-AMG GmbH - Vorentwicklung kamerabasierte Spiegelersatz-Systeme für Mercedes Benz Cars & Mercedes-AMG GmbH
- 1 year, May 2012 - Apr 2013
Entwicklungsingenieur
Daimler AG
Entwicklung von Soft- und Hardwarelösungen zur multispektralen Umfelderfassung für kamerabasierte Fahrerassistenzsysteme
- 1 year and 6 months, Nov 2010 - Apr 2012
Entwickler
BitTwister IT GmbH
Entwicklung von Soft- und Hardwarelösungen zur Umfelderfassung für Fahrerassistenzsysteme
- 3 years and 6 months, May 2007 - Oct 2010
Doktorand
Daimler AG
- 2005 - 2007
Werkstudent
Daimler AG
Softwareentwicklung im Bereich Umfelderfassung für Fahrerassistenzsysteme
Educational background for Stefan Franz
- 2007 - 2013
Informationstechnik
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Performance evaluation of perceptive components for camera based advanced driver assistance systems
- 6 years and 8 months, Oct 2000 - May 2007
Informatik
Universität Ulm
Computer Vision Neuroinformatik Elektrotechnik
Languages
German
C2 (Expert / native speaker)
English
C1 (Fluent)
French
A1-A2 (Basic)
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