Andreas Degen

Plattenfeld 2a ● 85244 Roehrmoos ● Germany ++49 – 160 – 9163-5114 ● [email protected] ● www.andreasdegen.de

Main Accomplishments Designed and programmed a simulation to expose the functionality of the new developed Instrument Cluster (SL, SLK, etc.) to Dr. Zetsche Developed a 2 Electrode ECG-Amplifier circuit for an Activity Sensor to use for patient monitoring to increase the possibility to detect a my- ocardial infarction Implemented INTERBUS-S as a measurement system at the Mainzer Microtron and its spectrometers and also wrote the programming tools for the IT department to use INTERBUS-S Programmed an ERP-System for the Purchasing Department of the In- stitute of Nuclear Physics of the University of Mainz to increase the ef- ficiency of the Institute

Employment History 01/2012 – current QC Engineer, Business Unit BMW ALPINE ELECTRONICS GmbH, Munich

Responsible for the Product Quality of all Displays for BMW (SOP)  Main point of contact for QM-Topics for customer  Negotiation of the Year End Invoice with BMW warranty  Control / release of the 8D-reports from China / Hungary plants

Technologies:  SPC, Automotive SPICE, Lotus Notes, B2B

09/2010 – 01/2011 Product Development Engineer Electronics (Interior) Kongsberg Automotive GmbH, Munich

Design & Development of electronic hardware and software

 Active member of the new project introduction team being re- sponsible for the electronic application engineering  Assist the plant quality and process engineering department

Technologies:  CANape, CANoe, VAS

Andreas Degen Page 1 of 6 11/2007 – 08/2010 Resident Engineer Ruecker GmbH (CCE), Wiesbaden

Working as a Software Resident Engineer for “Robert Bosch GmbH” at “Daimler AG” (Development of Instrument Cluster)

 Requirements-, Change- and Error Management  Main point of contact for SW-Topics for customer  Working in SW-Jour Fixe, SW-Meeting, Specification Review  Assistance to the Software project manager and the Software developer team  Enhancement of the CANoe Simulation (e.g. HMI)  Quality Assurance  Special Topics, t.b.d. by Software project manager

Technologies:  CANoe, CANdela, ClearCase, ClearQuest, HP Quality Center, DOORS, MS-Project, Automotive SPICE, AUTOSAR

07/2006 – 04/2007 Junior Software Engineer / Technician IT-Network ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik GmbH, Munich

Construction of a helicopter simulator (NH90 & Tiger):  Control and verification of the Simulator test-bench and the cor- responding trolleys

Rebuild of a Tornado simulator:  Creation of the Technical Construction drawings

Retrofitting and controlling of the AFADTS ADLER II:  Integration of Communication Systems (WAN/LAN)  Assistance doing handover/takeover of ADLER systems

Quality Assurance:  Assistance of supervision for Integration at WTD81  Review & critique of Technical Handbooks and Documentation  Design of new AutoCAD Templates using ISO 7200 (taking ISO 128, ISO 2768, ISO 13715 and ISO 16016 as a basic)

Technologies:  AutoCAD LT 2006, E³-Series

Andreas Degen Page 2 of 6 12/2005 – 04/2006 Designing Engineer Actimon GmbH, Munich Limited to project length Project work: Development of an Activity Sensor for measuring physi- ological data during patient monitoring:  Development of a 2 Electrode ECG – Amplifier circuit with ac- tive Notch and a Differential & Common-Mode Input filter

Technologies:  ARM7, INA321, AD8544, C/C++, Eagle

07/2004 – 10/2004 Designing Engineer Data Display AG, Germering Limited to project length Project work: Development of an USB – Display:  Hard- and Software development, Simulation, Test

Technologies:  VHDL, CPLD, CoolRunner-II, CY7C68013

03/2004 – 05/2004 Designing Engineer BMW AG, Munich (via IQ Management GmbH, Nuremberg) Limited to project length Project work: Building of a GUI:  Programming of the GUI which is able to program Airbag Computer Systems (with Database connectivity)

Technologies:  Visual C++, EDIABAS, SGBD, MS Access

01/2001 – 07/2003 Application Engineer / System- and Network Administrator CAESAR Datensysteme GmbH, Munich

Working in different departments of “CAESAR Datensysteme”:  Calibration, test and installation of Measurement Systems  Hard- and Software system integration  Concept and programming of test procedures  Account Management and support in Systems Engineering  Installation and support of company network  Concept, design and programming of company website

Technologies:  Windows 2000-Server, Windows XP-2000, Active Directory, Linux, ADSL, μ-Edition, Apache, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Andreas Degen Page 3 of 6 08/1986 – 12/2000 Electronics Technician Institute of Nuclear Physics of the University of Mainz

Responsible for transaction of Hard- and Software Projects done in Re- search and Development at the University:  Development and documentation of Software, e.g.: 1. for remote control of “Foerstersonde” at RTM 3 2. for activation of DVM’s and oscilloscopes (measurement software for energy scanner at RTM 1) 3. for operation in “Wedlernetzgeraeten” (bipolar current source) 4. for operation in “HF xy-Lagemonitorsystem” 5. Design of INTERBUS-S programming tools  Operation of microcontroller, e.g.: 1. Development and construction of a scanner controlling unit for operation at the polarized electron source 2. Assembly and programming of a LCD-triggering and limit control for “Getterpumpennetzgeraete” (SAB80C517/537) 3. Development of programs to work in “Wedlernet- zge-raete” and in “HF xy-Lagemonitorsystem” (Z80)  Development of components for “Wedlernetzgeraete” of MAMI C (“Mainzer Microtron”), e.g.: 1. Development of test circuits for DAC 7644 2. Test assembly with power amplifier OPA 549 3. Simulation of bipolar current sources with PSpice  Development of a PC ISA-bus card to emulate the CAMAC I/O Modules  Circuit diagram entry and layout development with CADSTAR  Service and repair of the “Wedlernetzgeraete” of MAMI A+B  Consultation and support of the Master- and PhD Students of the national and international Collaborations  Responsible for the IT-Equipment of the Electronic Laboratory  Programming of an ERP-System for the Purchasing Department  Quality Assurance: 1. Design of test plans and test equipment 2. Creation of the engineering documents 3. Creation of the Documentation for the Collaborations

Technologies:  Windows 2000-NT-98-3.11, SCO XENIX System V, MS-DOS, VMS, CP/M, Pascal, C/C++, Keil-C, Fortran, Assembler, Ba- sic, Algol, Xbase++, Clipper, dBaseII, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PSpice, CADSTAR, Microcontroller, A/D-D/A Converter, Power Amplifier, INTERBUS-S, IEEE-Bus, VME-Bus, CA- MAC, analog and digital oscilloscopes, Signal generator, Multi- meter, programmable Current- and Voltage sources

Andreas Degen Page 4 of 6 Part-Time work 11/2003 – 04/2004 Webmaster for the “Department of Biology I, Botany” of the ”Ludwig – Maximilians – Universität (LMU) Munich”  Concept and programming of the “Endosymbiosis”– Homepage of Prof. Dr. Soll, Prof. Dr. Martin and Prof. Dr. Maier 07/2002 – 12/2002 Webmaster for the “Department of Biology I, Botany” of the ”Ludwig – Maximilians – Universität (LMU) Munich”  Concept and programming of the Homepage of Prof. Dr. Soll and the “VW-Group” of Prof. Dr. Schleiff

Education 03/1998 Intermediate Exam to Master’s Degree in electrical engineering 1992 – 1998 Study of electrical engineering at distance learning institute of Hagen 1974 – 1983 Secondary school: Abitur equivalent to High School Diploma

Extended vocational training (partial list) 02/2020 VDA: 8D-Report Method 12/2019 VDA/AIAG: Training FMEA (Standard 2019) 02/2019 VDA: Schadteilanalyse Feld für Anwender/innen 02/2018 Haufe: Moderation Basic Training 10/2017 VDA QMC: Product Safety Representative (PSB) 06/2013 DGQ: Six Sigma +LEAN Yellow Belt 03/2013 Method Park: intacs™ Certified ISO/IEC 15504 Provisional Assessor (Automotive SPICE®) 01/2009 VDI: Leading of Project teams 11/2007 Vector Academy: CANoe Basics Workshop 04/2005 VDI: Innovative communication network for automation systems 10/2003 VDI: Project management for small- middle size Projects 01/2002 SuSE Linux Training: Network administration I

Military Service 07/1985 – 09/1986 “Weitverkehrsfunker” in the “Fernmeldebataillon 6” of 6th “Panzer- grenadierdivision” in Neumünster (Rank: LCpl and Squad Leader)

Andreas Degen Page 5 of 6 Skills summary Languages • English: Fluent (both spoken and written) • Chinese: Basic • French: Basic • German: Native speaker

Project work • Project Leading, Project / Quality Management • Requirements-, Change- and Error Management

Bus Systems • Automotive: CAN/LIN/MOST-Bus, Flexray • Field bus: INTERBUS-S, Profi-Bus • Measurement bus: CAMAC, VME, IEEE • Serial: USB, RS232, RS485, SPI, I²C

Electrical • Analog and Digital Circuits engineering • Measurement and Controlling engineering • Embedded Systems programming (μP, CPLD, FPGA) • Test, verification and bug-tracking, documentation

CAD • CADSTAR, Eagle, AutoCAD LT 2006, E³-Series

Microprocessor • Z80, 8051, SAB80C517/537, C505L, CY7C68013, ARM7

Simulation • PSpice, VHDL

EDV • Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, SCO XENIX System V, OS/2, VMS, Windows 7-XP-2000-NT-98-3.11, MS-DOS, CP/M • Languages: Pascal, C/C++, VC++, C#, VB, Fortran, Basic, Al- gol, Ada, Assembler, Xbase++, Clipper, dBaseII, Latex 2ε • Web: XML, HTML, CSS, Java/JavaScript, PHP/Perl, MySQL • Further knowledge in: UML 2, V-Model, SVN, CVS

Network • CISCO ADSL Router: Installation and programming • Windows 2000 Server: DNS, DHCP, Active Directory • TCP/IP

Wireless Network • Bluetooth, W-LAN

Hardware • Installation of PC’s, Switch, Router, Printer, Software

Hobbies • Language study travel (USA), photography, Chinese culture

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