04 / About
A bit about me.
I'm David, a Computational Engineering master's student at TU Darmstadt, with a background in mechanical engineering.
I'm interested in the space between physical systems and software: modeling them, controlling them, and testing whether the code behaves as expected. My projects range from trajectory optimization to simulated robots. I use this website to show the work and keep notes I can return to.
Experience
Selected rolesMay 2026 — present
Working Student, Autonomous Flight
Wingcopter
I contribute to the development and testing of embedded and application-level software for autonomous flight systems. My work includes implementing software features and engineering tools, developing automated tests, and using simulation and data analysis to validate system behaviour. I also work on debugging, documentation, and improvements to development and testing workflows across the software stack.
May 2024 — Jan 2025
Student Research Assistant
Institute for Mechatronic Systems, TU Darmstadt
Analyzed vehicle sensor data in MATLAB, including driving behavior and trajectories.
2020 — 2023
Student Research Assistant
TU Darmstadt · multiple institutes
Mechanical design support, ANSYS analysis, strain-gauge measurements, experimental setups, and Python tools for simulation and data analysis.
Sep — Oct 2021
Intern
Bosch Rexroth
Production automation support and measurement-based quality checks.
Education
TU DarmstadtApr 2025 — present
M.Sc. Computational Engineering
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Oct 2020 — Aug 2025
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's thesis on simulation and trajectory optimization for eVTOL landing scenarios. Deutschlandstipendium, 2021/22.
Tools I've worked with
Not a proficiency rankingProgramming
Python, MATLAB/Simulink, Julia, C/C++
Robotics & control
ROS 2, PX4, OpenCV, CasADi, MPC, motion planning
Simulation & engineering
MuJoCo, ANSYS, Siemens NX, KISSsoft/KISSsys
Tools
Git, Linux, GitHub Actions, Matplotlib
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