My Career

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Work Experience

CARIAD SE (Berlin, Germany)

March 2020 - September 2025

User Experience Strategist & Researcher

• Development of a key-performance-indicator system for UX on company level
• Carrying out the planning, conduction, analysis and result presentation of mixed-methods user studies
• Concept screen development for autonomous and assisted driving functions (both wire framing and
  build-up of pixel perfect screens with the company design system)
• Development and maintenance of a research roadmap for our assisted driving system
• Leading an interdisciplinary UX Team and aligning with other stakeholders as a product owner
• Setting up research structures in the Software-Defined-Vehicle Hub
• Management of UX architecture and requirements
• Leading meetings in both english and german

Volkswagen Group Innovation (Wolfsburg, Germany)

July 2019 - February 2020

Master Thesis Student & Intern

• Master Thesis with the subject "How should autonomous vehicles speak with us in the future? -
  Development of a test methodology for evaluating external communication"
• Ideation and result presentation in an interdisciplinary project on "Sustainable Mobility"

Mailbutler GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

May 2018 - June 2019

Working Student - User Interface Testing

• Software-Testing and Programming automated UI-Tests
• User Interface Development

Volkswagen Group Innovation (Wolfsburg, Germany)

September 2017 - February 2018

UX Research Intern

• Conduction simulator and interview studies
• Analyzing of qualitative & quantitative data
• Presenting the results of these mixed-methods user studies

German Aerospace Center (Braunschweig, Germany)

April 2014 - April 2017

UX Researcher (part-time) & Bachelor Thesis

• Conduction simulator and interview studies
• Analyzing of qualitative & quantitative data
• Presenting the results of these mixed-methods user studies
• Bachelor thesis with the subject „Automation with transparency – Gaze behaviour in
  SAE Level 2 and 3“

Educational Background

Technical University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

2017 – 2020

Master of Science Human Factors (GPA: 4.0)

• Project Management for an interdisciplinary Team cooperating with an industry client for
  research regarding virtual reality in the workplace
• Presentation of interdisciplinary project at a german conference for ergonmics
• Coding and research project regarding the applicability of gaze interaction to interact with
  a smart home

Technical University of Braunschweig (Braunschweig, Germany)

2013 – 2017

Bachelor of Science Psychology (GPA: 3.0)

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