Christian Korte

Supporting EV, battery, and software companies with stategic engineering challenges such as: - Developing and validating battery performance - Implementing robust and fast development practices - Modernising software development

Leading software product development and product integration at Breathe for automotive and consumer electronic battery management systems (BMS). Responsible for engineering software and cloud/data infrastructure. • Grew the software team from 1 to 14 employees in 3 years, in a company scaling from 3 to 70+ employees • Delivered BMS application-layer software to series production programmes for devices such as Volvo ES90 and OPPO smartphones • Established a lean, engineering-focused, and quality-driven development culture based on industry best practices, achieving ASPICE Capability Level 2 certification • Developed an automated hardware-in-the-loop (HiL)-testing system for Breathe’s embedded products with 100s of prototype BMS for rapid and scalable validation

Consultant engineer in the electric drives division, working on a range of projects from vehicle prototypes to series development. Working on projects with Porsche AG and other external clients. • Supported requirements elicitation and negotiation with suppliers for a HV component of Porsche’s first EV • Led a project with 4 engineers to develop power electronics hardware and software for a battery-powered water sports vehicle • Programmed a field-oriented motor control strategy, implemented on a Xilinx FPGA, for a vehicle prototype with a novel inverter concept • Supervised 10+ students in the electric drives laboratory, developing power electronics prototypes including a silicon-carbide (SiC) inverter, an electric motor test bench, and a gallium-nitride (GaN) DC-DC converter

Working towards doctorate by investigating modular multilevel inverters with integrated batteries at the Institute of Electrical Engineering (ETI). • Developed 400 V multilevel inverter prototype to control an automotive permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) • Mechanical design and assembly of a 100 kW electric motor test bench • Designed custom thick-copper inverter submodules, controlled by distributed Altera field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) and a central TI C2000 DSP • Supervised 7 masters and bachelors thesis students in topics including electronic hardware/software and control • Taught tutorials for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, including setting end-of-semester exams, for ~200 students

Work in collaboration with 3 other interns to produce a feasibility study of a micro hydropower project in rural Zambia, including a field visit to the site, and cooperation with Engineers from the Zambian Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO).

Development of an iPad app for usage in laboratories for safety audits.

Development of Service Portal Intranet page for the services of the Scientific Operations Department. Market Research for RFID location devices and LN2 storage solutions.

Work in the factory packaging chemicals and their preparation for transit.

Practical work experience in the metal and electronics workshops.