Derk Weidauer

Project Manager LiDAR Engineering

About

Experienced development manager for complex devices and systems that include laser optics, mechanical construction, electronics and software and are used in medical technology, environmental analysis and production technology and the automotive industry. Team builder, idea generator, generalist, driving force.

Country

Germany

City

Kleinmachnow

Industry

Industrial Automation

Skill

Produktentwicklung, Aerosol, Teamleitung R&D, Softwareentwicklung, Luftqualität, Industrielle Automatisierung

Experience

Project Manager LiDAR Engineering

SICK AG

2023-1 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Hamburg

Test Manager

Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH

2021-3 - 2023-1 · 1 yr 11 mos

Hamburg

CTO, authorized officer

Comde-Derenda GmbH

2012-7 - 2021-2 · 8 yrs 8 mos

Berlin area

Development and manufacturing of automatic weighing systems and devices for gravimetric and optic measurement of particulate matter for state agencies of environment and for the automotive industry. Technical and scientific manager and technical director. Head of RnD department, 6-10 members. Mechanical design, electronics engineering, software development. Technical support of the Chinese subsidiary Comde-Derenda Wuxi.

Senior Manager System Development

OD-OS GmbH

2009-4 - 2012-6 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Berlin area

Medical laser system, team leader, product development development and transfer to production.

Head of Automation Team

Newport Corporation

2006-1 - 2009-3 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Berin area

Pick&Place automation of the manufacturing of diode-pumped solid state lasers including acousto-optical modulator and forth harmonic generation.

Dr. Weidauer Consult

Engineering services

2004-10 - 2005-12 · 1 yr 3 mos

Berlin area

Software development for a helicopter-based remote sensing laser system for Adlares GmbH. Hardware and software development for Newport Spectra Physics GmbH.

CTO Managing Director

Elight Laser Systems GmbH

2002-7 - 2004-9 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Berlin area

Development and manufacturing of mobile UV laser systems LIDAR for remote sensing of the air quality. 10 employees. Managing Director, Head of R&D, Customer Support.

CTO

Elight Laser Systems GmbH

1994-8 - 2002-6 · 7 yrs 11 mos

Berlin area

Development and manufacturing of flashlamp-pumped Titanium:Sapphire lasers and UV laser systems for remote sensing of the air quality.

Education

Freie Universität Berlin

Physics

1990 - 1994 · 4 yrs

Analysis and evaluation of smog situations using LIDAR. Development, realization and operation of a LIDAR station on a skyscraper in the city center of Leipzig, Germany. Differential UV-LIDAR for spatially resolved remote determination of gaseous air pollutants. Flash lamp pumped Titanium:Sapphire laser with frequency doubling and tripling, 600 mm optics, control of large motors, electronic engineering, software development in c under UNIX and Mac-OS.

Technische Universität Berlin

Physik

1986 - 1990 · 4 yrs

Hochaufgelöste Laserspektroskopie zur Bestimmung der Polarisationsmomente von s-Tretrazin im Düsenstrahl. cw-Ringlasersystem, Vakuumapparatur, Regelelektronik, Softwareentwicklung Turbo-Pascal zur Datenauswertung.