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Axel Gern
Head of Autonomous Driving N.A.
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. Universität Stuttgart
Sunnyvale, California
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Vice President Autonomous Driving North America
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Present
Sunnyvale, CA
Building up and managing a department with the focus on the 'Central Intelligence of Self-Driving Cars'.
Manager
Daimler AG
2010 – 2013
Boeblingen, Germany
Built up and managed the team ‘Architecture of Driver Assistance and Chassis Systems’.
Project Manager
Daimler AG
2008 – 2010
Sindelfingen, Germany
Project Manager for the Advanced Driver Assistance System DISTRONC PLUS including Steering Assist, combining longitudinal and lateral control in the speed range of 0 to 200km/h. The system was launched with the S-Class (BR222) in 2013.
Project Manager
Daimler AG
2006 – 2008
Sindelfingen, Germany
Project Manager for the Lane Keeping Assist (Advanced Lane Departure Warning System), launched with the E-Class (BR212) in 2009.
Project Manager
Daimler AG
2003 – 2006
Sindelfingen, Germany
Strategy, Research, and Technology Transfer Lane Keeping Support Systems
Research And Development Engineer
NameDaimler AG
1998 – 2003
Esslingen, Germany
- Doctoral research studies regarding a multi sensor fusion approach for lane
recognition.
- Research in the field of multi sensor fusion, lane recognition, object
detection with radar and camera systems, and (D)GPS based map systems.
- Contributed to different national and international ADAS projects, e.g. German
joint research program MoTiV (Mobility and Transportation within an Intermodal
Traffic), Japanese project AHS (Automated Highway Systems), and the U.S. IVI
program (Intelligent Vehicles Initiative).
Universität Stuttgart
Dr. rer. nat. (aka PhD)
1999 – 2005
Doctoral research studies at Daimler Research and Technology and the University
of Stuttgart in the field of lane recognition, image processing, and sensor
fusion for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. Received the doctoral degree‚ Doktor
der Naturwissenschaften (Dr.rer.nat)’ for the thesis ‚Multisensorielle
Spurerkennung für Fahrerassistenzsysteme’ ('A multi-sensor fusion approach for
lane recognition for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems).
Universität Stuttgart
Dipl. Inf. (aka MSc), Computer Science
1992 – 1998
Studied computer science at the University of Stuttgart, focusing on
- Software Engineering,
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence, and
- Robotics.
Neetu S Parab
Principal Technical Recruiter @ Uber
Hiring for Infrastructure
September 7, 2017, Axel was a client of Neetu S’
I really enjoyed working with Neetu, hiring great people for our Autonomous Driving team. She brings in so much passion to find and convince the right people with a great fit to the team. She understands the hiring managers as well as the candidates as her customers. They both get her honest advice. She works really hard to make the candidate experience great. It is important for her that is a win-win situation for both sides.