Thomas Monninger
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Sensor Fusion at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Englisch Full professional proficiency
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Deutsch Native or bilingual proficiency
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Französisch Elementary proficiency
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Latein Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Santosh Vasa
I had the privilege of working with Thomas as an intern in his team at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and was continually impressed by his depth of knowledge and expertise in the field of Machine Learning. Throughout the course of our collaboration, Thomas provided invaluable guidance and support in resolving complex and advanced ML problems. He was an exceptional resource, offering insightful and thought-provoking discussions that greatly enhanced my understanding of the subject matter. Thomas's ability to present technical papers and share his insights in a clear and concise manner was truly remarkable and greatly contributed to my personal and professional growth. I highly recommend Thomas for any future endeavors and consider him a valuable asset to any team.
Santosh Vasa
I had the privilege of working with Thomas as an intern in his team at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and was continually impressed by his depth of knowledge and expertise in the field of Machine Learning. Throughout the course of our collaboration, Thomas provided invaluable guidance and support in resolving complex and advanced ML problems. He was an exceptional resource, offering insightful and thought-provoking discussions that greatly enhanced my understanding of the subject matter. Thomas's ability to present technical papers and share his insights in a clear and concise manner was truly remarkable and greatly contributed to my personal and professional growth. I highly recommend Thomas for any future endeavors and consider him a valuable asset to any team.
Santosh Vasa
I had the privilege of working with Thomas as an intern in his team at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and was continually impressed by his depth of knowledge and expertise in the field of Machine Learning. Throughout the course of our collaboration, Thomas provided invaluable guidance and support in resolving complex and advanced ML problems. He was an exceptional resource, offering insightful and thought-provoking discussions that greatly enhanced my understanding of the subject matter. Thomas's ability to present technical papers and share his insights in a clear and concise manner was truly remarkable and greatly contributed to my personal and professional growth. I highly recommend Thomas for any future endeavors and consider him a valuable asset to any team.
Santosh Vasa
I had the privilege of working with Thomas as an intern in his team at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and was continually impressed by his depth of knowledge and expertise in the field of Machine Learning. Throughout the course of our collaboration, Thomas provided invaluable guidance and support in resolving complex and advanced ML problems. He was an exceptional resource, offering insightful and thought-provoking discussions that greatly enhanced my understanding of the subject matter. Thomas's ability to present technical papers and share his insights in a clear and concise manner was truly remarkable and greatly contributed to my personal and professional growth. I highly recommend Thomas for any future endeavors and consider him a valuable asset to any team.
Credentials
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Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level
iSAQB® – International Software Architecture Qualification BoardApr, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
C++ Nanodegree
UdacityJun, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree
UdacityDec, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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500 - 600 Employee
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Sensor Fusion
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Sep 2022 - Present
• Develop learning-based approaches for scene understanding in autonomous vehicles. • Implement a multi-sensor perception and fusion system for the next generation ADAS system. • Support the introduction of Mercedes-Benz DRIVE PILOT L3 in California. • Lead innovation at the Mercedes-Benz R&D hub. • Develop learning-based approaches for scene understanding in autonomous vehicles. • Implement a multi-sensor perception and fusion system for the next generation ADAS system. • Support the introduction of Mercedes-Benz DRIVE PILOT L3 in California. • Lead innovation at the Mercedes-Benz R&D hub.
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Mercedes-Benz AG
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Development Engineer, Autonomous Driving Maps & Map Learning
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Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
• Develop next-generation mapping product and map learning architecture.• Lead research cooperation with TU Berlin to create maps from fleet data.• Research towards semantic map learning and scene encoding with deep learning.
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Development Engineer, HD Maps for Fully Automated Driving
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Oct 2018 - Feb 2021
• Agile development of framework for map validation in international autonomous driving project.• Project management of Silicon Valley-based mapping start-up, which later got acquired by Nvidia.• Specification, commissioning, validation and operation of HD maps.
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Autonomous Driving - System Platforms
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Jan 2018 - Sep 2018
• Evaluation of embedded hardware acceleration devices (GPU, FPGA) for CNN inference in autonomous vehicles.• Cooperation with CTO team of Xilinx and Mercedes-Benz R&D India.
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Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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500 - 600 Employee
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Autonomous Driving - Sensor Fusion
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May 2017 - Sep 2017
Computer Vision, Clustering, Object representation, Statistical evaluation of sensor data Computer Vision, Clustering, Object representation, Statistical evaluation of sensor data
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Mercedes-Benz AG
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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ADAS Validation
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Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
Daimler Trucks, ADAS System "Highway Pilot", Android App Development for onboard Validation Daimler Trucks, ADAS System "Highway Pilot", Android App Development for onboard Validation
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VISIONICE GmbH
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Villingen
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Internship
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Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Internship Consulting & System technology Internship Consulting & System technology
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Education
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2019 - 2021
University of Stuttgart
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science -
2015 - 2018
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, IT-Automotive
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