Architected and implemented an AWS backend for an industrial IoT project from scratch (IoT Core, Kinesis Streams, S3, Lambda, EC2, Docker, FastAPI, InfluxDB, Grafana)
Philipp Kurz
MSCS Student at CMU
Software and Mechatronics Engineer
Software Engineering Intern @ Verkada
Your next team member?
Philipp Kurz
MSCS Student at CMU
Software and Mechatronics Engineer
Software Engineering Intern @ Verkada
Your next team member?
About me
Hi, I’m Philipp! 🙂
I am a MSCS student and Swartz Entrepreneurship Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University graduating in December 2022. 👨🎓💻
I am passionate about writing software, especially for backend, cloud, and IoT applications. In addition, I’m very intrigued by entrepreneurship and the startup space, and I’m looking for opportunities to contribute with my skills and experience to industry projects. 💡
Looking for
a SWE full-time role
in the San Francisco Bay Area upon my graduation in December 2022
Resume
Experience
Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
Junior Software Engineer
FARO (Korntal-Münchingen, Germany)
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
Bachelor's Thesis: Highly Automated Driving
Porsche (Weissach, Germany)
Data Science research thesis: Scalable Evaluation of Programmatic Labeling Functions for the Detection of Driving Scenarios
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Software Internship: IoT & Cloud Software Development
Bosch (Sunnyvale, CA, USA)
Developed AWS cloud backend (APIs, database, data pipeline) for internal IoT startup as team’s only developer.
Jul 2018 - Dec 2018
Software Internship: Embedded Software Development
elero GmbH (Schlierbach, Germany)
Developed C++ software for STM32 ARM microcontrollers.
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
Software Internship: Robotics & Automation
Lanco Integrated (Hong Kong, China)
Programmed automation systems and SCARA robots for catering automation.
August 2014 - February 2019
Side job in parents' company
Kurz Präzision GmbH & Co. KG (Hochdorf, Germany)
Operated CNC machines and developed machine monitoring system.
Education
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
August 2019 - May 2020
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Student
Undergraduate visiting scholar focusing on Computer Science classes:
Data Structures, AI, Algorithms and IoT
GPA: 4.0
March 2017 - January 2021
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechatronics
Undergraduate degree in Mechatronics with degree concentration on Software Engineering and Networking
GPA: 4.0
As his supervisor, I have had the privilege of working alongside Philipp during his time in Hong Kong. He is an exceptionally bright engineer with strong background understanding of electrical and programming concepts. He collaborates well with other engineers and colleagues, and was well-liked by all. He is observant of the workplace and actively raises issues and suggests improvements. I believe he has the ability and attitude to succeed in his endeavors, and will be a valuable contribution to any workplace or team.
Clement Cheung
Senior Controls Engineer, Lanco Integrated (Asia) Limited
I have been impressed by Philipp's intelligence, social commitment and professional attitude. In over ten years of experience as a teacher, he is probably the most gifted student I have taught. His behavior towards his classmates, teachers and the school management was always immaculate. With his hard working attitude, while always being helpful to others, he will be an asset for every university or company.
Martin Metzler
Head of Department for Mechatronics, Friedrich-Ebert-Schule Esslingen
Mr. Kurz is a highly talented and outstanding student. He adapted extraordinarily well to university-level education. In my Technical Mechanics courses, for example, he scored highest out of 107 students with 86 out of 90 points (compared to an average 44 points for all participating students). Along with his exceptional capabilities, he is team-minded and always solicitous to help other students. For example, he volunteered as a tutor in our faculty and was nominated as a semester spokesperson by the other students.
Prof. Dr. Ing. Ralf Schuler
Professor für Technische Mechanik 1, Hochschule Esslingen
Projects
Machine Monitoring
personal project
Internet of Laundry
student project
Smart Agriculture
professional project
Online RPG Bot
personal project
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