Why did you dedicate yourself to electrical engineering as a career path?

It was clear from my childhood that I would become an engineer. Everyone graduated in technical sciences in our family, so it was self-apparent that I would select this field as well. The only question left was which direction to take. My father drew a lot as a mechanical engineer. It was not my line that much, so I looked for another specialization, and electrical engineering seemed to interest me the most.

What do you like best in your profession?

Everything. When I was a little kid, my dad didn’t have to tell tales about Winnie-the-Pooh. I was much more curious about how the ABS works or how the battery stores the charging in the car. I have always had a technical mind. If I must highlight one thing, the most exciting for me is in this vocation that I can be an IT specialist and electrical engineer at the same time. I had to write codes and program PLCs, or parameter drives.

Why have you chosen evosoft?

I worked as a teaching assistant in one of the departments where I dealt with developing various medical technology tools. I started my professional career at a small company, but my high hopes failed. I searched for companies working with electrical drives or power instead; the drive technology test engineer position at evosoft came along this way. They took me on, and I began working for evosoft in May 2015.

On what topics and in what positions do you work at the moment? With what responsibilities does the role come?

Our team examines the relationship between PLCS and frequency converters. We test the synchronized movement of more axes or clutch based on the given function with SIMOTION tools and the novel S7-1500 technological PLCs. We use SINAMICS S120 and S210 frequency converters as well.

I support the project leader in professionally coordinating a team of 24 as a sub-project leader and deputy project leader. I also do people management, prepare the takeover of new topics and coordinate them in my team of 6; furthermore, I am in charge of customer relations. In connection with the SIMACSI (a virtual commissioning software), I liase with Siemens partners and evosoft testers to coordinate the collaboration. I am partly responsible for the product’s testing strategy and its product release. We can say that they need my approval to place a product on the market and pass it on to the end-users.

In what current position do you work? What are your duties?

I partly work as a project manager, partly as a so-called Development Lead: 9 agile teams report to me; we have an agile team working on TIA Portal developments. I support the teams with considering all aspects of productionand collaborating as efficiently as possible in the latter role. It is a little similar to the scrum master’s role in focusing on people, but the technological part is emphasized here.

How did evosoft come into the picture for you?

I loved that the company organized a 6-week prep ’camp’ for us, where we received intensive professional, language development and soft skills training courses as entrants. They employed us based on our performance there. I was one of the fortunate ones. I began as a test automation developer in 2014. I became the product owner of my team and the project manager 2 years later. We experienced a more significant organizational transformation: we merged more teams and projects into one bigger common field; I accepted the emerging promotion. I received the roles of project manager and Development Lead of the complete topic in the autumn of 2019.

What do you like best about your IT profession?

Mainly that they offer us the chance to create values. Even though I don’t deal with practical product development, but rather support operations. IT is such a creative profession where ideas, concepts are given special attention, and you need the know-how in different depths in the diverse roles it offers. As a Development Lead, I can focus on the details of a given subject with a relatively greater degree of freedom, while I need to overview the processes in general as a product owner. I love the diverse content and responsibility levels.