Building and Leading the InnerSource Program Office at Infineon
Development and implementation of a strategy for formal integration of InnerSource into software development at Infineon (2024-2025). “Dr. Berlich’s contributions have been pivotal in driving the InnerSource initiative and promoting collaborative software development practices at Infineon.” — Dr. F. Sambeth, Senior VP Business Excellence
Software Product Manager for Surgical Robot at Avatera Medical
Alignment of software development with economic, regulatory, technical, and usability requirements of an MDR IIb device; requirements engineering and management (2021-2023). “In his role he looked at both the technical and business side of the robot and interacted with upper management and stakeholders. […] Mr. Berlich […] shared his many useful ideas and suggestions for the robot, acted as an integrator between the opposing factions of the development, and was instrumental in steering the project in the right direction.” — Carsten Sumpf, Senior Vice President Customer Relations
Product Owner Operating Systems at Miltenyi Biotec
Change and risk management, stakeholder management, and requirements engineering in medical technology. Technical, organizational, and legal coordination. Linux, Yocto, C++, Python (2018-2021). “The migration to Linux […] affects many fields of work, both on the technical, legal and administrative side […]. As head of the ‘Platform Group’, Rüdiger has also assumed the role of ‘change manager’ for the Linux migration in our department. In this capacity, he helps to define and unify the technical and legal requirements for the migration across different, often competing fields of work, and has liaised with all relevant stakeholders […].” — Frank Jäger, Global Head of R&D Engineering
Various Projects and Activities (2012-2018)
- Automotive: Predictive Maintenance; development of failure prediction for large machine tools.
- Automotive: Algorithmic optimization of automotive exhaust systems using evolutionary algorithms.
- Logistics: Ensuring portability of Linux-based software via container technologies; C++ and Python development for routing systems.
- Science Management: Consulting and expansion of a dissemination project in high-performance computing.