Leading functions and roles

• Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Member of the KIT Senate
• Speaker of the "Center for Mobility Systems" at KIT
• Spokesperson of the "Upgrade Mobility" graduate school at KIT
• Director of the "Mobility Innovation Campus" of KIT and the University of Stuttgart
• Director of the "Research Center for Computer Science"
• Director at the "International Department", the Business School of KIT (Hector School / Mobility Systems Engineering & Management)

Curriculum vitae

01.10.2014 - today
Head of the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV)

• Director at the Computer Science Research Center in the field of ESS (Electronic Systems and Sensors)
• KIT expert for autonomous driving
• Supervisor of currently more than 50 doctoral students

01.12.2009 - 30.09.2014
Head of Electrics/Electronics Development at Daimler Buses

• Responsible for all EE systems and components, diagnostics and wiring harnesses in Setra and Mercedes buses (city buses, coaches and intercity buses)
• EE process and architecture manager
• Responsibility for high-voltage systems (incl. HV battery and fuel cell) and electric drives
• Worldwide EE responsibility Daimler Buses (incl. chassis) (main locations: Istanbul, Sao Paolo, Chenai)

01.10.2002 - 30.11.2009
Establishment and later head of the "Component Test" team and subsequently of the "Test Engineering" department in the MBtech Group (at that time a 100% engineering subsidiary of Daimler AG)

• Focus: Automated testing of control units in the automotive industry in all domains (body, chassis, powertrain, telematics) of the vehicle
• Introduction of hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) technology at control unit level
• Operational test responsibility for HiL tests at Daimler in all vehicle areas (pass cars, vans, trucks, buses)
• Process orientation from specification to vehicle test
• Tool responsibility for XiL tests (e.g. PROVEtech tool chain)
• Development responsibility for the Electronics Solutions division in the Czech Republic
• Chairman of the steering committee and interim project manager for EE development of the AMG BR197 (SLS)

01.10.1993 - 30.09.2002
Research assistant and later head of the Electronic Systems and Microsystems (ESM) group at the Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe (FZI)

• Main research areas: Embedded systems, model-based ECU development, automated testing
• Implementation of bilateral projects with European automobile manufacturers and suppliers in the areas of standard operating systems, automatic code generation, test description, etc.
• Joint project management at national and European level in the fields of embedded systems, distributed engineering et al.

Doctorate 1999 (in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe)

Diploma 1993 (Electrical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe)

Prof. Sax with his internal and external doctoral students

Research

Head of the research area "Systems Engineering" at ITIV/KIT with the following focal points

• Processes and methods from "agile" to "V" for the design of embedded systems and system networks
• Hardware-in-the-loop testing of embedded electronic systems, especially driver assistance systems
• Graphical description tools and executable specifications
• Secure SW architectures and EE topologies
• Big data analyses - anomaly detection and data evaluation in (commercial) vehicles

Development/participation/collaboration in strategic roadmaps for

• mobility 2025
• Communication in a new era
• Cooperative and sustainable energy management

Bilateral cooperation and personal consulting for external partners

Head of the Electronic Systems and Microsystems (ESM) department at the FZI

PhD positions

I am always looking for committed and highly qualified employees who would like to do a doctorate in industry-related innovation projects.

From the Media

Books:

E. Sax, Automatisiertes Testen Eingebetteter System in der Automobilindustrie          
Erschienen im Hanser-Verlag (ISBN 978-3-446-41635-2), 2008

Link zu Researchgate: 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eric_Sax2