CV

Below is a summary of my educational and professional experience.

Feel free to request my full CV via email at cv@max-schmitz-foriest.com or reach out via LinkedIn.

Education

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PhD in Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (2025 – (anticipated) 2029)
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M.Sc. in Engineering Cybernetics, University of Stuttgart, Germany (2019 – 2023)
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Erasmus Exchange Program, University of Padua, Italy (Feb 2022 – Aug 2022)
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M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2020 – 2022)
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B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2015 – 2019)

Professional Experience

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Software Engineer II, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (June 2023 – July 2025)
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Control Engineer, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Mar 2023 – June 2023)
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Software Developer and Partner, ARiSE Startup (Jan 2021 – Aug 2021)