Leon Fuessner
- Researcher · Systems Engineer · Software Developer
- Brisbane, Australia
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Summary
Software engineer with 7+ years shipping code across mobile, VR/AR and automated driving systems — from refactoring Android apps with 100K+ users, to prototyping BMW's Vision Pro experiences, to building digital twins for self-driving vehicles. Now researching how to make remote vehicle supervision safe and effective.
Publications
Interactive Visualization of Real-World Automated Driving Data using AWSIM and VARJO-XR4
Leon Sebastian Fuessner, Togtokhtur Batbold, Ronald Schroeter, Sebastien Glaser — AutomotiveUI '25 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications. ACM, 2025, pp. 323–325. doi:10.1145/3744335.3758969
A high-fidelity interactive visualization of real-world automated driving data. Sensor data (LiDAR, camera, GPS) recorded on the Mount Cotton closed circuit near Brisbane is replayed and synchronised with a Unity-based simulation of the same environment, then explored in VR through a VARJO-XR4 headset — making edge cases inspectable, safely and repeatably.
Experience
Researcher & Software Developer
Queensland University of Technology · Brisbane, Australia
- Research on remote operation and digital twinning for automated vehicles
- Simulation pipelines with Autoware, AWSIM and ROS 2
- VR/AR road safety research — preventing accidents through immersive simulation
- Built a digital twin of real-world terrain from recorded sensor data
Software Developer
MaibornWolff GmbH · Munich, Germany
- Client projects for STIHL and BMW
- 3D VR/AR programming and prototyping for BMW — Swift, SwiftUI, Apple Vision Pro, Unreal Engine, Meta Quest Pro
Android Developer (Freelance)
Droid-Dojo · Remote
- Projects for Deutsche Bahn and Joyn
- Private project built entirely with Jetpack Compose
Android Developer
myposter GmbH · Munich, Germany
- Multi-module Android app in a two-person team
- Migrated from RxJava2 to Coroutines
- Photo book and calendar creation features; intelligent photo album service in Python
Android Developer
Spontacts GmbH (Jochen Schweizer) · Munich, Germany
- Refactored the Spontacts app (100K+ MAU) to Kotlin and GraphQL
- Shipped a new group feature — Java, Kotlin, GraphQL, Node.js, Firebase, MVVM
Software Developer — Apprenticeship
Jochen Schweizer Technology Solutions · Munich, Germany
- IT Specialist in Application Development (Ausbildung)
- Android app for a voucher management system — Java, Kotlin, MVC, Dagger
Education
Bachelor's Thesis in Computer Science
Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Study Abroad Semester
Universidad de Sevilla
IT Specialist in Application Development
Vocational School for Computer Science Munich
Selected Projects
- Digital twin & remote operation research — simulation pipelines for automated vehicles
- Game Memory Manipulation — reverse-engineering CS2; helper tools in C++ with x64dbg and Cheat Engine
- RoboRally — board game rebuilt as online multiplayer with Java and JavaFX
- GDG Munich talk — Android Paging with GraphQL
Technical Skills
Languages
German (native) · English (fluent) · Spanish (intermediate)