Jürgen Sturm
About Jürgen Sturm
Jürgen Sturm is a Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager at Intrinsic, specializing in 3D reconstruction and semantic understanding for Android. He has held various prominent positions in software engineering and robotics, including roles at Google, X, and Metaio, and has co-founded a 3D scanning startup.
Work at Intrinsic
Jürgen Sturm currently serves as a Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager (L7) at Intrinsic, a role he has held since 2022 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Prior to this position, he worked at Intrinsic as a Staff Software Engineering Manager (L6) from 2021 to 2022 for nine months. His contributions focus on advancing software engineering practices and enhancing the capabilities of the organization.
Education and Expertise
Jürgen Sturm holds a PhD in Robotics from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, which he completed from 2007 to 2011. He also studied at the University of Amsterdam, where he earned both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from 2000 to 2006. His academic background is complemented by postdoctoral research in Computer Vision at the Technical University of Munich from 2011 to 2014.
Background
Jürgen Sturm has a diverse professional background in software engineering and robotics. He has worked at various organizations, including Google, where he was a Senior Software Engineer from 2015 to 2019. He also held positions at X, the moonshot factory, as a Tech Lead Manager and Staff Software Engineering Manager, contributing to innovative projects in technology. His early career included an internship at Willow Garage in Menlo Park, CA.
Achievements
Sturm co-founded FabliTec, a 3D scanning startup, in 2013 and served as CEO until 2015. He developed a 3D reconstruction algorithm at the Technical University of Munich, enabling the scanning of individuals in 3D for printing as small figures. His work at Metaio involved creating efficient algorithms for augmented reality applications, contributing to the company's acquisition by Apple in May 2015. He has been recognized as the world's second most influential scholar in robotics by AMiner, based on citation metrics.