Philipp Niermeyer

Philipp Niermeyer is a Senior Development Engineer at MBDA Deutschland since May 2024, building on a robust career in aerospace engineering. Prior roles include CTO and Flight Control Lead at Phoenix-Wings GmbH from October 2018 to April 2024, and Senior Flight Control Engineer at Autel Robotics, where control algorithms for VTOL tilt-rotor aircraft were developed and flight-tested. At Technische Universität München, Niermeyer served as a Research Associate from November 2014 to March 2018, contributing to eight academic papers and supervising numerous student research projects. A brief tenure as a Visiting Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, involved developing advanced control algorithms. Niermeyer's academic foundation includes a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, completed between 2008 and 2014.