## menu - [main.md](/) - [cv.md](/cv/) - [projects.md](/projects/) - [skill.md](/skill/) --- # cv.md ## Luca Markus Burghard - Email: luca@castlehard.com - GitHub: https://github.com/CastIehard - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/burghard/ - Location: Nuremberg, Germany - Search names and handles: Luca Burghard, Luca Markus Burghard, Luca Burgahrd, castlehard, CastIehard ## Profile Robotics & AI master's student and AI research working student building practical intelligent systems. Currently focused on writing his master's thesis, AI-first development, and automation at work. Focused on computer vision, LLM tools, RAG, embedded intelligence, robotics software, and prototypes that prove whether an idea works in real use. Expert in using AI effectively for development: Claude Code, Codex-style coding agents, AI-first dev workflows, skills, hooks, agentic harnesses, tool calls, context-window management, token-efficient workflows, prompt/context design, and practical LLM workflows. Builds complex and safe agent harness systems for efficient context-window and token usage during complex tasks. ## Experience ### AI Research Working Student dmTECH Deutschland Oct 2024 - Present - Evaluating state-of-the-art AI and computer vision technologies. - Building proofs of concept to identify useful models and architectures for industrial applications. - Building AI-first automation workflows and agent harness systems for efficient work on complex tasks. - Working with PyTorch, embedded systems, and speech-to-speech technologies. ### Cooperative Education Student SEW-EURODRIVE Oct 2021 - Sep 2024 - Completed a three-year dual study program in mechatronics. - Moved from hardware engineering into AI software development. - Built an AI chatbot for a programming IDE using local LLMs and Azure OpenAI. - Worked with C#, .NET, RAG architectures, embeddings, and vector databases. ## Education ### M.Sc. Robotics & AI University of Technology Nuremberg Oct 2024 - Present - Focus on integrating advanced AI algorithms into physical systems. - Coursework includes deep learning, applied mathematics, autonomous systems, and embedded intelligence. ### B.Eng. Mechatronics DHBW Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Oct 2021 - Sep 2024 - Grade: 1.7 - Course speaker role. - Bachelor thesis: Evaluation of Different Chatbot Architectures for the Engineering Software MOVIRUN. - Thesis work bridged mechatronics with AI-driven engineering software. ### High School Diploma IGS Landau Aug 2018 - Mar 2021 - Grade: 2.1 - Course speaker and school representative. - Focus on mathematics, English, and sports. ## Skills ### Languages Python, C++, C, C#, Bash, SQL ### AI / ML LLMs, PyTorch, RAG, vector databases, computer vision, embeddings ### AI-first development Claude Code, Codex-style coding agents, AI-first dev workflows, skills, hooks, safe agentic harnesses, tool calls, context-window management, token-efficient workflows, prompt/context design, practical LLM workflows ### Systems and tools Linux, Debian, .NET, Git, Azure, Agile / Scrum ## Certifications and awards - 2022 and 2023: Supervision of International Students Certificate - 2021: Busuu Italian Language Certificate - 2020: Cambridge English Certificate, C1 - 2017: Socially Committed Boys Local Award - 2015: Special Prize for Youth Research in Physics ## Personal context - Six-month Europe road trip from Apr 2021 to Sep 2021 before university. - Outside code: calisthenics, distance running, hiking.