## 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, 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, agentic AI, voice AI, and automation at work. Focused on intelligent agents, multi-turn speech systems, 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. Strong at designing the structure around AI applications: choosing which model handles each task, deciding when tools should be used, coordinating agents, exposing files and project data to assistants, storing intermediate evidence, keeping systems responsive during complex work, and reviewing outputs before they reach users. ## 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. - Researching agentic speech systems and multi-turn voice assistants. ### 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 and academic work include deep learning, applied mathematics, autonomous systems, embedded intelligence, reinforcement learning, probabilistic robotics, particle filters, state estimation, search and graph algorithms, dynamic programming, bias-variance analysis, and model evaluation. ### 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, model evaluation, machine-learning experimentation ### 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 ### Agentic and speech AI Tool calling, retrieval, memory, shared state, specialized sub-agents, verification workflows, multi-agent coordination, speech-to-speech systems, multi-turn voice assistants, interruption handling ### AI system architecture Model routing, agent-tool interfaces, project knowledge systems, evidence storage, approval/review flows, responsive background work, product-oriented AI architecture ### 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.