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Employee Profile of Maximilian Mayer

Maximilan Mayer

Describe yourself in one sentence:

»I am always looking for new challenges and as an economical engineer, I am interested not only in the development of newest technologies, but also their uses for customers and the development process as a whole.«

Division: Audio & Media Technologies

Job/ Position: Research Associate

My Life Motto: Everything is possible.

My Life Hack: Alt+Tab

Volunteer Work/ Hobbies: Orchestra, soccer, racing bike

Instrument: cello & piano

Best part of my job:

The possibility to contribute my own ideas and put them into practice.

This is how I will later describe my job to my grandchildren:

I have contributed to the development of technologies that are now the reason we get to enjoy a completely new music experience.

My dream job as a child:

Scientist – I just recently noticed that it actually worked out!

This is our office jam:

Emil Schneemobil (terribly bad attempt at writing an Après-Ski song, I quote: “Can’t be too hard, right?”)

This is how I experienced onboarding in my department:

As I’ve been part of the team since I was a student, the transition to the fulltime job was fluent and very simple.

I incorporate the following private interests into my job:

Fun with music, both actively making music as well as passively listening to it.

I particularly enjoyed this training at Fraunhofer:

Qualification for project management.

My favorite Fraunhofer technology:

mp3 (always the easiest way to explain where I work)

The greatest scientist / inventor of all time:

Marie Curie

Four things I associate with Fraunhofer culture:

Innovation, competence, you-culture, birkenstock & suit

What I always wanted to say:

Thank you to everyone making Fraunhofer such a cool employer. :)

I prefer ♥

Early Bird ☐ ☒ Night owl

Jeans ☒ ☐ Joggers

Teamplayer ☒ ☐ Lone wolf

Chouch potato ☐ ☒ Sports champ

Nutella ☐ ☒ Nutella with butter

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