Engineering Team Lead at BMW & Founder

Portrait of Max Wilfinger

As an engineering team leader based in Munich, Germany, I lead a cross-functional team at BMW Group, developing components for next-generation electric drive units, from concept to series production.


Before that, I worked as a technical project manager, enabling the ramp-up of multiple vehicles and launching new applications as product owner. I have been working since the age of 16, alongside school and university.

Additionally, I co-founded a start-up in the sports sector and offer technology consulting as a freelancer.


Throughout my career I have worked on and led various projects and products, ranging from designing a 38m yacht for the Maldives to optimizing production processes and creating interactive 3D AR services. What connects them: taking an idea all the way to a product people use. It has never been just one thing.