Portfolio
Oliver Baumgartner
I design embedded systems, collaborate in hackathons, and prototype full‑stack experiences that turn complex data into clear action.
Timeline
Academic milestones
ETH Zurich
ESOP Scholar · MSc Robotics, Systems and Control
Awarded the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) for the Master in Robotics, Systems and Control starting in autumn 2026.
Merit scholarship covering study and living costs
ETH Zurich
BSc Electrical Engineering
Embedded systems, control, and signal processing.
Top 5% of cohort
Gymnasium (Oberwil)
Matura with math + physics focus
Built fundamentals in mechanics, electronics, and early hardware projects.
Top graduate recognition
Projects & Wins
Hackathon wins first, then personal builds. Filter to what matters.
Pinned
Quick proof points to start here.
Hackathons
4 projects • winner badges pinned first
Personal Projects
4 explorations across hardware and software
Experience
Engineer (Civil Service, Full-Time)
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Mar 2023 - Jun 2023
3 months- Developed and maintained internal web apps (guidelines.ch) using React and Go.
- Migrated the middleware layer to Go + PostgreSQL for higher reliability.
- Shipped end-to-end features across frontend and backend, improving usability.
Teaching Assistant
ETH Zurich · NuS I & NuSII
Sep 2022 - Present
2+ years- Prepared tutorial material and weekly exercises for NuS I and NuSII.
- Led weekly sessions and helped students debug and understand algorithms.
- Supported cohorts over multiple semesters with hands-on guidance.
Research
Papers, research, and academic projects
This section separates publication-oriented work from hands-on university implementations, so academic output and engineering work are both clear.
Publications
Papers
No papers published yet
Publications in preparation
This block will list submitted and published papers, with links to PDFs, repositories, and supporting material.
Ongoing Work
Research
Current focus
Learning-based control and robotics
Exploring robust control and reinforcement learning methods for physical systems with an emphasis on sim-to-real transfer.
Active
Interpretable controller diagnostics
Building visualization tools that make policy decisions and planning dynamics understandable during live experiments.
University Implementations
Academic Projects
Open to
Collaborations, thesis topics, and robotics internships.
If you are working on control, learning-based robotics, or embedded systems, I would love to connect.