Dr. Alois Ascher
Alois Ascher received his master's and doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. After working as a research associate in the field of wireless localization at the Technical University of Munich, he joined Rohde & Schwarz in 2017, where he has been working as a product manager ever since. He is involved in product planning and product management for Rohde & Schwarz signal generators with a special focus on test solutions for automotive radar.
Maximilian Saalfeld
Maximilian Saalfeld is a baseband development engineer, focused on automotive and broadcast applications within the Signal Generators group at Rohde & Schwarz. Maximilian is located at R&S headquarters in Munich and specializes in hardware-related software and DSP development. He worked for the company in 2014 as a working student in 2018 after graduating in electrical engineering with a master’s degree from the Technical University of Munich, he joined R&S as a development engineer. In this function, Maximilian is responsible for the hardware-related software and the hardware-in-the-loop interface within the AREG800A radar echo generator.
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing is used to speed up the development of complex, real-time automotive systems in situations where using a complete vehicle is impossible, too costly, time-consuming or dangerous. HIL test setups use data inputs from physical devices such as radars and the operation of supporting ECUs and sensors are electronically simulated. It is an important step in the validation of automotive radar and critical for the development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). To ensure quality, reliability and safety, it is necessary that the test hardware is scalable, accurate and compatible with all the necessary interfaces.
