Employee Profile of Ulli Scuda

Ulli Scuda

Describe yourself in one sentence:

» I like the dynamic interplay between creativity and technology, where I navigate both as a sound engineer and a group leader. «

Division: Audio and Media Technologies

Job/ Position: group leader, sound engineer

My Life Motto: You can only see well with your ears.

My Life Hack: Anyything written on on lists or notes, I don’t need to remember.

Volunteer Work/ Hobbies: sports and music

Instrument: Anything with six strings.

Best part of my job:

I get to tinker with speakers, microphones and other audio equipment all day.

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

Fraunhofer IIS is the reason why sound from electronic devices sounds good. I was part of a team that worked it out.

My dream job as a child:

Firefighter

This is our office jam:

Anything from Shitty Flutes

This is how I experienced onboarding in my department:

I was really impressed by the flexibility and the social interaction at work.

My favorite Fraunhofer technology:

MP3, AAC and of course MPEG-H

The greatest scientist / inventor of all time for me:

I think natural phenomena, like evolution, are pretty ingenious.

Four things I associate with Fraunhofer culture:

Engineering made in Germany

Interdisciplinary teams

Inspiring colleagues

Shape the future together

What I’ve always wanted to say:

If you spend a lot of your life working, then that time should be as enjoyable as possible.

I prefer ♥

Early Bird ☒ ☐ Night owl

Jeans ☐ ☒ Joggers

Teamplayer ☒ ☐ Lone Wolf

Chouch potato ☐ ☒ Sports champ

Nutella ☐ ☒ Nutella with Butter