Head of safety and cybersecurity at ZF mobility solutions providing engineering and consulting services internally as well as externally with 18 years of experience within mainly but not limited to the automotive industry. PhD thesis in the field of safety for medical applications according to European regulations for medical devices in 2015. Since several years, head of safety for high performance computing platforms and safety and cybersecurity for autonomous transport systems. Highly specialized in IEC 61508, ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 for various automotive safety critical systems in areas of Autonomous Driving, Hybrid powertrain, ADAS, high performance computing, etc. Former member of the Autosar safety working group, co-author of the ZF internal global group directive for functional safety and working group member of ISO TS 5083.

Martin H. Hahn is the principal SW Expert at the Safety Center of Competence at the ZF Friedrichshafen AG. He gained his background in electrical engineering and information technology from Ruhr-University Bochum and received his Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree from RWTH Aachen University in Aachen. During his studies in Bochum, he specialized in RF techniques, digital signal processing, and medical engineering and worked for a leading manufacturer of RF measurement equipment in the U.S. In 2008, he joined the Institute for Mining and Metallurgy Machinery, RWTH Aachen University, as a Research Assistant, where his research topics involved safe automation systems for mining equipment using RF sensors for industrial applications conforming with DIN EN ISO 13849-1 and IEC 61508.

In 2014, he joined ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, Germany, as a Technology Engineering Manager for power electronics, and in 2016, he started as the Engineering Project Manager for the new-generation automotive radar sensor, for ADAS and AD functions. In 2019, he became a team lead, holding multiple responsibilities in the fields of sensor technology, safety software for autonomous vehicles, and AD components. Throughout his career, his passion for safety grew, always with a practical approach.