
Paolo Pierro
Electronics Trackside Team Leader, Ferrari Formula1 Team
Dr. Paolo Pierro is now Electronics Trackside Team Leader for Ferrari Formula1 team. His responsibility is to create a virtual bridge between Trackside Electronics and Control Engineers and Research and Development Department located in Maranello. Formerly he was Resident Control Engineer of the F1 team..
Paolo entered in Ferrari in 2012 as an Electronics Engineer for testing benches, being in charge of evaluating new hardware and software components before their integration in the car. In 2014, he moved directly to the race experience, being the Ferrari Power Unit Electronics Engineer for Marussia and – since 2015 – for Sauber team.
During these years he had a key role in the interface between customer teams and Ferrari for the Power Unit Electronics Software and Hardware.
Working in a racing team – and in Ferrari even more – requires many special skills and competences: courage to challenge, communication skills, problem solving, collaboration in team and decisive thinking. RoboticsLab can really cultivate the students providing them with these abilities.
Paolo entered the RoboticsLab in 2006, as a fresh graduate in Electronics Engineering with a strong theoretical background, but with no real hands-on experience.
At the RoboticsLab, his research focus has included many aspects of Control Engineering: Nonlinear Systems, Robotic Systems and System Modelling, among others. In particular, he dedicated his studies to humanoid robots intended to collaborate with humans in several working environments. An important effort was given to the humanoid structure balance. The modelling and control for so complex systems gave Paolo a strong background he needed at a later time.
But RoboticsLab is not only pure technology: studying and working in RoboticsLab means living the RoboticsLab attitude: an international, critical and exciting environment helps people in increasing their curiosity, development and analytical skills.