Thomas Stierle
CEO E-Mobility
Schaeffler AG
Curriculum vitae
Thomas Stierle (b. 1969) holds a degree in electrical engineering, specializing in the design of cellular neural networks, from TUD Dresden University of Technology.
He began his professional career in 1995 at Siemens in Regensburg, Germany, working initially in the development of electronics for side impact sensors before taking on a role in a research project on infrared-based occupant position sensing. From 1999 to 2004, he concentrated on hardware development for airbag control units in Auburn Hills, USA.
From October 2024 to September 2008, Thomas Stierle worked as Global R&D Manager for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) later as head of Sales and Project Management (ADAS) at Siemens VDO.
From 2008 to 2018, he held several general leadership positions in the motor actuator product field, which increased in complexity and size. He was lastly the head of the Actuator product line within the Sensors & Actuators business unit of Continental Automotive GmbH and worked in the areas of Passive Safety and Advanced Driver Assistance Sensing (ADAS).
Thomas Stierle was appointed as the head of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle business unit in November 2018, which was later renamed as Electrification Technology after the spin-off from Continental in October 2019. Additionally, he led the Electronic Controls business unit in the company from mid-2022.
He became a member of the Executive Board in October 2021 and was responsible for the newly established Electrification Solutions division at Vitesco Technologies starting from January 2023.
Thomas Stierle has been CEO E-Mobility at Schaeffler AG since October 2024.