Ricardo Plöger was born in Munich in 1977. 10 months later his parents moved to Brazil, where he spent the first 20 years of his life. In 1998 he came back to Germany to study mechanical engineering at the TU Darmstadt.
After finishing his studies, he started his professional career at VW. From 2005 to 2016 he had the opportunity to devote himself in several positions in the field of design of safety restraint systems, crash testing, safety electronics, building up a crash lab, simulation and aerodynamics.
During this time, he also had the pleasure to work with different brands within the VW group and thus was able to enhance his international experience. Since 2016, he is responsible for the Lighting and Vision Department of Volkswagen.
DVN: What have been the main achievements in lighting at VW in the past 10 years?
Ricardo Plöger: One of the main achievements during the last ten years was the democratisation of innovations with a strong added value.