Dr.-Ing. Lena Golgolnia

AI and Systems Engineering

Berlin, Germany

  1. I started as an engineer in architecture and the built environment.
  2. My work then grew into systems engineering and software solutions, in industry and in my doctoral research.
  3. Since then I have been working on AI and IoT for the built environment and energy systems.

Today I build AI and intelligent systems that measure, analyse and control real systems.

Portrait of Lena Golgolnia
  • Dr.-Ing., TU Dresden, Germany and University of Cambridge, UK
  • 15+ years of professional experience
  • Projects in Germany and internationally

What I work on

AI systems

Agentic AI that ships to production: LLM agents orchestrated over MCP, retrieval across company knowledge, and multi-model pipelines that turn raw data into reports, documents and decisions.

Applied Human-in-the-loop by design: grounded outputs with a source for every claim, full audit trails and approval gates before anything goes live.

IoT systems

Full-stack IoT from silicon to cloud: custom ESP32 sensor hardware and firmware, MQTT telemetry, time-series pipelines and real-time dashboards across web, iOS and Android.

Applied In occupied buildings, around the clock: continuous indoor-climate telemetry, built to close the loop from measurement to control.

Software solutions

Cloud-native, multi-tenant platforms engineered to scale: Django and PostgreSQL back ends, React front ends and edge deployments on Cloudflare Workers.

Applied Always-on production systems: built for 24/7 operation, many organisations on one platform, shipped through preview-first CI/CD.

Engineering and design

Systems architecture from first principles: requirements, interfaces and trade-offs translated into specifications that engineering and manufacturing can build on.

Applied From concept to the field: buildings, sensor devices and digital platforms taken from first sketch to real-world deployment.

From hands-on to leadership

  • Engineer in a team

    Models, calculations and design in multidisciplinary engineering teams

  • Lead engineer

    System architect owning platforms end to end, from hardware to cloud

  • Project and team management

    Cross-functional teams and technical projects in industry

  • Leadership and funding

    Founder and managing director, securing funding for new ventures

I began as an engineer in multidisciplinary teams, grew into lead engineering and system architecture, completed a doctorate in research, and today build and lead technical projects.

See some of my work

Industry

Alongside technical projects in industry, I build my own ventures, which are in active development. Two of them:

  • Nebatic ↗

    Sensor device and platform for healthier, more energy-efficient buildings, running in two pilot buildings.

  • Fact & Feeling ↗

    Evidence-based evaluation of healthcare buildings, built from my doctoral research.

More work on LinkedIn ↗

Academia

Through my doctoral research at TU Dresden, Germany and the University of Cambridge, UK, I have published in leading international journals and conference proceedings. One example:

More publications on Google Scholar ↗

Insights from my work

Let's work together

Two ways we can work together. Either way, the first step is a conversation.

Build a project together

You have a system to develop or improve? I work with companies and teams on projects in four areas:

  • AI systems
  • IoT systems
  • Software solutions
  • Engineering and design

Invest in AI ventures

I am involved in technology ventures built on AI and IoT for buildings, healthcare and energy, such as Nebatic and Fact & Feeling. If you are looking for investment opportunities in these fields, we could talk about them.

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