Jens Schröder is apprenticed industrial electronics engineer, followed by bachelor and master studies in electrical engineering with focus on communication and automation systems at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück. After subsequent work in UHF RFID transponder development, he started 2013 as a Research Associate in the business unit Automation Technologies of DIL German Institute for Food Technologies. In this position, he coordinated the research activities of the department and acted as project manager in various projects. He was named deputy Head of Automation Technology in spring 2019 and took over as the lead of the department in July 2019.