Merve Barıtcı is currently a Working Student at Siemens, specializing in InnoLab - Mindsphere since February 2021. Previous experience includes a role as a Software Development Engineer at Siemens from June 2018 to December 2020, focusing on HMI, and an R&D internship centered on HMI integration testing. Merve has been a volunteer for the Turkish Basketball Federation since July 2014 and served as a Marketing Volunteer for EuroBasket 2017 under FIBA. Merve held leadership positions at Türkisch-Deutsche Universität, including President of the Mechatronics and Robotics Club and a member of the Cultural and Social Activities Club from November 2016 to June 2019. Early career experience includes an engineering internship at Bosch in July 2016. Merve holds a Master's degree in Computational Engineering Science from Technische Universität Berlin (2021-2023) and a Bachelor’s degree in Technical Mechatronic Systems Engineering from Turkish-German University (2014-2019). Education also includes study at Technische Universität Berlin in 2017 and completion of secondary education at Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi and Maarif Koleji (2008-2013).