Dr. Rainer Müller-Finkeldei joined the Daimler Group in 1995 to write his dissertation in Computer Science and Physics at the University of Würzburg, Germany, after completing his Master’s degree at the University of Würzburg and the University of Texas in Austin, USA. He started his professional career as Development Engineer in Research and Development at former Daimler-Benz AG.
After various Research and Development positions in the passenger car and vans business, he joined the truck division in 2004 and became Executive Assistant to Vice President Truck Product Creation. Further senior management positions in Product Development within the Daimler Group followed.
In 2010, he became Director Mercedes-Benz Trucks Mechatronics, before he was appointed as Senior Vice President Product Engineering and Technology at Daimler Truck North America in April 2020. Since 2023, he is Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Product Engineering.