Dr. Uli Christian Blessing studied electrical engineering and information technology at the University of Stuttgart.

He started his career at GETRAG in 2005 in R&D and in 2011 he moved to the program management and was responsible for the products 6DCT250 and later 7DCT300. After the acquisition of GETRAG by Magna, he took over the role as R&D Director for the Hybrid & eDRIVE products.

In 2019 he moved to ZF as a Vice President R&D for system application for passenger car transmissions. Afterwards in 2021 he was responsible as VP Engineering for electric drivetrains and e-machines.

Since October 2022 he is working for the MAHLE GmbH and is now responsible as Vice President R&D for all activities within the business unit Thermal Management.