Since 1993, Helmut Staubach had been Professor of Product Complex Design at the Weissensee Academy of Art, Berlin. Previously, he worked for example as a Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Industrial Design at the University of Hannover, as a Lecturer at the Universities of Hannover and Darmstadt and as a partner at the design office of Professor Lindinger in Hannover.
Helmut Staubach died on 16 October 2016.