Automotive Electronics

The automotive industry is facing a change: Autonomous driving, electric mobility and connected car will be the key issues for the industry in the coming years. Simultaneously, new mobility concepts and business models revolutionize the market.

We develop innovative solutions for the mobility of the future! As a strategic development partner, we accompany our customers throughout the entire product development process and offer solutions ranging from development and validation to methodical consulting.

48 million

autonomous vehicles to be produced in 2035

56%

of all new vehicles produced in the EU in 2030 are to be fully or partially electric

100

million lines of code in a current vehicle

Our range of services

Globally active solution provider

for all areas of automotive electronics

All development services

up to a complete solution consisting of hardware and software

Comprehensive system know-how

in all areas of vehicle development

Long term partnerships

with leading OEMs and Tier 1 Suppliers

Development

We can support you throughout the entire product development process: From research and system architecture to hardware and software development to embedded development.

Systems integration

From virtual validation to vehicle tests: Innovative solutions for all services relating to test and validation.

Quality management

We take on development-related tasks such as project management, process consulting and quality management. We assist you right up to after-sales support.

Tooling

From developers for developers: Our innovative hardware and software solutions for the product development process - for example HiL systems or solutions for test automation.

Focus area:
eMobility

Alternative drives are one of the top topics in the automotive industry and there are still many challenges on the road to electromobility. We have been dealing with all aspects of electromobility for years. For our customers in the automotive sector, we take on projects such as

Development and validation of electric drives
Development and validation of high-voltage systems
Development and validation of charging functions

We also provide eMobility solutions for customers outside the automotive industry. Our category Electrified covers solutions such as our subsidiary e-troFit's eMobility conversion kit or our highly specialized products and services in the field of Smart Charging.

Focus area:
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)

With the development of sophisticated functions such as eMobility and autonomous driving, vehicles have become increasingly complex. In order to master this complexity in the development phase, many manufacturers are switching to the Model-Based Systems Engineering approach.

MBSE is an end-to-end process that encompasses all development and validation steps and enables efficient collaboration between all stakeholders. As a result, the traceability of all development steps in accordance with standards can be guaranteed, for example with regard to standards such as ISO26262.

Our MBSE team of experts has been dealing with model-based development for years and successfully applies these methods for customers in the rail transport sector, for example. We also bring this knowledge to the automotive sector with our consulting and implementation services:

Design of customer- and project-specific modelling concepts
Training and support in the areas of MBSE, SysML, modelling methods and modelling tools
Methodical support for standard-compliant development processes
Model-based functional safety concepts
Model-based definition of functional, logical or technical architectures

Focus area:
Autonomous driving

We accompany all manufacturers and suppliers in the development of autonomous vehicles. Thanks to our involvement in research projects and cooperation with universities, we offer our customers access to expert knowledge and the latest research results. Some of our key competencies are in the area of high-precision maps, simulation and virtualization or data analysis and big data:

Concepts and feasibility studies
Rapid Prototypeing
Functional Safety
Implementation
Test and Validation

Focus area:
Virtual testing

Even today, a vehicle contains around 100 million lines of code - twice as much as a current computer OS. And new complex functions continue to increase this amount of code.

Consequently, a considerably greater amount of testing is required to validate complex driving functions. Virtualization and simulation make this possible. As experts for systems integration and validation, we support our customers in the early development phase. For example by virtualizing tests, test automation or innovative validation strategies.

Additionally, our products orangeHiL or orangeSwitch provide the appropriate test infrastructure for efficient validation.

Tuesday, August 08, 2017