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Network. Inspire. Benefit.
Current Trends and Challenges in Automotive Electronics Software Development and Validation
There has been a recently clear move away from electronic control units (ECU’s) in pursuit of more powerful “high-performance computers”. This poses challenges in the integration and testing of such systems at the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and raises the question: Why is Tesla ahead of competing OEMs in terms of vertical integration of their software?
Join us on November 20th to go behind-the-scenes at dSPACE Michigan. You will have the opportunity to hear from CEO Peter Waeltermann, who will introduce you to the company’s view on “software-defined vehicles”, the new trend in electronics architectures in the auto industry.
Key Takeaways
- Explore the world of electronics development and testing
- Tackle the challenges and unveil solutions in validating modern vehicle architectures
- Discover how to adopt a solution-based approach to problem-solving within the context of E-mobility, Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS), and Autonomous Driving (AD).
- Network with the German-American business community in Michigan.
About dSPACE
As a trusted partner of the automotive industry, dSPACE provides hardware and software tools for the development, testing, validation and simulation of automotive electronics. All global OEMs and most of the Tier1s are using dSPACE tools for their development and validations tasks. Besides the traditional powertrain and body electronics domain, dSPACE is heavily involved in the E-Mobility and ADAS/AD domains, and also supports their customers in the new vehicle architectures, the so-called Software-defined vehicles (SDV). In addition to the automotive space, dSPACE products are also used in aerospace and defense, industrial automation, and even in medical applications.
dSPACE was founded in 1988 by 4 engineers from the University of Paderborn, Germany. Just three years later, the US subsidiary, dSPACE Inc., was founded in Michigan. Today, still a family-owned business, the dSPACE group of companies is represented in 9 countries (and has distributors in in 5 more countries), employs appr. 2700 people worldwide and 120 in the US, with locations in Michigan (Wixom and New Hudson) and San Jose, California.
Connection Series
Rethink the Value of Networking with GACC Midwest.
Network. Inspire. Benefit.
Our Connection Series rethinks the value of networking by offering participants the chance to benefit from the expertise within the German American business community. We’ve expanded our events in Illinois and Michigan to include networking opportunities over breakfast, lunch, happy hours and more featuring high-profile special guests eager to share their knowledge. Learn something new to benefit you and your company, and make new connections while you're at it!
Find all dates and more about the Connection Series here.
Stephanie Dal Porto
Coordinator, Events & MembershipMichigan Connection Series Sponsor
Event Speaker
Peter Waeltermann, dSPACE, Inc.
CEO
Peter Waeltermann is the CEO of dSPACE Inc., the US organization of the global dSPACE group. Peter has a Master's (Dipl.Ing.) degree and a Dr. title from the University of Paderborn in Germany, He joined the dSPACE headquarters in GmbH in 1999 and had several management roles in their engineering departments. In 2014, Peter, his wife Andrea and his children Philipp and Theresa moved over to the US, where Peter become CEO of dSPACE Inc., responsible for dSPACE's business in the United States, Canada, and select customers in Mexico.