Num@tec Automotive goals and issues

Main objectives

Effective control of the quality of embedded software is vital for automotive OEMs and suppliers. Differentiable innovation is indispensable to consolidate market presence and increase market shares. It is considered that most innovations in the automotive industry rely on the implementation of electronic technologies in which the role of software is becoming increasingly important.

Control of complexity

The multiplicity of functions implemented in modern vehicles generates a great complexity of embedded systems and electronic architectures. This complexity must be controlled, as it may prevent the maturity of new innovations, resulting in an absence of offers on the market (no increase in turnover), or it may produce a lack of quality perceptible by customers, thus creating a negative trademark or product image (decrease in turnover).

The current challenge for the automotive industry is to control these embedded systems and electronic architectures so as to:
provide state-of-the-art dependability (goal allocations and demonstrations)
allow flexibility with regard to the large variety of possible configurations
ensure the capacity to integrate in a multi-partner environment (OEMs, suppliers)

Software development

Num@tec Automotive focuses on the development of software tools and applications to provide the automotive industry with the following:

technological innovations in the short term (1 to 3 years)

technological innovations and tools to promote competitiveness in the medium term (2 to 5 years)