Automotive Electronics

Graduates selecting the elective track “Automotive Electronics” will be qualified for professions in the following domains:

Development, conceptual design, technical layout and implementation of electronic components in industry and automotive companies as well as their suppliers

Specific fields of work:

• Conceptual design, technical layout, implementation and commissioning of control networks in the vehicle focussing on automotive requirements, communication protocols, network configuration, standardised interfaces and low-level implementation.
• Development, support and testing of control units and communication systems in advanced development, development and production run (e.g. simulation and testing with CANoe).
• EMC-compatible development of control units, test systems, semiconductor devices and modules.
• Bus systems for in-vehicle networks (LIN, CAN, MOST, FlexRay).
• Circuit design (analogue, digital, FPGA programming, HW/SW Co-design)
• Real-time operating system standards for motor vehicles (e.g. OSEK)
• Development and production of high-reliable printed circuit boards and thick-film hybrids for automotive use.

Therefore, graduates are employed wherever electronic components as well as the appropriate software, devices, systems and machine products are developed, produced, checked, operated or tested:

• “Users” of electronics, i.e. companies in every manufacturing sector or public utilities. Examples of activities:
  
  
  • Requirement analysis
  
  
  • Developing requirement specifications
  
  
  • Purchasing, supervision of construction, commissioning and operation
  
  
  • Technical advising of the company management, supervising and training of staff
  
  
  • Activities related to safety issues
  
  
  • EMC and reliability analysis
  
  
  
  


• “Producers” of electronics, i.e. manufacturers of electronic products, especially of electronic controllers/equipment/devices, monitoring and control systems. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  • Research and development
  
  
  • Production, commissioning
  
  
  • Distribution
  
  
  • Service
  
  
  • Test and measurement
  
  
  • Quality management
  
  
  
  


• Automotive companies and their suppliers. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  • Conception, design, planning, commissioning of electronic components for energy management, comfort and convenience electronics, engine management systems, bus systems as well as their networking and simulation
  
  
  • Integration of real-time operating systems
  
  
  • Developing fault-tolerant software, quality management, test and measurement, etc.
  
  
  • Distribution
  
  
  • Vehicle integration
  
  
  • Co-development of alternative vehicle drives
  
  
  • Coordinating and integrating products of suppliers
  
  
  
  


• Engineering offices and companies working in the field of electronics and/or software development. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  • Consulting
  
  
  • Feasibility study
  
  
  • Efficiency analysis
  
  
  • Planning
  
  
  • Layout
  
  
  • Tendering
  
  
  • Project supervision, project acceptance
  
  
  • Test and measurement, etc.
  
  
  
  


• Software manufacturers. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  • Developing faultless/fault-tolerant software with modern software engineering methods
  
  
  • Integrating software into products of the electronics industry incl. checking and testing phase
  
  
  • Integrating software into real-time operating systems of automotive industry
  
  
  • Software testing with simulations