BERLIN — Continental has appointed firm veteran Gilles Mabire as its chief know-how officer for the provider’s automotive applied sciences enterprise.

Mabire will lead 17,000 engineers worldwide engaged on embedded software program and the event of high-performance computer systems seen as a vital part of future car architectures, the German provider mentioned in a statement on Wednesday.

Mabire, 49, has a level in electronics and mechatronics and over 25 years of cross-business worldwide administration expertise within the auto business.

He’ll assume the put up by Jan. 1, 2022 on the newest, succeeding Dirk Abendroth, who’s leaving the corporate at his personal request on the finish of June.

Michael Hülsewies, 48, Continental’s head of structure and software program, will briefly take over the administration of the CTO group till Mabire fills the put up completely.

Born in France and educated within the UK, Mabire joined Continental in 2006.

He strikes to the brand new position from his present job as head of Continental’s head of economic autos and providers enterprise unit.

Earlier than becoming a member of Continental, he labored because the physique controller system undertaking supervisor at Siemens VDO, and as a undertaking engineer for Robert Bosch.

Mabire’s previous employer Bosch is reportedly undergoing its own management changes quickly, together with the departure of CEO Volkmar Denner on the finish of the yr.

Bosch and rival Continental are at the moment battling to supply the “brains” for connected cars.

Continental can also be among the companies developing 4D radar for automated autos and driver-assist programs.

The corporate additionally recently partnered with Amazon Web Services on an open automotive software program improvement platform they are saying will expedite the event of those automated and autonomous driving programs.