Why Modern Vehicle Software Success Depends on Stronger Software Foundations
Across the automotive industry, investment in next-generation vehicle software platforms is accelerating. At the same time, timelines and engineering capacity are increasingly consumed by foundational work rather than innovation.
As software complexity shifts below the application layer, integration, validation, and cross-domain alignment are becoming key drivers of program velocity. Many teams now spend significant development effort stitching together fragmented stacks and resolving platform-level defects, all while managing rising software-related recalls and regulatory pressure.
This session brings together experts from QNX and Vector to explore why foundational vehicle software remains a critical challenge and why the industry must move toward more effective complexity management.