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Webinar: From Co-Pilot to In-Vehicle: The Four Levels of AI in the Automotive Engineering Process

Leif Driebold

Markus Gros

Wednesday, June 3rd

10:00 – 11:00 CET (Berlin) / 4:00AM EST (Detroit) / 13:30 IST (Bangalore) / 16:00 CST (Beijing)

15:00 – 16:00 CET (Berlin) / 09:00AM EST (Detroit) / 18:30 IST (Bangalore) / 21:00 CST (Beijing)

AI is entering automotive software development in waves – from chat assistants on the engineer’s desk, to AI agents that orchestrate verification, to AI-generated production code, and finally to machine-learning models running inside the vehicle itself. Four very different problems share the same label – and the verification question is different at every level.

Building on our previous sessions on Generative AI-powered test authoring and MCP integration, Leif Driebold and Markus Gros are back to give you the bigger picture. Together they will walk through the four levels of AI adoption in the automotive engineering process – Co-Pilot, Process Automator, Code Generator, and In Vehicle – and explore what each level demands from verification, where BTC EmbeddedPlatform fits in, and why a single verification toolkit can serve all four.

 

What you’ll learn: The four levels of AI adoption in automotive software development – and why “AI” means something different at each one

  • Level 1 – Co-Pilot: where generative AI actually pays off in daily engineering work today
  • Level 2 – Process Automator: what changes when AI moves from generating text to calling tools – and the role MCP plays
  • Level 3 – Code Generator: AI writes the production code – so where does the trust to ship it come from?
  • Level 4 – In Vehicle: machine-learning models inside the product (not LLMs) – how do you verify what cannot be fully predicted?

 

Join us for a live walk-through of all four levels in BTC EmbeddedPlatform – and a concrete view of where AI in automotive engineering is heading.

Leif Driebold

Oldenburg, Germany

Strategic Product Manager AI & Cloud

Leif Driebold is Strategic Product Manager AI & Cloud at BTC Embedded Systems (BTC ES), where he drives the company's AI and cloud strategy and supports the evolution of software-defined vehicle (SDV) engineering solutions. After studying Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven, Leif joined BTC ES in 2018 as part of the Product Management team. His work focused on advancing automotive software engineering and exploring the practical application of artificial intelligence to improve development and testing processes. In 2023, Leif relocated to BTC Japan, where he led the Sales Engineering Department and worked closely with customers across the Japanese market. During this time, he specialized in formal specification, formal verification, and automated testing for safety-critical systems while promoting AI-driven engineering approaches. Returning to Germany in 2025, Leif assumed his current role as Strategic Product Manager AI & Cloud. His focus areas include artificial intelligence, cloud-native engineering environments, test automation, and the integration of AI technologies into safety-critical automotive development. He is particularly passionate about bridging emerging technologies with real-world industrial applications, helping organizations accelerate innovation while maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety.

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Markus Gros

Berlin, Germany

Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales

Markus Gros studied Mechatronics at the University of Darmstadt and at the Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona. After his Diploma in 2007, he began working for dSPACE in Paris where he provided support, trainings and consulting to French customers in the Automotive and Aerospace Domain for topics including model-based development, automatic code generation, AUTOSAR and ISO 26262. In 2012, he joined BTC Embedded Systems AG where he is today responsible for global marketing & sales activities. He also serves as President of BTC Embedded Systems Inc. in Detroit, Representative Director of BTC Japan and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BTC Software Technology Shanghai.

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