Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW), a global technology and software services provider, is setting up a technology and innovation R&D center in Hyderabad.
Spread across two facilities in the Hi-Tech City, the preferred destination in Hyderabad for technology and new generation firms, the center will enhance the company’s focus on automotive engineering and digital enterprise.
The company plans to hire 3,000 professionals for the Hyderabad center by 2025. It will seek fresh talent from universities and colleges in the areas of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics Engineering and Instrumentation.
The announcement, which sources said is a soft launch of the facility, comes amid BGSW’s plan to expand its footprint in India to Hyderabad in 2022. Headquartered in Bengaluru and also operating in Coimbatore, BGSW is the largest software and technology center for Bosch. outside Germany. With a distribution and sales network in multiple global locations including India, Mexico, Vietnam, North America, Japan, Germany and the Middle East, it is a global hub for customers and partners across geographies and industries, the company said in a 10 February release
On February 8, the Bosch leadership and Telangana’s Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao held a virtual meeting, which was tweeted by the latter. “Bosch in Hyderabad! The German multinational company and a world leader in mobility, industrial engineering and home appliances has chosen Hyderabad as a strategic location with Bosch Global Software Technologies and R&D presence.
Bosch said it aims to leverage Hyderabad’s thriving software ecosystem to access world-class talent, build expertise and centers of excellence in new emerging technologies, and use local leadership to strengthen its global distribution network.
“Our new Hyderabad center will have CoEs working on application of electronics and computation to solve domain problems like autonomous driving, vehicle computing, gateways, V2X. [vehicle-to-anything] Connectivity, electrification, security. There are similar opportunities in other domains such as healthcare, energy and more,” said Dattatri Salgame, CEO, President and MD.
Kiran Sundar Raman, Vice President, Center Head, Hyderabad, said, “Our focus in Hyderabad is classical powertrains, active and passive security, e-mobility, and cross-domain computing solutions. We want to leverage the talent market and develop cloud, AIoT/ML , seeks to build a global talent pool in technologies such as cyber and embedded security.”
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