Dipl.-Ing. Michael Schaffert studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart. In 1998, he joined Bosch in Stuttgart as hardware development engineer for Engine Control Units. In 2001, he joined ETAS GmbH in Stuttgart as a Product Manager for Rapid Prototyping system. He left ETAS 2011, when he was Director for Product Management and Development and responsible for all ETAS HW. After ETAS Michael became Vice President at BOSCH and was the Head of Center of Competence for Vehicle Electrics and Electronics Architecture. In this role, he was responsible for future E/E-Architecture’s development incl. responsibility for recognizing and assigning new technologies. In 2015, he moved to BOSCH Japan and was the Head of Customer Engineering responsible for Asian Pacific Engine Control Units & SW Service Business. In 2019, he came back to Germany and became Head of HW Development for Powertrain Control Systems BOSCH. In 2020, he was founding member of the new BOSCH Division XC (Cross-Domain Computing Solutions) and had the role as the head of Product Group responsible for Base-SW and Middleware incl. OS Product & Services. Since 07/2022, he has joined BOSCH Semiconductor as a Senior Vice President responsible for System Engineering.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 402,600 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2021). The company generated sales of 78.7 billion euros in 2021. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. With its more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 128 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 76,100 associates in research and development, of which more than 38,000 are software engineers.