Title

AWS re:Invent 2022 - Automotive Development Tool Chains (AUT203)

Summary

Sanjeev Kulkarni from AWS leads the session on automotive product engineering R&D, focusing on challenges and opportunities in the domain.
Tara Watcher from Stellantis shares a customer success story about the Stellantis engineering workbench.
Kevin Bakke from AWS discusses the future path for the domain.
Hendrik Schoenberg from AWS ProServe explains the technical aspects of the Stellantis Workbench.
The session covers the transformation in the auto industry, including connected mobility, software-defined vehicles, electrification, and the demand for personalization.
AWS aims to address challenges in the automotive development tool chain, such as access to specialized tools, information connectivity, and collaborative environments.
AWS solutions are built on three pillars: digital product twin, digital development thread, and innovation network.
Stellantis's partnership with AWS has led to the creation of a virtual engineering workbench, enabling faster onboarding of developers and collaboration.
The workbench provides self-service, global scale, reduced hardware dependency, and consistency and reproducibility.
Future efforts include virtualization, scaling developer onboarding, and continued partnership with AWS.

The automotive industry is increasingly integrating software into vehicles, which complicates product innovation and demands modernized development tools.
AWS's approach to solving these challenges involves creating high-fidelity digital twins, ensuring information connectivity across tools, and fostering an innovation network for stakeholders.
Stellantis's virtual engineering workbench, developed in partnership with AWS, exemplifies the application of AWS's solutions, demonstrating improved developer enablement and collaboration.
The workbench's self-service portal and service catalog facilitate quick access to tools and environments, streamlining the development process.
AWS's focus on product twins, development threads, and innovation networks aligns with the industry's need for smart simulation, engineering modernization, and efficient release management.
The case study of Stellantis's workbench serves as a model for other automotive companies looking to leverage cloud technology for product engineering and development.
AWS's strategy includes not only providing the infrastructure but also integrating business data for better decision-making and improving the overall quality and predictability of product releases.