The Critical Shortage Of Software Architects In Auto Industry

The Critical Shortage Of Software Architects In Auto Industry

Software Architects are needed more than ever and talented ones have ironically become hard to find.



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There are few that would argue the growing need for well-conceived software architectures for automotive. In the past ten years, software per vehicle has grown from ten million (10M) lines of code in the Chevy Volt (nicknamed the “King of Software Cars” by WIRED Magazine at the time) to now an estimated one billion (1B) lines of code for an automated vehicle. Considering estimations for the cost per line of code range from $15-80 — depending upon whether the author accounted for testing, defects, maintenance, etc. – these massive platforms become incredible investments. A poorly architected solution can cost a corporation millions.

Therein, one might expect