{"id":35651,"date":"2022-11-09T11:16:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35651"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:16:48","slug":"bmw-critical-techworks-lisbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35651","title":{"rendered":"Some of BMW’s Tech Secret Sauce is Made in Lisbon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 1,900 employees are working in the heart of Lisbon on BMW\u2019s latest and greatest digital and infotainment systems. \u201cOur technology works\u201d is the the tech office\u2019s motto, a joint venture between Portuguese company Critical Software and BMW Group. Critical TechWorks<\/a> was born in 2018 with BMW holding a 51 percent stage. At launch, the joint venture employed 240 people at its locations in Lisbon and Porto. But today, the tech offices are quickly expanding their workforce and skill sets.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the latest software developments, and exclusively see some new infotainment features, we stopped by the Lisbon office to meet with Rui Cordeiro, CEO of Critical TechWorks, and Philipp Nitschke, the COO. A large majority of the engineers at CTW come from the Portuguese workforce, including from local universities and from an academy founded by CTW. Even more interesting is the human resources structure.<\/p>\n

Horizontal Employee Structure<\/h2>\n