SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 12, 2024—Sonatus Inc., a leading vehicle software company accelerating the transition to software-defined vehicles (SDVs), today announced the expansion of its engineering team with the opening of a new design center in Pune, India. This facility enhances Sonatus’ ability to support vehicle manufacturers globally, with a focus on providing responsive, regionally-accessible expertise for the growing vehicle market in Asia.
With the addition of the new center, Sonatus strengthens its global network of engineering hubs to span California, Ireland, Poland, India, and Korea, also facilitating a seamless ‘follow-the-sun’ support model for efficient, regionally-aligned collaboration with OEMs. This engineering network complements Sonatus commercial and applications engineering teams in major global markets, including the United States, Europe, and Asia, with locations in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and China.
“Sonatus has a proven track record of working closely with our customers from design, development, integration testing, and after-sales support, delivering our technology successfully into millions of production vehicles from major OEM manufacturers,” said Marco Di Benedetto, vice president of engineering, Sonatus. “This new engineering design center further enhances our ability to work with customers no matter where their teams are located.”
“India is an important center for advancing development of the vehicle industry and I am pleased to be joining Sonatus and to build and lead our Sonatus India engineering design center,” said Rahul Soman, senior director of engineering, Sonatus India. “As we expand our engagements with OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers across the globe, our India-based team is eager to contribute to the success of our customers in adopting leading-edge software technologies from Sonatus.”
About Sonatus
Sonatus is accelerating vehicle software innovation and the transition towards software-defined vehicles. The diverse products comprising the Sonatus Vehicle Platform serve as the key building blocks that allow automotive companies and their ecosystem to fast forward to the future of mobility and deliver continuous improvements in costs, capabilities, reliability, and user experience over the vehicle lifespan. Sonatus’ award-winning software platform is in mass production in over 2 million vehicles from Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis. The company has raised more than $110 million USD with world-class automotive, technology, and venture investors, including Foxconn, Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia Corporation, LG Electronics, Marvell, NEC and Translink Orchestrating Future Fund, SAIC Capital, Translink Capital, UMC Capital, and Wanxiang. Sonatus is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley), with offices in Bangalore, Dublin, Detroit, Kraków, Paris, Pune, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.sonatus.com.
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