Ten Years Porsche Engineering Romania

• Founded in 2016, Porsche Engineering Romania has grown from a small team into an organization of more than 380 specialists in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara

• Romanian teams have contributed to numerous international development projects over the past decade, from software-driven systems to enterprise scale AI solutions

• The subsidiary of Porsche Engineering continues to apply its software and systems expertise in the automotive industry and beyond, including electric mobility on water

Cluj-Napoca. Porsche Engineering Romania is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2026. Over the past decade, the company has grown into a leading software and engineering hub with locations in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara. As part of Porsche Engineering – the international technology partner providing engineering services and digital solutions for the automotive industry and other sectors – it contributes its expertise to the global development network.

Today, more than 380 specialists work across software-defined systems, embedded software, AI, connectivity, electrification, systems engineering, and testing. Their contributions range from software-driven systems that were developed from the earliest stages and are now used in series production across multiple customer platforms and industries, to solutions that leverage neural networks for reliable obstacle detection by processing sensor and camera data. They have also created an AI platform that started as an internal proof of concept and has since evolved into an enterprise-scale solution supporting AI adoption across Porsche Engineering.

Dirk Lappe
CTO of Porsche Engineering and Chairman of the Shareholder's Committee of Porsche Engineering Romania

"Over the past ten years, Porsche Engineering Romania has become an important pillar of our international development network," says Dirk Lappe, CTO of Porsche Engineering and Chairman of the Shareholder's Committee of Porsche Engineering Romania. "Its technical excellence and close collaboration within our global network make it an important contributor to innovation in automotive development and beyond."

Rooted in automotive development and active beyond it, Porsche Engineering Romania continues to advance its expertise in various application domains. A recent example is electric water mobility, where technologies proven in the automotive industry were adapted to the specific requirements of the marine environment. The Romanian team contributed to software development, integration, testing, and validation, and the project also marked the company's first implementation of the AUTOSAR standard – opening an engineering field beyond its traditional scope.

“Software and artificial intelligence are transforming industries worldwide,” says Marius Mihailovici, CEO of Porsche Engineering Romania. “Porsche Engineering Romania has grown from a small, highly motivated team into a strong organization with deep expertise in these fields. We will continue to strengthen these capabilities and contribute our expertise to new technologies and application domains in the years ahead.”

Porsche Engineering is an international technology partner for the automotive industry and beyond. As a subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, the company focuses on the development and integration of system, hardware, function, and software solutions for its B2B customers. Some 2,000 conceptual experts, engineers and software architects and developers are dedicated to the latest technologies, for example in the fields of highly automated driving functions, e-mobility and high-voltage systems, connectivity and artificial intelligence. Their aim is to carry the tradition of Ferdinand Porsche’s design office, founded in 1931, into the future and develop and integrate innovative solutions for the top tech challenges of their industry customers. In doing so, they combine in-depth vehicle and system expertise with digital and software expertise.

Porsche Engineering Romania, with R&D offices in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porsche Engineering Group GmbH and an integral part of Porsche Engineering’s global development network. More than 380 specialists develop software and engineering solutions in areas including connectivity, embedded systems, artificial intelligence, electrification, systems engineering, and testing.

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