The Techne Connect

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  Today we’re joined by Dario Bignamini from REE Automotive who currently heads up the project management and engineering management division.  Dario has a great story that I’m really looking forward to hearing about. Originally from Italy, he has travelled around the world and now re...

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  We are joined by Vishal Lalwani, Head of Department E/E Full Vehicle at INEOS who has and is still currently playing a key role in the business' automotive venture which includes designing the renowned Project Grenadier.  His career journey so far has been admirable. In additio...

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  We are joined by Wolfgang Freese, Director of Functional Safety at APTIV. Wolfgang started to specialise in Functional Safety just before the ISO26262 standard was introduced in 2011 and was one of the first engineers to take up a career in Functional Safety in the industry, and has...

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  We are joined by Grant Smith, Chief Engineer EE Architecture and Software at Volta Trucks. Grant originally became interested in automotive after completing the Formula Student project in his final year at university, so I'm looking forward to receiving his view on this.  He ha...

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  We are joined by Luca Martinengo from Triumph Motorcycles. Luca has worked for some great companies throughout his career, and has varied experience working for OEM, Tier 1’s & Engineering Services type businesses.  In this episode, we’ll talk to Luca about his advice for those...

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  In this episode, we sit down with Ruaraidh McDonald-Walker, Technical Director at McLaren Applied, to explore his successful career to date, as well as his advice for those starting out in the automotive sector, technical tips and valuable intelligence about management. Ruaraidh&apo...

Welcome to our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.  In this episode, we sit down with Jamie Wardlaw, Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, Automotive Controls at Lucid Motors, to explore his successful career to date, as well as his advice for those starting out in the automotive sector and important issues impacting the sector. We&ap...

Welcome to the first episode of our new series, Behind the Wheel, where we explore the fascinating world of the E/E automotive industry.    In this episode, we sit down with David Romic, Embedded Systems Manager at Rimac, to discuss his impressive career journey,  his insights into the automotive sector, as well as advice for those starting out in the industry.   Having worked at Rimac for over fi...