Automotive software engineering

Master the software
that drives the future

We build the software inside the vehicle — bootloader, middleware, diagnostics, cybersecurity — and we teach it. The same engineers do both, which is why the training goes all the way down: nine levels, from the whole car to a single pin.

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Vehicle · Domains · Networks · Loop · Board · Chip · Buses · Signal · Tools

What we do

Learn it from us,
or hand it to us.

The same people write the courses and ship the software. That is the whole proposition — there is no separate training department repeating what it read.

TrainingSelf-paced · CorporateCourses in CAN, AUTOSAR, UDS, Automotive Ethernet and ADAS, written by the engineers doing the delivery work.Read more
BootloaderISO 14229 · Secure bootThe code that runs before the application does, and the only reason an ECU in the field can ever be updated.Read more
Middleware & platformAUTOSAR ClassicThe layers between the silicon and the feature: drivers, communication, diagnostics, memory and the RTE above them.Read more
Application softwareThe feature itself — control logic, state machines and the plausibility checks that keep it honest.Read more
CybersecurityISO/SAE 21434 · UNECE R155Type approval depends on it. Without a certified CSMS a vehicle cannot be sold in the UNECE markets at all.Read more
Prototype to end-of-lineProgramme workProof-of-concept builds, end-to-end delivery, end-of-line test systems and CSMS support alongside the stack.Read more
The roadmap

A car is a network.
Of what? Keep asking, and you arrive at a pin.

Nine levels, each answering the question the one above it raises. Open any one and it tells you what it covers, what to read, and what we will build for you if you would rather hand it over.

  1. L0The car as one distributed computerVehicle · metresAround a hundred controllers, several networks, one moving object — a software system that happens to have wheels.Open L0
  2. L1How controllers are groupedDomains · metresPowertrain, chassis, body, infotainment, ADAS. Why functions cluster, and why the industry is collapsing those clusters into zones.Open L1
  3. L2How controllers talk to each otherNetworks · metresThe vehicle buses, chosen per function by cost, timing and bandwidth — and the frame formats you will spend a career reading.Open L23 reads
  4. L3What one controller actually doesThe loop · millisecondsSense, condition, decide, act. Every ECU in the vehicle is a variation of this loop — the most useful model a beginner can be handed.Open L3
  5. L4Opening one ECUThe box · centimetresWhat sits on the board and why each part exists. Most software engineers never see this, and it is why they cannot debug the hard faults.Open L41 read
  6. L5Inside the microcontrollerThe chip · millimetresCores, memories and the peripheral set — where configuring the MCAL stops being an abstraction and becomes a register.Open L51 read
  7. L6How chips on one board talkOn-board buses · micrometresThe buses inside the box, as opposed to the buses between boxes. Students confuse the two constantly, and separating them is the point of this level.Open L6
  8. L7Down to voltage and timeThe signal · microsecondsThe bottom of the descent, where an oscilloscope answers questions no amount of code reading will.Open L7
  9. L8What you look at each level withInstruments · all of themNot a logo wall — which instrument answers which question, mapped onto the levels above.Open L8
Courses

Learn one protocol
properly at a time.

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SAE J1979Free

OBD-II & Emissions Diagnostics

OBD-II protocol suite, BS-VI/Euro-7 compliance, ELM327 tools, and practical DTC troubleshooting.

beginner125h
ISO 14229Premium

UDS Diagnostics (ISO 14229)

Complete UDS services deep dive — from session management and DIDs to flash bootloader sequences and ODX.

advanced2810h
CLASSICPremium

AUTOSAR Classic Platform

Architecture, BSW stack, MCAL configuration, and integration workflow for production ECU development.

advanced3812h
100BASE-T1Premium

Automotive Ethernet Essentials

100BASE-T1, SOME/IP, DoIP — the high-bandwidth backbone for ADAS and autonomous platforms.

advanced248h
ISO 17987Free

LIN Protocol — Basics to Integration

Master LIN for body electronics: master-slave architecture, schedule tables, and CAN-LIN gateway design.

intermediate145h
ISO 11898Premium

CAN Protocol Masterclass

From physical layer to application design — decode arbitration, build DBC files, and debug real-world CAN issues.

advanced1510h
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