Primary Job Title Vice President Primary Organization Synopsys
Location Mountain View, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Gender Male
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In his role as vice-president at Volkswagen’s North American Engineering and Planning Center (EPC), Burkhard Huhnke encourages innovation in the market, builds relationships with national R&D organisations and liaises with universities.
Huhnke previously served as head of Product Engineering at VW’s Chattanooga plant, leading the product
engineering teams for the Passat and mid-sized SUV projects. From 2006 to 2011 he was executive director of VW’s Electronics Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California. His other achievements include helping to initiate the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Center (VAIL) at Stanford University and leading the Autonomous Car Project: Volkswagen Passat Junior.