Volkswagen to hire 300 for its new Software Development Center in Lisbon

The Volkswagen Group will open a new Software Development Center , strengthening its international capabilities in IT (information technologies). The center will serve not only the Volkswagen IT Group but MAN Truck & Bus AG, and is expected to involve the hiring, in the medium term, of 300 IT experts.

Among the skills needed will be software engineers, web programmers and UX designers. Its functions will be focused on the development of software solutions for the cloud for the increased digitization of the Group's corporate processes, as well as for connectivity in vehicles.

(…) We are encouraging open innovation, inviting partners to share and evolve in a common vision of mobility and create signs of the future. The arrival of this center in Lisbon is the recognition of this work, developed in close partnership with the city's business ecosystem, and will certainly help us to strengthen our growing economy, retain talent and create specialized jobs in the digital and digital fields. mobility of the future.
We are delighted to be part of the next generation of solutions for the Volkswagen Group, and you can count on our full support for the future to come. I wish you every success.”

Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon

We want to recruit highly qualified and highly motivated IT specialists in Portugal. Our new software development center in Lisbon will be the decisive next step. We are moving the success story of our digital laboratories in Berlin to Portugal: combining interesting functions with the most advanced active working methods of the IT scene.

Martin Hofmann, CIO of the Volkswagen Group

We are gradually moving from being a hardware-centric commercial vehicle manufacturer to becoming a provider of smart and sustainable transport solutions. Digital services have an important role to play in this transformation. (…) The new IT center in Lisbon will give us considerable impetus on this journey.

Stephan Fingerling, Information Director at MAN

By opening the new Software Development Center, Volkswagen joins Mercedes-Benz, which, almost a year ago, opened its first global software solutions and services supply center: the Digital Delivery Hub.

You can find more information on the Volkswagen Group Services website in Portugal.