About us

Digiteq Automotive

We have been testing and developing automotive electronic and software systems to help change the automotive industry since 2001.

We are a subsidiary of CARIAD SE (51% share) and Škoda Auto a.s. (49% share). This makes us 100% a member of the Volkswagen Group and allows us to participate in the most interesting projects of various Group´s brands.

We are a team of experts within Volkswagen Group.

We create value added solutions which drive the automotive industry.

We are a strategic partner for Škoda Auto, CARIAD and Volkswagen.

Responsibility is not just a buzzword to us – we take responsibility for our products and are proud of them.

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Management

Wilhelm Schmitt

Managing Director and CEO

of Digiteq Automotive since 1 July 2021

He previously worked as Head of Strategy & Operations ADAS&AD in CARIAD SE and has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of FDTech GmbH and ASTech GmbH. Prior to joining CARIAD SE, he held various management positions at Audi AG and Volkswagen Group´s subsidiaries. He graduated from university in psychology, and he started his career in the Internal Organization Development at Audi AG in 1995. From 2001, he headed the Management Consulting, Marketing and Sales of Volkswagen Bildungsinstitut GmbH for the branches in Dresden and Poland. From 2007, he headed the Project Management / Strategy Concepts department of chassis developement at Audi AG, before being appointed CEO of EFS GmbH in 2016. Between 2019 and 2020, he led Strategy, Architecture, Pre-/Concept-Development of automated driving functions and chassis developement at Audi AG.

Who we work for

Škoda Auto is our main customer, but we also provide services and offer products top other Volkswagen Group members and their suppliers.

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The history of Digiteq Automotive

We have been making the world of motoring better and safer since 2001. Initially, there were 12 of us. Since then, we have not only changed, but we have also grown.

2001

The e4t company was founded as a joint venture by TÜV Süd Czech and Škoda Auto.

2004

We had 25 employees and launched our electric and electronic prototype development.

2006

We started cooperation on the development of electronic control units. Our company turnover reached 2.1 million EUR.

2009

We started to support the group-wide modular information system (MIB). And we had 67 employees.

2011

We got a new shareholder. Carmeq replaced TÜV Süd and we became a 100 % member of the Volkswagen Group.

2013

We opened a branch in Mladá Boleslav in order to be closer to Škoda Auto, our main customer. The company had 182 employees.

2015

We opened our own test centre in Mladá Boleslav. The company´s annual turnover amounted to 10 million EUR.

2018

We had more than 350 employees, we changed our name to Digiteq Automotive and we opened a new branch in Pilsen.

2020

Merger of Carmeq with Volkswagen Car.SW. Org., which thus becomes a new shareholder of Digiteq Automotive

2021

Our parent company Volkswagen Car.SW Org. changed its name to CARIAD.

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Corporate responsibility at Digiteq Automotive

We make the world a better place: not only through our products and services.

We pay special attention to our compliance with all the legal and ethical rules which refer to competition, the financial and tax sectors, environmental protection and the relations with our employees, including the provision of equal opportunities.

As far as the social sphere is concerned, we focus on our employees’ further development and we take care of them.

We provide premium support for their education and personal development. Our employees manage to find a good work-life balance thanks to our flexible working hours, the option of doing some work at home and our shorter 37.5 hour working week.

We support the “Linka bezpečí” help-line and the Zdravotní klaun (Medical Clown) project. In 2021, we provided these organisations with a total of 300 thousand CZK.

The “Linka bezpečí” help-line provides high-quality and easily accessible assistance to children and students and anybody acting on their behalf. It helps to resolve demanding life situations and everyday problems. It provides crisis intervention and counselling by telephone, chat and e-mail. All of this is anonymous and free.

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The “Zdravotní klaun” project cheers up children in hospitals, geriatric patients and other people in need. It helps to improve their psychological status and overall health, not only by means of the activities of specially trained medical clowns, but also with other related projects.

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Certificates and standards

A good solution is not enough for us, so we always strive for a perfect one. We are assisted in this by the certificates and standards which we comply with.

We use tools which represent an industry-wide standard for programming on the MATLAB/Simulink platform and develop components according to the AUTOSAR architecture, when testing our assistance or comfort systems. We are able to maintain maximum software quality thanks to the V-Model concept and Automotive SPICE.