Dirk Fischer

Senior Manager, Lead Product Strategy Interieur UI/UX & Infotainment at AUDI AG

Germany

About

Experience

  • AUDI AG (10 yrs 9 mos)
    • Senior Manager Lead Product Strategy Interieur UI/UX & Infotainment
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Senior Manager, Head of Development Connected Infotainment
      Aug 2022 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for the hardware and software development of the Connected Infotainment module for the MLB, MLBevo, MQB and MEB platforms used by the premium brands of the VW group: Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini. Ownership of the systems design, system architecture, software architecture and functional development of basic functions, navigation, radio/media, Audi Connect and Android App Store.

    • Senior Manager, Head of Development Interaction Systems Infotainment
      Apr 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Creating the UX/UI concepts and implementing the GUI and Speech software of AUDI's In-Vehicle Main Unit & Rear Seat Infotainment systems. Responsible for the HMI software architecture and HMI data analytics. Functional ownership of HMI input methods, global search, HMI smart functions, gamification functions and the myAudi user registration.

  • R&D Department Manager User Experience at Dassault Systèmes 3DEXCITE
    Jun 2013 - Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Supervisor of the User Experience department. Managing the user experience conception and implementation of user interfaces of 3DExcite's software products. Secondary role as Senior Project Manager for DELTAGEN.

  • Elektrobit (EB) - Automotive (4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Project Manager
      Oct 2012 - May 2013 · 8 mos

      Leading the MIBS2B NDS navigation core project with Volkswagen (50-80 engineers)

    • Software Engineering Manager
      Feb 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Expatriate Assignment in the USA. Supervisor of the Bothell office HMI software team. Program Manager for Automotive Infotainment projects (GUI, Speech & Navigation) with General Motors.

    • Project Manager
      Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Expatriate Assignment in the USA. Managed software engineers in multi-site infotainment and navigation application projects for automotive head units and personal navigation devices.

  • Project Manager at BMW
    Mar 2006 - Dec 2008 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Contractor position located in the R&D center (FIZ) of BMW AG in Munich, Germany. Managed software engineers in infotainment and speech application projects for automotive head units.

  • Software Engineer at Elektrobit (EB) - Automotive
    Apr 2005 - Mar 2006 · 1 yr

    Worked as a GUI software engineer in the Erlangen office. Developed the GUI of automotive head units.