Andreas Bärwald joined TÜV SÜD in 2004. He started as a project manager focused on safety relevant systems and safety relevant software. He was involved in many international testing and certification projects. Since 2007 his position is “Group Manager Functional Safety Software and Semiconductor” within the Competence Center Electronics Safety at TÜV SÜD Automotive GmbH in Munich.
His team provides cross-sectoral services for device and system manufactures, e.g. in the automation industry. A special focus is on the certification of generic software (e.g. operating systems, libraries) and generic software tools (e.g. code generators, compilers). Another key activity is the testing and the certification of (generic) microcontrollers according the relevant international safety standards.
Andreas Bärwald is an expert in different German and international standardization committees. In 2009 he was appointed Technical Certifier. Also he starts in January 2010 a PhD study in cooperation with both the Software Engineering Laboratory for Safe and Secure Systems (LaS³, www.las3.de) at the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences and the Regensburg University.