Curt Hillier is an NXP Fellow specializing in Automotive Systems and Applications Engineering. His experience spans ADAS perception, electric vehicle controls, edge AI, and software-defined vehicle technologies. Over the course of his career, he has helped bring advanced automotive technologies from concept to production across multiple domains of vehicle electronics and software. Today, Curt leads initiatives focused on accelerating SDV development through virtual hardware, cloud-based development environments, and scalable engineering workflows. His work enables automotive developers to start earlier, collaborate more effectively, and reduce time-to-market through high-quality, pre-integrated software development platforms.