The automotive supplier Bosch is having problems in its division, which, among other things, produces systems for automated driving. Hundreds of positions are now available there – including in Germany.
Bosch wants to cut jobs due to increasing cost pressure and uncertain prospects in the autonomous driving business. The automotive supplier announced today that a total of around 1,200 positions will be available worldwide in the “Cross-Domain Computing Solution” business area by 2026.
In this division, the world’s largest automotive supplier develops, for example, sensors, vehicle computers and control devices and the corresponding software. Driving assistance systems, solutions for automated driving and infotainment systems are also created there.
Consequences for five German locations
The company said that the business area had significantly greater challenges than expected. “In this situation, we – like other companies – have to maintain the difficult balance between investing and cost discipline.” The autonomous driving business will not get off the ground as quickly as hoped.
In Germany, the Abstatt, Hildesheim, Leonberg, Renningen and Schwieberdingen locations are affected. The employees were informed about the plans on Wednesday. The next step would be to start discussions with employee representatives.
No operational reasons Terminations until 2027
It was only in December that Bosch announced that the company was considering cutting up to 1,500 jobs in the drive division. In both cases, the group is aiming for socially acceptable solutions. A spokeswoman for the German Press Agency said we stand by the future agreement concluded with employee representatives.
The agreement from last summer excludes operational dismissals for the almost 80,000 employees of the supplier division in Germany until the end of 2027.
Other suppliers are also planning job cuts
There is also unrest among the other large German suppliers against the background of a weak car market and the conversion towards electromobility. At ZF Friedrichshafen, the works council announced this week that around 12,000 jobs in Germany could disappear by 2030. The company did not confirm this. At Continental, a mid-four-digit number of jobs are to be lost in the ailing car division.