Hyundai Motor Group has named Junghyun Kwon as its new executive vice president and head of the Autonomous Driving Development Center. According to the company, Kwon will be pivotal in advancing Hyundai’s autonomous driving capabilities. He will report to Minwoo Park, president and head of the advanced vehicle platform division.
Kwon is an autonomous driving AI expert who has worked at leading global tech companies. He oversaw autonomous driving software development and commercialization at Nvidia. Most recently, Kwon led intelligent robot development at Samsung Electronics.
Drawing on his deep expertise in autonomous vehicle perception software, deep learning, machine learning and computer vision technologies, Kwon will lead the group’s autonomous driving technology development from conception through product commercialization.
Strengthening global talent pipeline
The OEM is recruiting key talent in software-defined vehicles and autonomous driving to accelerate the realization of its physical AI vision.
Early in July, the group appointed Dongwuk Kim as a senior vice president and head of the SDV Platform Development Center. Kim previously led wireless communication systems development for mobile devices, vehicles and humanoid robotics at global companies including Apple and Tesla.
And Jeremy Ma joined as a senior vice president and head of the AVP Silicon Valley, bringing extensive experience in robotics as well as autonomous driving software development and commercialization from Apple, Toyota Research Institute and Nvidia.
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