ESI is a Dutch Joint Innovation Centre of industry, academia and TNO for high-tech embedded systems design and engineering. It has a close cooperation with high-tech industry, as well as a strong association with fundamental research of academia, both national and international and TNO. ESI contributes to society and economy by driving advances in high-tech systems technology, with a strong shared research programme, dedicated innovation support, a focused competence development programme, and various knowledge- and experience-sharing activities. To be leading in high-tech product innovation, industry requires latest embedded system engineering capabilities and skills. It is here that ESI comes in, partnering in the development and deployment of strategic knowledge for design and engineering of complex high-tech systems and applications. RESEARCH ESI's strategic shared research programme addresses latest technologies for design and engineering of high-tech embedded systems. By acting as research partner, bridge and integrator, we bring together multi-disciplinary teams of academic and industrial experts to drive future high-tech solutions. COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT Innovation- and design strategy are key topics for any high-tech company. Realisation of these topics requires technical top talent with in-depth understanding of the challenges and needs of today’s high-tech product innovation. Our training programmes support the participants in developing their architectural and overall professional competencies.