Digital engineering throughout the entire software lifecycle

At fortiss, we work with partners from industry and government to develop practical software and system solutions designed to address the most pressing challenges of digital transformation.

Every industry matters: From manufacturing, automotive, and aviation to energy and utility systems and connected infrastructures—every sector is essential to our daily lives and plays a role in shaping a high-performance, sustainable, and digital future.

Focus topics

Focus topic Energy

Intelligent software solutions for a sustainable and efficient energy world

Innovative, AI-powered software systems are central to the comprehensive transformation of the energy sector. fortiss develops scalable and adaptable solutions that optimize the integration of renewable energy, ensure long-term grid stability, and enable new, user-centric digital services. This forms the basis for a future-proof, resilient, and sustainable energy system.

Focus topic Production

Development of future-proof solutions for industrial environments

fortiss researches and develops adaptive manufacturing and production systems that enable companies to respond flexibly and resiliently to volatile market demands. By integrating the latest scientific findings and engineering methods, solutions are created that sustainably increase efficiency, flexibility, and robustness in industrial production.

Focus topic Automotive

Digital engineering for software and systems in the automotive industry

Developing safe, intelligent, and efficient software systems for the mobility of the future requires a close integration of basic research and industrial implementation. fortiss bridges these two areas and, using scientifically sound methods, makes a decisive contribution to the development of sustainable, high-quality technologies in the automotive sector.

Focus topic Defense

Innovative software expertise for modern security systems

Conflicts and threats are increasingly shifting to the digital realm—cybersecurity, networked systems, and autonomous technologies require robust, resilient solutions. fortiss develops practical, innovative technologies for defense, critical infrastructure, and public safety, and supports partners from industry and government from the concept phase through the entire software development lifecycle.

Our partners’ experiences

With fortiss, we have a leading research partner in the field of AI by our side. This project allows us to further expand our research lead and make the operation of our swarm power plants even more reliable and cost-effective.

Dr. Georg Walder
Founder & Co-CEO

We rely on our own outstanding employees and the right external partners. And here we highly value the expertise of fortiss in order to reflect on our actions, analyze opportunities for improvement, and align ourselves with the current state of science and technology.

Hans Fiesel
Technology Director

With the results of the TeFoSa project with fortiss, we are raising the bar in functional safety. As a result of our collaboration with fortiss, we estimate a reduction in manual effort required to test the performance of our automotive middleware by 80%. At the same time, the scientifically founded testing approach increases the confidence in our results.

Marko Halak
Team Lead
Platform Testing

The expertise, creativity and technical possibilities of fortiss are very enriching and inspiring for us. Especially in a time that is subject to great change, we were able to try out new ways together.

Claudius Reiser
Product Manager
Energy Efficiency

Services & insights

Services

Your innovation starts with fortiss

We support businesses and government agencies in developing innovative products, processes, and services in software & systems engineering, AI engineering, and IoT engineering — from concept to implementation.

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Knowledge transfer and qualification

Expert knowledge transfer and specialized training enhance skills in software engineering and AI for industrial environments.

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Digital engineering for numerous domains

Intelligent software solutions for a sustainable and efficient energy world

Development of future-proof solutions for industrial environments

Digital engineering for software and systems in the automotive industry

Innovative software expertise for modern security systems

Your innovation starts with fortiss

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