In the automotive sector, NIER provides software and systems engineering expertise developed in safety-critical environments, applying it to selected project areas that require high levels of reliability, process control, and regulatory compliance.

Activities primarily focus on methodological support, analysis, and verification, in alignment with the principles of ISO 26262, with a clear distinction between System Safety and Software Safety. In this context, NIER operates as a specialized technical partner rather than a generalist supplier in the automotive domain.

Experience includes Model-Based Design activities, software testing, and the definition of simulation systems for validating communications across control units and electronic systems, helping to strengthen the reliability and verifiability of the solutions developed by the client.

In the field of cybersecurity, NIER supports manufacturers in implementing ISO/SAE 21434 through Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA), cybersecurity lifecycle management for vehicles, secure design activities, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and the integration and validation of security requirements.

For NIER, the automotive sector represents a selective application domain for the transferability of its competencies, where methodologies originally developed in the railway sector are applied whenever the required level of complexity and criticality demands it.