Head of Core R&D Lab

HMGICS is Hyundai Motor Group’s first overseas manufacturing-innovation hub, developing Software-Defined Factory (SDF) technologies and validating them through real production to support global plant deployment. HMGICS drives two major areas:

• Digital Transformation (DX) of the automotive/module/parts manufacturing value chain—identifying and developing DX use cases that deliver cost reduction, quality improvement, and productivity gains, and building systematic frameworks and solutions for effective utilization of manufacturing data.
• Development of advanced Robotics/AI core technologies—creating high-complexity technologies applicable to future DX use cases and high-level production automation. These technologies are validated through lab environments and HMGICS production facilities, then transferred to HQ to support the development of mass-production applications.

The Core R&D Lab leads the second area by identifying automation needs from gl...