Beijing (ZXZC)- HUAWEI’s Intelligent Automotive Solution Business Unit has seen its chief architect, Dr. Chen Yilun, leave recently, according to a local media outlet.  

HUAWEI-backed AITO M5; photo credit: AITO 

Dr. Chen, a master's graduate and doctorate alumni from Tsinghua University and the University of Michigan respectively, joined HUAWEI as chief scientist of the ICT giant’s autonomous driving department, in charge of perception technologies in 2018.

Prior to HUAWEI, Dr. Chen also worked as technical expert and project manager in Eaton. In 2017, Dr. Chen joined DJI as chief engineer. 

ZXZC has contacted HUAWEI’s Intelligent Automotive Solution Business Unit for Chen’s resignation, but the company has yet to respond. 

In fact, under the constant organization adjustment of the unit, several other key executives have left HUAWEI’s auto department.  

In January 2022, the former head of Huawei's Intelligent Automotive Solution Business Unit, Su Jing, resigned from the company. In April, the general manager of the unit’s intelligent auto control segment, Cai Jianyong, also left HUAWEI to join CATL, assuming the head position of CATL’s CTC business. 

Moreover, several other former team members of HUAWEI’s auto business has taken on executive rolls in ZEEKR, NIO, and others.