Towards Component-based Domain Engineering K.-K. Lau, P. Stepan and C. Tran School of Computer Science, The University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom kung-kiu,pstepan,ctran@cs.manchester.ac.uk S. Saudrais and B. Tchakaloff Embedded Systems Team CERIE/Estaca Rue Georges Charpak, BP76121 53061 Laval Cedex 9, France s.saudrais,b.tchakaloff@estaca.fr Abstract: The development of new automotive functions in a car must comply with the AUTOSAR standard. Such functions are distributed over the ECUs of the car connected with buses. The development of these distributed functions is not easy in AUTOSAR because there is no global view of the system. In this paper we propose an approach that counters this difficulty by designing automotive systems with a global view and then transforming these systems into AUTOSAR systems.