I think the title is less of a problem. It's more of a mental problem what software engineering (or developing or whatever) is about. In Germany there seems to a dominant opinion that sw development is easy and can be done by everyone. And therefore it can easily be outsourced. You will never get a big reputation (and a big salary) as a sw developer in most german companies - because thoughts are that working on requirements and coordinating projects are the more important things. Quite sad this situation. Especially when you consider the horrible quality of the SW developed in such (outsourcing) models.

I'm sure if you really want to sw development you would probably be better of working in USA/Uk than at Audi. Working on a direct competitor in germany, and I'm knowing the situation of the industry in the meantime quite well.