Digital Engineering for Off-Highway Vehicles

Intelligence, digitization and automation of machines can only be realized with complex E/E architectures. Professional systems engineering is also essential to manage the complexity. Success hinges on getting the software design right. As an engineering partner, we support your efforts to develop platform-based software and systems engineered to minimize time to market while maximizing software quality in the field.

What we do at a glance:

• Model-based systems engineering (requirements engineering and software architecture design)
• Model-based software development
• Software design and architecture
• Support for platform-independent development – even for proprietary software (Embedded Linux, Autosar, ROS, Hypervisor-RTOS, OSEK)
• Customized integration platform based on CI/CD

Learn more about our software and systems engineering expertise.

Assistance systems and autonomous functions increase the efficiency of work processes thus contributing significantly to sustainability in construction and agriculture. Reliable environment detection is the necessary requirement for the realization of such highly complex functions.

We support you from concept development, sensor selection and prototypical implementation to production-ready software and validation with our comprehensive knowledge of the entire effect chain – from the sensor and evaluation to the control and actuation of the actuators.

What we do at a glance:

• Object and environment detection – 3D terrain mapping
  (driveability analysis and object recognition)
• Localisation and mapping
• Sensor fusion
• Environment and sensor simulations
• Trajectory calculation and vehicle control

Learn more about in our articel “When machines learn to see: Smart assistance systems for rough terrain“.

Functional safety is becoming increasingly important in the development process and the development of safe and reliable products as a result of the growing complexity of E/E systems, the increasing number of autonomous functions, electrification and the use of hydrogen. Cataloging and classifying hazards, defining and implementing risk mitigation practices, verifying and documenting actions – we can help you throughout the entire process towards achieving functional safety.

What we do at a glance:

• ISO25119- and ISO13849-compliant hazard and risk analysis (HARA)
• Functional and technical safety concepts
• Embedding safety mechanisms in hardware and software
• Process consulting
• SOTIF (ISO21448): Tackling SOTIF-related risks
• Process Consulting

Learn more about our functional safety expertise.

The digital construction and agriculture industries are exchanging larger and larger amounts of data between machines, manufacturers and retailers. This increasing connectivity also offers growing potential for attackers who want to access sensitive data or manipulate machine functions. As your engineering partner, we advise and support you in the incorporation of security processes, risk assessment, concept development and implementation, as well as testing.

Gain comprehensive insights into the topic of Cyber security in agriculture in the article “Facing challenges holistically“.

What we do at a glance:

• Cyber security check up and baseline concept
• ISO21434-compliant threat and risk analyses (TARA)
• Security and protection concepts
• Services to implement security mechanisms in hardware (e.g. HSM) and software
• Process consulting
• Penetration testing, fuzzing
• Process Consulting

Learn more about our security expertise.

Increasing digitalisation and automation of workflows in the construction and agriculture industries is making the use of IoT solutions and cloud applications, as well as the use of data analytics via AI, more and more necessary. As your engineering partner for agriculture and construction 4.0, we are here to help you in the transformation and deployment of new technologies and processes in end-to-end solution

What we do at a glance:

• Cloud computing
• Edge computing
• Data alytics and AI
• Digital twin
• Predictive diagnostics and maintenance

Decarbonisation is playing an accelerating role in the construction and agricultural sectors in order to meet global sustainability goals. In addition to battery-electric concepts, hydrogen is gaining in importance as an energy source for alternative powertrain solutions. Our long-term experience in electric powertrain systems, in terms of control and safety design, enables us to support you in the electrification of your vehicles and machines and to help you make new technologies such as hydrogen manageable and safe.

What we do at a glance:

• Electrification
• Hybridization
• Battery and charge management
• Fuel cell and hydrogen combustion

Learn more about electromobility.