Rail Systems Engineering and Integration

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is an area of significant importance as it can lead to system breakdowns, reduced reliability and degraded safety standards. Our EMC specialists work with client safety engineers to ensure all issues are appropriately addressed.

We can support you with the definition, allocation and ongoing tracking of requirements within complex projects. Applicable through all phases of the lifecycle, our support is often called upon to help project teams apply a structured systems approach, such as EN50126 or equivalent.

We support all aspects of planning, implementation and reporting of safety requirements applied to specific railway products, subsystems or entire networks. Working in close partnership with your teams, we will ensure your projects apply principles based on the requirements provided in standards such as EN50126.

Ricardo has been a leader in noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) services in the transport market for over 50 years, delivering class-leading NVH solutions to help road, rail and aerospace clients meet the exacting requirements of international and local legislation. 

Working alongside our partners we offer fire engineering services aimed at helping rolling stock manufacturers meet international standards and regulations.

Our rail human factors experts bring international experience of working with railway operators, manufacturers and regulators across Europe and Asia. Previous assignments include the design of vehicle interiors, optimisation of customer service hubs, usability trials, behaviour modelling, workload assessments and human-machine interaction audits.

Our Digital Resilience service team helps clients across the rail industry to understand the security implications of digitally connected systems and then help them protect against incidents that could inflict significant costs and disruption upon their organisation.

RAM is a specialist discipline – as detailed in the international standard IEC 62278 - that delivers efficiencies by establishing processes to monitor performance and take proactive steps to address emerging problems. It can be utilised across every aspect of the rail sector, from the manufacture and integration of new rolling stock to the daily operations of an entire network.

Our fleet management experts will help you optimise current maintenance regimes and processes using the latest models and best practice from the industry. Specialist services include data-driven techniques such as Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), and RAM (reliability, availability and maintainability) techniques.

Our software assurance teams support clients including railway equipment manufacturers, service operators and network infrastructure managers, ensuring continuous safety management and engineering analysis throughout the software development lifecycle. 

As well as drawing on experience from a range of safety critical sectors our teams will also bring industry-leading knowledge of common software safety standards such as IEC 61508, EN50128, ISO26262, DO-178, MIL-STD-882 and IEEE-STD-1228.

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