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Best in class for System design, Safety & Software Engineering

We provide top-tier safety solutions for software-intensive systems, covering systems design and architecture, safety compliance with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508, and software design built on ASPICE and other gold-standard methodologies.

“We’re here to make the world a safer place by ensuring all software-intensive systems (SIS) are safe and reliable, free from causing harm to people.”

Functional Safety Audits & Assessments

A comprehensive review and roadmap for compliance with ISO 26262 and Automotive SPICE not only reduces business risk but demonstrates the quality of your real-time embedded systems

Functional Safety Compliance Consultancy

Compliance is so much more than just documentation, it enables you to improve processes, reduce business risk and improve quality, and 3SK can provide you with the strategy that gets you there.

Functional Safety Development

Putting functional safety at the heart of your systems and processes enables you to meet your ISO 26262 and ASPICE requirements, but it also improves business performance, quality and reduces risk.

Process Methods & Tools

Improve your processes and efficiency with the right tools for your business. As an independent expert, 3SK can help you find the perfect tools and process methods for your company.

System Design and Engineering

Whether you require support, structural architecture or full system design and development, 3SK can provide the service that ensures functional safety is the bedrock of your software and systems.

How we can help your business

You can improve quality, reduce risk and achieve regulatory compliance with consultancy, training and advice from 3SK. Our functional safety expertise enables you to get the most out of your ISO 26262 and Automotive SPICE compliance.

Case Studies

UKCA conformity test rig

UKCA Conformity Assessment: Bespoke Automotive Test Rig

Functional Safety Development

When an automotive testing company needed to bring a bespoke piece of battery pack test equipment to the UK market, one question stood in their way: How do you certify something that's never been certified before? With no off-the-shelf compliance pathway to follow, 3SK guided the client through to full UKCA marking certification.

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Full Active Suspension

Functional Safety of ClearMotion’s Full Active Suspension

System & Software Development

How do you prove a world-first is safe enough for the road? ClearMotion's full active suspension system was set to redefine vehicle dynamics, but innovation at this level demands safety engineering that's every bit as rigorous as the technology itself. That's where 3SK came in, building functional safety foundations from the ground up.

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Off Highway Autonomous Vehicle System Development

System & Software Development

From automotive test systems to autonomous off-highway vehicles, it's a bold leap, and it demands the right engineering foundations. 3SK partnered with this specialist to build a comprehensive system architecture from scratch, delivering a clear, scalable framework that aligned with their product vision, and gave their team the tools and training needed to drive future development with confidence.

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Leading Global UK-Based Embedded System Development Consultancy

Audits & Assessments

With their safety manager software already trusted by Tier 1 customers across Europe, the USA, and Asia, the stakes were high, and the path to compliance needed to be thorough, independent, and actionable. 3SK delivered a comprehensive ASPICE gap analysis and ISO 26262 confirmation reviews, identifying process improvements across software engineering, management, and supporting disciplines, equipping the client with a clear, achievable roadmap to raise their capability levels with confidence.

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Warehouse distribution

MBSE Deployment and Architecture Framework Development for Warehouse Automation

Process Methods & Tools

They had the tool. They had the vision. What they didn't have was the expertise to connect the two. After months of trying to stand up an architecture framework and deploy their MBSE tool in-house, a leading warehouse automation company brought in 3SK to bridge the gap. Through a tailored blend of on-site training and hands-on consultancy, 3SK rapidly delivered a usable architecture framework, upskilled the senior engineering team, and provided months of off-site support to ensure the capability stuck — turning a stalled investment into a lasting in-house competency.

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Achieving Automotive SPICE and ISO 26262 Compliance for a Global Tier 1 Supplier

Compliance Consultancy

A global automotive Tier 1 supplier had the engineering capability to build innovative software-intensive systems, but without structured processes, they couldn't demonstrate it. Their customers demanded Automotive SPICE Capability Level 3 and ISO 26262 compliance, and the gap was significant. 3SK partnered with them to define and deploy twenty-four lean, interconnected processes across systems engineering, software development, project management, and functional safety complete with templates, tool configurations, checklists, and hands-on training.

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Tier 1 HV Inverter Manufacturer

Tier 1 HV Inverter Manufacturer (Technical Safety Concept)

System & Software Development

When a leading Tier 1 HV inverter manufacturer needed a Technical Safety Concept for their next-generation power inverter, the clock was already ticking; hardware design was underway, software hadn't started, and the existing safety foundations had significant gaps. 3SK took a pragmatic approach: rebuilding the foundations first, then delivering the full TSC through focused six-week sprints with weekly client touchpoints.

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Electric Aviation

From Road to Sky: Applying Proven Safety Engineering to Electric Aviation

Functional Safety Development

Building an electric aircraft is ambitious enough. Proving its energy storage system is safe to fly is another challenge entirely. With an aviation company approaching the final stages of design and a production deadline looming, 3SK was brought in to deliver a system-level safety assessment of the high voltage battery and BMS, identifying design gaps before they became production problems.

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Find out more about how 3SK can support and invigorate your systems and processes with our audit, consultancy, system development and training services by getting in touch with our expert team today.

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