Engineering Services

Quality Management

Supervision of quality management within the railway development processes

Creation of quality management plan (QMP) or Software QMP

Creation of norm basics and verification of compliance to those norms

Creation of safety and quality strategies

Development and implementation of validation and verification plans to ensure quality objectives are met

Auditing of processes and systems

Supervision and support in the preparation and implementation of external audits by certification bodies

Safety Management – Development of safety strategies and guidelines, implementation of processes for risk assessment and risk mitigation (EN 50126)

Conducting risk and hazard analyses (EN 50126, TeSiP, RTE-49100)

CSM safety impact and significance assessments

Safety Engineering – Technical implementation of safety requirements at the system level (electrics, systems, software), e.g., according to EN 50129

Development of safety requirements and safety integrity requirements (SIL, failure rates)

Conducting qualitative and quantitative safety analyses (FMEA, FMECA, FTA), calculation of achieved failure rates

Risk evaluation and preparation of safety cases (EN 50129, EN 50657)

Implementation of processes to ensure IT security in the development process of rail vehicles

Implementation of relevant security standards in rail technology such as IEC 62443 / CLC TS 50701 (or ISO/IEC 27001)

Integration of security requirements (security by design) into the development process

Threat and risk analyses to identify and assess security risks in the system architecture

Implementation of secure system architectures that integrate protective measures against known IT threats

Carrying out vulnerability analyses and penetration tests (security tests) to identify security flaws

Definition of specific security measures and implementation of systems to control and monitor access to critical components

Authorisation of rail vehicles: Mainline (EBA) and Light Rail (e.g. TAB in Germany)

Authorisation in accordance with TSI Loc & Pas (ERA) and NTR (National Technical Rules)

Identification of authorisation-relevant requirements for vehicles and components (Requirements Capture)

Development of a plan to provide all necessary evidence in line with TSI and NTR

Preparation, review, update and submission of authorisation documentation

Management of different actors like assessors, certification or assessment bodies (NoBo, DeBo, AsBo)

Administrative procedures, e.g. One-Stop-Shop, ERATV, ERADIS and national regulatory authorities