Embedded Software
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An Embedded System integrates software and hardware designed to provide features that are often critical and to meet real-time constraints.
Thanks to our know-how and experience, our offer covers all sectors and complies with all standards. Our engineers have the skills needed to handle all the stages involved in the software development of an embedded system.
The move towards connectivity and autonomy
Whatever their field of application, embedded systems are increasingly connected and autonomous, imposing major technological challenges and new IT security requirements in markets that are highly constrained in terms of cost and time-to-market.
ALTEN supports you in the embedded development of your products, advising you on the integration of new technologies. Embedded software development is becoming increasingly complex, and access to an ecosystem rich in innovative technologies and services will accelerate the digitalisation of systems. We bring you all our expertise to meet these challenges.
Innovating – Designing – Testing – Advising
Our expertise
Improving the design of your embedded software
Objective: to master software design activities
The development of embedded software involves several stages: the generation of a specification based on a functional requirement, followed by coding and implementation, in a context of very tight real-time constraints.
Thanks to our expertise, we apply new methodologies to the development of embedded software (continuous integration, MBSE, MBD, for example). We also promote agility to increase flexibility and improve product development times.
Sample project:
ALTEN has supported its clients since 2008 in the development of critical embedded software for satellites for telecommunications and for the observation of the Earth from space, whether within the framework of scientific, military or satellite sector design programmes.
The organisation of these activities through a dedicated service centre enables ALTEN to manage all the design and validation processes for software modules in total independence, whether they are linked to components of the payload, the platform or the control and guidance system. In particular, ALTEN implemented MBD throughout the design phase.
Continuous development of the test strategy
Objective: to ensure the software designed meets your requirements and needs
In all our activities, we are constantly seeking to improve our testing strategy, to allow us to test the solution ever more quickly. To achieve this, we favour certain areas of expertise, such as Test-Driven Development (TDD): modelling enables us to identify use cases and test the product at a very early stage. As part of our drive to reduce lead times, we are also promoting automation.
Sample project:
Our Systems Engineers were responsible for assessing systems, determining problems, providing solutions to issues that arise, designing systems, upgrading systems, maintaining systems and brainstorming possible improvements that can be made to a system in the future.
Their tasks included speaking to and collaborating with a variety of people, such as clients, vendors, management and information technology (IT) staff during the creation and maintenance of a system. They have also created control features to ensure systems effectively meet the organization’s quality standards and engaged in quality control procedures to ensure that systems are efficient and operational. Finally, they’ve developed a cost-efficient system for projects by performing a cost-benefit analysis and ensuring that an organization is operating at maximum efficiency, from manufacturing to distribution.
Advising you at every stage of development
Objective: to advise you on development processes and ensure that the methods used comply with the standard
Thanks to our multi-sector position, we have an overview of the different norms and an excellent knowledge of standards, along with coding rules or best practices. We can advise you on the best development processes and on the architecture of the software itself.
Sample project:
Provided by ALTEN Team is part of an international development group that is working on next-generation docking station functionalities. Polish Team members work on micro processors, input and output ports. The docking station combines multiple functionalities making it important for the team to work with several teams and take into the consideration the many dependencies between them.
