Function-Oriented Systems Engineering

A leading OEM redefined vehicle development by adopting Function-Oriented Systems Engineering, enabling lean-agile collaboration across disciplines and platforms
Engineers in a modern meeting room discuss a large turbine CAD model on a video wall, with laptops, papers, and a small engine prototype on the table.
Agility
Faster development
Quality
ASPICE aligned
Productivity
Teams enabled
Car assembly line in a large factory, with robotic arms, overhead cranes, blue presses, workers welding amid bright sparks, smoke, and orange industrial lighting.
Managing vehicle complexity through function-oriented engineering
The OEM launched a long-term transformation program to standardize function-oriented systems engineering across brands and domains
Objectives
Establish a scalable PMT model, enable agile collaboration, and meet ASPICE requirements.
Opportunity
The shift toward software-defined vehicles increased system complexity, requiring new engineering models to ensure quality, speed, and compliance
Driving Complex Global Transformations

Proven delivery overcoming complex multi-country business challenges

Key Challenges
Field worker in a high-visibility vest uses a tablet in a wet loading yard, with trucks on both sides and warm sunset light reflecting on the pavement.
Growing system complexity across hardware and software domains
Worker in orange hard hat and jacket stands in a dim rail tunnel as a train blurs past under teal fluorescent lights
Siloed engineering practices limited collaboration and speed
Workers weld a bare car body on an automotive assembly line, sending bright sparks across a busy factory with orange cranes, robotic equipment, and tall sunlit windows.
Need to align agile methods with compliance requirements
Solution
check icon

Supported the design and rollout of the FUSE program

check icon

Enabled SAFe-based agile transformation across multidisciplinary teams

check icon

Delivered training, coaching, and PI planning support

check icon

Anchored lean-agile practices into engineering governance

Impact
Faster, safer product development

Improved collaboration across engineering disciplines.

Accelerated delivery of compliant PMT solutions.

Increased productivity through lean-agile ways of working. 

Established a scalable engineering model for the group.

Drag