Software development and applications

Delivering robust and innovative software solutions to support a range of markets with their biggest challenges. Our software engineering team can support you with your software requirements, from developing operating systems and firmware to application specific software and more.

Software development and applications

Services

Ricardo has developed the Connected Battery Management System (BMS) to significantly benefit OEMs and fleet operators by allowing them to manage battery health across all their vehicles.

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Control strategies that boost performance, improve fuel economy and drive up efficiency.

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Contact us to learn more about our data science and machine learning capability

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Bespoke embedded software solutions for a range of market sectors, across the whole product development process.

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Contact us to learn more about our environmental application development

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Our functional safety analysis can be conducted on entire vehicle systems or specific safety critical components to mitigate potential safety risks in automotive products.

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Smart emissions control adapts hybrid vehicle energy management systems in real time and changes vehicle behaviour in ringfenced low and ultra-low emission zones. Demonstrating up to a 30% reduction in harmful emissions and a 7% fuel consumption improvement, we can directly improve air quality whilst also improving vehicle efficiency.

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Ricardo’s transmission control software provides a quick, proven, and low-risk route to develop transmission systems for OEMs and suppliers which is flexible to their requirements.

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Software development and applications

Markets

Discover our case studies

Sustainable Aerospace Propulsion

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Gallium nitride based EV inverter design

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High voltage power electronics for busses of the future

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Software development and applications Resources

How automotive digital engineering techniques are improving efficiency and performance and reducing risk, cost and time to market for energy transition solutions

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Santos Batista-Nunez wins Inspirational Leadership Award at Ricardo Leading Lights

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Ricardo at Professional MotorSport World Expo 2023

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Software Defined Vehicles - What Does It Mean for Motorcycles?

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Gareth Milton BW

Dr Gareth Milton

Control Function Lead

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Ty Kim (1)

Ty Kim

Head of Software and Digital

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Cesare Giordano

Cesare Giordano

Chief Prog Engineer and Product Strategy

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Dave Read

Dave Read

Head of DTS

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