Product System & Development
Build products and systems that unlock a smarter future.
Akkodis is your partner in Product & System Development
Technology is transforming every stage of the product development process. Whatever you’re creating, Akkodis’ unparalleled strengths in the design and development of components, products and systems make us the ideal partner for every stage of the product development cycle, from concept creation to market deployment.
Practice + Expertise
Turning an idea into a real product is easier than ever: Tech solutions like additive manufacturing in prototyping and digital twins in testing have transformed the way we make things. Akkodis drives innovation at every state of product development.
Harness your data
We can unlock the power of the data generated by your systems and processes with our industry-leading capabilities in AI/ML and analytics. Akkodis can provide you with actionable insights to help you create the perfect product.
System design
From IoT-powered product feedback and testing to onboard systems in shipped products, Akkodis can design and engineer the right system to maximize utility and meet your specifications.
End-to-end product development
We have the experts, skills and knowledge to manage your product development life cycle end to end, from concept creation to market deployment, freeing you to focus on your core business.
Strong Assets Inhouse
Akkodis has cultivated essential assets in the Automotive and Aerospace industries that are adaptable across various sectors. These include our styling and design center, prototyping factory, 3D JUUMP technology, smart battery concept, and EVA charge solutions.
Design Services
Innovate without limitations. With Akkodis as your partner, take the seed of an idea to fruition – and take that product to market. We are your partner from initial research all the way through deployment, testing, and quality management. Akkodis has been part of forward-thinking designs and prototyping that drive innovation across multiple sectors.
- Prototype & Design
- BIW Design
- Interiors & exteriors system
- Testing / CAE
- Quality management
Design and Mechanical Engineering
To develop complex products, you need diverse mechanical expertise. At Akkodis, our team excels in product design, component creation, and system integration, bringing your ideas to life seamlessly. Whatever your requirements—form, function, cost, or reliability—our expertise exceeds expectations. Our experienced consultants cover a large variety of mechanical projects across different industries.
- Mechanics studies (primary and secondary structure)
- Analytical Modeling and Calculation
- Numerical Simulation (static/dynamic, fatigue, damage tolerance)
- Expertise: Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Energy & Environment, Acoustics, Mechatronic...
Electrical Engineering
Industry is shifting toward smart electrical solutions that reduce emissions and create pathways toward sustainability. Akkodis can step in and upgrade systems and manufacturing, bringing your products and operations into the future state, allowing you to maintain competitiveness in a rapidly changing landscape.
- Next-generation battery cells
- Smart electricity grids energy
- Storage systems and hydrogen systems
Systems Engineering
You are only as powerful as the systems that your business operations rely on. Engineering is at the core of Akkodis’s deep bench of experts. Our engineers have the real-world experience and high level of training needed to take on the most complex systems engineering challenges. Maintain your competitive advantage by ensuring your systems are future-proof.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- System and subsystem engineering
- Autonomous solutions / vehicles
Embedded Software
Akkodis has deep expertise in developing embedded software for control systems, vehicles, and industrial machinery. These devices often rely on highly complex embedded code, far more intricate than traditional software applications due to stringent performance, safety, and reliability requirements. Our teams support the full development lifecycle, providing AI‑driven engineering, system design and integration, SDK development, and comprehensive embedded software services.
- Digital cockpit
- Connected applications
- DAS & autonomous
- Electric mobility
- Real-time performance analysis
- SW coding and unit testing
- Validation / debug / QA compliance
Customized Hardware Solutions
Hardware engineering and design services play a key role in hardware production across various industries. Akkodis teams develop, certify, produce, assemble and deliver customized hardware solutions for clients. The solutions are tailored to their operating conditions, performance requirements, and global operating fields. Remain competitive by meeting the specific demands of clients and end-users.
- ISO-certified development methodology
- End-to end delivered solutions
- Full life cycle management
Frequently Asked Questions About Product and System Development
Product and system development is the process of designing, engineering, validating, integrating, and continuously improving products throughout their lifecycle. It combines mechanical engineering, electronics, embedded software, systems engineering, connectivity, AI, and digital technologies to transform ideas into reliable, market-ready solutions.
Modern engineering increasingly relies on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), simulation, digital twins, virtual validation, and AI-assisted design to reduce development risk and accelerate innovation. Akkodis supports organizations across the entire lifecycle—from concept definition and system architecture to verification, testing, industrialization, and lifecycle optimization. Recent projects include designing mature engineering specifications for major aircraft OEM programs and delivering complete engineering packages combining CAD models, structural analysis, and technical documentation for complex industrial systems.
Modern engineering increasingly relies on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), simulation, digital twins, virtual validation, and AI-assisted design to reduce development risk and accelerate innovation. Akkodis supports organizations across the entire lifecycle—from concept definition and system architecture to verification, testing, industrialization, and lifecycle optimization. Recent projects include designing mature engineering specifications for major aircraft OEM programs and delivering complete engineering packages combining CAD models, structural analysis, and technical documentation for complex industrial systems.
Digital engineering improves collaboration, validation, and decision-making by replacing disconnected engineering activities with an integrated, data-driven approach. Technologies such as simulation, AI, digital twins, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and advanced analytics allow engineering teams to identify issues earlier, reduce physical prototyping, and shorten development cycles.
Rather than waiting until manufacturing to discover problems, organizations can validate product performance virtually throughout development. Akkodis applies digital engineering across highly regulated industries including aerospace, automotive, industrial manufacturing, and defense. For example, the company helped a global industrial organization accelerate complex engineering programs while improving product quality, engineering compliance, and delivery consistency through modern digital engineering practices.
Rather than waiting until manufacturing to discover problems, organizations can validate product performance virtually throughout development. Akkodis applies digital engineering across highly regulated industries including aerospace, automotive, industrial manufacturing, and defense. For example, the company helped a global industrial organization accelerate complex engineering programs while improving product quality, engineering compliance, and delivery consistency through modern digital engineering practices.
Systems engineering ensures that mechanical, electrical, electronic, embedded software, cybersecurity, safety, and cloud components work together as one integrated system. As products become increasingly connected and software-defined, managing complexity across the entire lifecycle becomes critical.
Using methodologies such as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, requirements traceability, and digital engineering, organizations can improve collaboration while reducing integration risks. Akkodis helps clients establish robust engineering architectures, improve lifecycle management, and maintain traceability from requirements through validation. For example, Akkodis has supported major aircraft OEM programs by designing mature engineering specifications that strengthened product robustness, certification readiness, and engineering consistency across complex development programs.
Using methodologies such as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, requirements traceability, and digital engineering, organizations can improve collaboration while reducing integration risks. Akkodis helps clients establish robust engineering architectures, improve lifecycle management, and maintain traceability from requirements through validation. For example, Akkodis has supported major aircraft OEM programs by designing mature engineering specifications that strengthened product robustness, certification readiness, and engineering consistency across complex development programs.
A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical product or system that enables engineers to simulate, monitor, and optimize performance throughout its lifecycle. Combined with simulation, CAD, structural analysis, and AI, digital twins allow organizations to validate designs, test operating conditions, reduce physical prototypes, and identify potential issues before production.
Digital twins also support predictive maintenance and continuous product improvement after deployment. Akkodis integrates digital twins with digital engineering, simulation, and systems engineering to improve engineering efficiency. One example includes delivering a verified engineering package containing CAD models, structural analysis, and complete technical documentation, enabling virtual validation before manufacturing and reducing project risk.
Digital twins also support predictive maintenance and continuous product improvement after deployment. Akkodis integrates digital twins with digital engineering, simulation, and systems engineering to improve engineering efficiency. One example includes delivering a verified engineering package containing CAD models, structural analysis, and complete technical documentation, enabling virtual validation before manufacturing and reducing project risk.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI are helping engineering teams accelerate design, automate repetitive tasks, improve testing, optimize product performance, and support better engineering decisions. AI can analyze engineering data, predict quality issues, optimize simulation results, and automate verification activities, while Generative AI rapidly explores design alternatives that meet technical and manufacturing constraints.
Rather than replacing engineers, these technologies enhance engineering expertise by accelerating analysis and decision-making. Akkodis combines AI with simulation, digital engineering, embedded software, and systems engineering to improve product innovation across multiple industries, helping organizations reduce development costs while maintaining quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
Rather than replacing engineers, these technologies enhance engineering expertise by accelerating analysis and decision-making. Akkodis combines AI with simulation, digital engineering, embedded software, and systems engineering to improve product innovation across multiple industries, helping organizations reduce development costs while maintaining quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
Connected products combine embedded software, sensors, connectivity, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, and analytics to provide real-time visibility into product performance. They enable predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, operational optimization, and the creation of new digital services throughout the product lifecycle.
As organizations increasingly adopt connected ecosystems, engineering teams must integrate hardware, software, cloud, cybersecurity, and data platforms into a cohesive architecture. Akkodis develops connected product ecosystems that combine embedded engineering, IoT, cloud integration, and lifecycle management. For example, Akkodis contributed to an adaptable smart city solution that improved operational efficiency, reduced manual effort, and lowered CO₂ emissions through intelligent digital infrastructure.
As organizations increasingly adopt connected ecosystems, engineering teams must integrate hardware, software, cloud, cybersecurity, and data platforms into a cohesive architecture. Akkodis develops connected product ecosystems that combine embedded engineering, IoT, cloud integration, and lifecycle management. For example, Akkodis contributed to an adaptable smart city solution that improved operational efficiency, reduced manual effort, and lowered CO₂ emissions through intelligent digital infrastructure.
Prototyping enables engineering teams to validate product concepts, verify functionality, evaluate manufacturability, and identify design issues before full-scale production. Combined with simulation, virtual validation, and engineering analysis, prototyping significantly reduces development risk while improving product quality.
Digital engineering increasingly complements physical prototyping through virtual testing and simulation, enabling earlier engineering decisions and reducing costly redesigns. Akkodis supports organizations through design, rapid prototyping, verification, validation, testing, and industrialization. For example, Akkodis provided engineering and prototype build support across multiple production shifts for a premium sports car manufacturer, helping maintain development schedules while accelerating product readiness.
Digital engineering increasingly complements physical prototyping through virtual testing and simulation, enabling earlier engineering decisions and reducing costly redesigns. Akkodis supports organizations through design, rapid prototyping, verification, validation, testing, and industrialization. For example, Akkodis provided engineering and prototype build support across multiple production shifts for a premium sports car manufacturer, helping maintain development schedules while accelerating product readiness.
Reducing time to market requires integrating digital engineering, systems engineering, simulation, agile development, virtual validation, and continuous testing throughout the product lifecycle. Early verification, AI-assisted engineering, digital twins, and collaborative engineering environments allow organizations to identify issues sooner while maintaining quality and compliance.
Instead of treating design, software, testing, and manufacturing as separate activities, leading organizations adopt an end-to-end engineering approach. Akkodis helps clients streamline development through integrated engineering services spanning product design, embedded software, testing, and lifecycle management. For example, Akkodis accelerated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) validation for a major automotive OEM, helping improve validation efficiency and support faster market readiness.
Instead of treating design, software, testing, and manufacturing as separate activities, leading organizations adopt an end-to-end engineering approach. Akkodis helps clients streamline development through integrated engineering services spanning product design, embedded software, testing, and lifecycle management. For example, Akkodis accelerated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) validation for a major automotive OEM, helping improve validation efficiency and support faster market readiness.
Product and system development supports organizations wherever products are becoming more intelligent, connected, software-defined, and regulated. Industries include aerospace, automotive, defense, industrial manufacturing, energy, life sciences, rail, telecommunications, and smart infrastructure.
These industries increasingly require expertise spanning mechanical engineering, embedded software, electronics, systems engineering, AI, cybersecurity, testing, and digital engineering. Akkodis delivers multidisciplinary engineering programs across these sectors. Recent examples include engineering support for multiple complex defense programs, aircraft development initiatives, industrial automation projects, connected products, and automotive engineering programs focused on electrification, autonomous driving, and software-defined vehicles.
These industries increasingly require expertise spanning mechanical engineering, embedded software, electronics, systems engineering, AI, cybersecurity, testing, and digital engineering. Akkodis delivers multidisciplinary engineering programs across these sectors. Recent examples include engineering support for multiple complex defense programs, aircraft development initiatives, industrial automation projects, connected products, and automotive engineering programs focused on electrification, autonomous driving, and software-defined vehicles.
Developing smart products requires the integration of embedded software, sensors, connectivity, cloud platforms, AI, cybersecurity, systems engineering, digital twins, simulation, analytics, and lifecycle management. These technologies enable products to collect data, make intelligent decisions, communicate securely, and continuously improve throughout their operational life.
Successful smart product development also requires rigorous verification, testing, systems integration, and regulatory compliance. Akkodis combines expertise across embedded engineering, IoT, cloud integration, AI-enabled engineering, cybersecurity, testing, and Model-Based Systems Engineering to develop intelligent products for highly regulated industries. Representative projects include developing automated sensor test benches for Endress+Hauser Conducta, supporting connected engineering ecosystems, and delivering end-to-end engineering solutions for global industrial and aerospace organizations.
Successful smart product development also requires rigorous verification, testing, systems integration, and regulatory compliance. Akkodis combines expertise across embedded engineering, IoT, cloud integration, AI-enabled engineering, cybersecurity, testing, and Model-Based Systems Engineering to develop intelligent products for highly regulated industries. Representative projects include developing automated sensor test benches for Endress+Hauser Conducta, supporting connected engineering ecosystems, and delivering end-to-end engineering solutions for global industrial and aerospace organizations.