Automotive

Current instabilities in the automotive industry are placing ever-increasing pressure on engineers and managers to reduce costs and improve quality. At the same time, they must meet or exceed high safety standards, while addressing a changing variety of customer feature preferences, including making additional features and functionality available to consumers at lower cost. Finally, increasing global competition makes a shorter time-to-market even more critical to success than ever. 

For the past decade, Red Cedar Technology’s HEEDS^® Professional design optimization software and consulting services have helped automotive engineers discover innovative, optimized designs faster, and with reduced material and manufacturing costs. Faster development time translates into a shorter time-to-market, giving our customers and clients a competitive advantage.

Automotive engineers worldwide use Red Cedar Technology’s technology and expertise to create high-performance passenger vehicles that are safer, lighter, and more comfortable.  Our optimization strategies have improved the crashworthiness of systems and components, reduced NVH, and successfully discovered optimized designs for:

• Suspension systems
• Hybrid electric powertrains
• Bushings
• Armored vehicles
• Seat systems
• Exhaust systems
• Electromagnetic sensors
• Pistons, rings and gears
• Heating and cooling systems
• Bumper systems
• Closure systems
• Chassis
• Axles
• Crashworthy body structure
• and more...