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Engineering the future of scalable medical innovation

System engineering and architecture are foundational for developing complex medical and life sciences products. Ascential™ brings together hardware, software, manufacturing, automation, vendor strategy, and emerging technologies—including AI—into a cohesive, optimized product architecture. By managing trade-offs across engineering domains early and continuously, we help you reduce risk, improve predictability, and move confidently from concept to compliant manufacturing.

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Services

A system-level approach to product development

System engineering and architecture are applied across the full product lifecycle at Ascential—from early concept through scale-up, validation, and ongoing production support. This system-level view ensures that individual subsystems work together effectively while supporting long-term goals such as automation, regulatory compliance, and cost control.

Integrated Product Architecture

System engineers balance mechanical, electrical, software, and process requirements to create architectures that perform reliably as a complete system rather than as disconnected components.

Manufacturability & Scalability

Designs are evaluated for their ability to transition smoothly from prototype to production, supporting automation, supply chain readiness, and repeatable manufacturing at scale.

Predictable Performance & Delivery

System-level planning and modeling reduce late-stage changes, enabling more predictable testing and integration.

Safety, Quality, & Compliance

Architectures are developed with regulatory expectations in mind, supporting FDA requirements, ISO 13485 design controls, and QSR 820 compliance throughout development.

Capabilities

Improve outcomes with system engineering and architecture expertise

Minimize risk while enabling faster, more confident transitions to manufacturing. Ascential’s system engineering services are embedded across every engagement type, ensuring that safety, quality, cost, and delivery (SQDC) requirements remain the primary drivers of decision-making.

Requirements Definition and Specification

We translate project and regulatory requirements into clear, testable system specifications that guide design, integration, and verification activities.

System Modeling and Risk Analysis

Use tools such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and system-level modeling to identify and mitigate risks early, when changes are less costly and easier to implement.

Advanced Modeling and Digital Twin Capabilities

Inform design decisions and long-term life cycle management with advanced modeling and digital twin simulations to predict how real systems will behave.

Why Choose Ascential?

Whether you’re manufacturing medical devices, instruments, software, electronics, or life science products, our approach is tailored to your exact needs – no matter how complex your system or manufacturing challenge. Everything we do is optimized for high performance in real-world applications, helping you reduce risk and accelerate time to market.

Proven Expertise

A partner with 70+ years of experience in delivering mission-critical solutions, bridging engineering, automation, and manufacturing knowledge from 8 highly specialized firms.

Global Presence

Tap into a network of FDA/ISO-certified facilities for localized support and manufacturing capabilities.

Solution-Oriented Approach

Find flexible, scalable automation solutions for your unique application. Address process and product challenges at every juncture.

Commitment to Quality

Preserve production speed and meet the highest standards of performance and regulatory compliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to common questions about our system engineering and architecture capabilities.

The earlier system-level engineering is applied, the greater the impact. Engaging Ascential early helps identify integration, manufacturability, and regulatory risks before they lead to costly redesigns or delays. However, teams can also engage Ascential later to stabilize designs, improve scalability, or prepare for automation and manufacturing.
System-level engineering helps address challenges that span multiple disciplines, such as integrating hardware and software, transitioning hand-built designs to automated manufacturing, improving reliability, and preparing products for regulatory validation. It is especially valuable when designs begin to show gaps between performance expectations, manufacturability, and long-term scalability.
System-level engineering ensures requirements, specifications, risk management, and verification activities are aligned from the start. Ascential supports ISO 13485 design controls, QSR 820 requirements, and FDA expectations by providing traceable documentation, robust V&V planning, and disciplined risk analysis throughout development.
Deliverables may include system requirements and specifications, architecture diagrams, CAD and software artifacts, risk analyses such as FMEA, and verification and validation plans. These outputs are designed to support both regulatory submissions and a smooth transition to manufacturing.
Advanced modeling—including digital twin approaches—helps predict real-world system behavior before issues arise. Combined with predictive analytics and AI-based tools, these capabilities enable proactive maintenance, anomaly detection, and reduced downtime, improving reliability across the product lifecycle.

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Optimize product performance with system engineering and architecture

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