Technical Solutions

Specialist Engineering

Our Specialist Engineering capabilities are designed to support safety-critical and high-complexity projects with precision and assurance. We apply global best practices to ensure that systems meet stringent safety, performance, and compliance standards.
System Safety and Assurance

We offer:

  • Design and delivery of tailored safety programs (aligned with MIL-STD-882E, ISO 31001, DEF STAN 00-56 and EN 50126/50128/50129)
  • Hazard identification and structured risk assessment (HAZOP, FMECA, FTA)
  • Safety case development aligned to regulatory and operational needs
  • Independent safety reviews and certification support
  • Integration of safety across systems, platforms, processes and lifecycle phases

We bring grounded, experience-led advice - focused on outcomes, not just process.

Operational Test & Evaluation

We offer:

  • Development and execution of test strategies and plans
  • Design and implementation of test programs
  • Data collection, analysis, and reporting
  • Support for certification and compliance processes
  • Integration of test activities across system lifecycles

We provide objective assessments to support informed decision-making, ensuring systems are ready for deployment and effective in their operational environments.

Technical Certification & Licensing

We offer:

  • Support for civil aviation certification under EASA, CASA and NZ CAA frameworks, including guidance on design, manufacturing and airworthiness approvals.
  • Delivery of Defence airworthiness certification across DASR, NZ DAA and US MIL-HDBK-516C standards.
  • Expertise in seaworthiness and naval certification aligned with sovereign Defence authority frameworks and international guidance.
  • Support for broader Defence certification and licensing, including ASDEFCON, DEF(AUST) 5000, and system-level authoring for technical regulation and configuration control.
  • Advisory on nuclear and hazardous licensing under ARPANSA, ISO 19443, and international radiation protection and safety management standards.
  • Planning and execution of general technical certification for rail, energy and infrastructure systems, including assurance evidence for regulators and asset owners.
  • Development and review of safety cases, technical files and regulatory submissions tailored to platform, facility or system-level requirements.

We help you avoid last-minute surprises, reduce risk and deliver assured systems that are regulator-ready and operationally sound.

Software Assurance

We offer:

  • Software safety assurance aligned with safety-critical standards
  • Application of Safety Integrity Levels (SILs)
  • Assurance documentation and support for certification (e.g. software safety case, risk registers, software hazard analysis)
  • Guidance on secure-by-design and fail-safe architecture patterns
  • Independent assessment of software compliance, including legacy and third-party components

We help you build trust in your system’s software, from control layers to cloud interfaces, by ensuring its behaviour is predictable, safe and defensible under real-world conditions.

Comprehensive assurance for software systems, focusing on functional safety, cybersecurity alignment, and verification of system integrity.

Integrated Logistics Support

We offer:

  • Development of ILS strategies, concepts and plans
  • Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) engineering
  • Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) and supportability modelling
  • Maintenance planning and task analysis
  • Lifecycle cost estimation and obsolescence planning
  • Technical publications, spares provisioning and support tooling analysis

We integrate ILS with systems engineering and program delivery, de-risking through-life support and enabling long-term mission performance.

Human Factors

We offer:

  • Human factors integration planning and stakeholder engagement
  • Task analysis, workload assessment and cognitive demand modelling
  • Ergonomic assessment of workstations, interfaces and control layouts
  • Human-machine interface (HMI) design and evaluation
  • User trials, simulation and usability testing
  • Support to safety cases and certification for human-related risk controls

We help bridge the gap between technical performance and human performance, designing systems people can trust, operate and sustain.

ICT & Cyber Security

We offer:

  • Design and delivery of secure ICT and operational environments, built with a secure-by-design approach
  • Risk-based threat and vulnerability assessments, with clear, actionable mitigation strategies
  • Certification-ready documentation, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Management Plans (SRMPs) and accreditation support
  • Expertise in meeting complex compliance requirements across ISM, DSPF, ASD Essential Eight, ISO 27001, NIST CSF and IEC 62443
  • Development of incident response, monitoring and recovery frameworks to strengthen resilience
  • Cybersecurity services that integrate seamlessly from initial design through to deployment and sustainment

We work alongside our partners to simplify complexity, reduce risk, and deliver the confidence needed to operate securely in highly regulated environments.

Systems and Design Engineering

Our System and Design Engineering team enables whole-of-system thinking and the delivery of integrated, high-performance engineering outcomes across diverse domains.
Requirements Management

We offer:

  • Requirements elicitation and stakeholder engagement
  • Structuring and authoring of system and sub-system requirements
  • Requirements traceability and change management
  • Verification and validation planning linked to acceptance criteria
  • Integration with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools
  • Gap analysis and interface control

We help build systems that deliver what was intended - because the right requirements were captured, managed and proven.

Systems Engineering

We offer:

  • System architecture definition and functional decomposition
  • Requirements management, interface control and change governance
  • Trade studies and solution evaluation
  • Design integration and configuration management
  • Verification and validation planning and execution
  • Support to safety, security and ILS integration

We help bring together people, systems and intent, so projects move forward with structure, assurance and engineering confidence.

Design Engineering

We offer:

  • Practical, fit-for-purpose design solutions tailored to user needs, performance goals and operational contexts
  • End-to-end design support across the full lifecycle, from concept and requirements through to detailed design and verification
  • Multidisciplinary engineering expertise spanning mechanical, electrical, software and systems design
  • Model-based design approaches that improve traceability, reduce risk and support digital engineering environments
  • Design integration with manufacturing, sustainment and regulatory requirements

We design with purpose—delivering smart, scalable and engineered solutions that work in the real world.

Digital Engineering

We offer:

  • Practical, fit-for-purpose design solutions tailored to user needs, performance goals and operational contexts
  • End-to-end design support across the full lifecycle, from concept and requirements through to detailed design and verification
  • Multidisciplinary engineering expertise spanning mechanical, electrical, software and systems design
  • Utilisation of multiple CAD packages and environments, such as SolidWorks, Siemens NX and CATIA
  • Model-based design approaches that improve traceability, reduce risk and support digital engineering environments
  • Design integration with manufacturing, sustainment and regulatory requirements

We help teams move from static documents to living models, enabling faster, clearer and more informed system development.

Simulation & Modelling

We offer:

  • Development and execution of physics-based, digital and hybrid simulations
  • Modelling of system behaviour, interfaces, loads and failure modes
  • Operational performance forecasting and what-if scenario testing
  • Simulation support for V&V, safety analysis and decision support
  • Integration with MBSE, digital twin and data visualisation environments
  • Toolchain alignment with MATLAB, Simulink, ANSYS, Modelica and custom platforms

We help de-risk delivery by making system performance visible, testable and tuneable, before it becomes real.

Stress Engineering

We offer:

  • Static, dynamic and fatigue stress analysis
  • Structural modelling of components, sub-systems and full assemblies
  • Load case development and failure mode assessment
  • Finite element analysis (FEA) using industry-standard tools
  • Material characterisation and design margin assessments
  • Support for safety cases, certification and life extension

We help build confidence in system performance - by proving it under pressure.

Verification and Validation

We offer:

  • V&V strategy development and lifecycle planning
  • Mapping of requirements to verification methods and outcomes
  • Independent execution of tests, reviews and technical audits
  • Support for formal acceptance, certification and regulatory engagement
  • Validation against operational scenarios and stakeholder intent

We ensure your system is not only built right - but is the right system for the job.

System Integration

We deliver:

  • End-to-end integration of complex systems across domains, platforms and disciplines
  • Design and delivery of system architectures that support interoperability and scalability
  • Technical leadership from concept through to validation and operational readiness
  • Integration of legacy, commercial and emerging technologies into unified, fit-for-purpose solutions
  • Interface management across system boundaries, suppliers and lifecycle phases
  • Modular, adaptable integration frameworks aligned with industry standards and digital engineering environments

We bring systems together seamlessly, securely and strategically to drive performance at every level.

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JVAT is an award winning ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certified consultancy.

We know that quality, the environment, and health and safety is paramount to both our success and yours, so we ensure this is at the heart of everything we do.