Collision Avoidance System (CAS) Product Development
Optec is supporting a digital mine technology provider in developing the next generation of its Collision Avoidance System (CAS), a globally deployed safety technology. The program enhances reliability, precision, and operator awareness through improved embedded hardware, firmware, cloud services, and user interfaces.
Roles Placed
Embedded Software Engineers
Firmware Engineers & Testers
Systems Test Engineers
Frontend Engineers
The Challenge
The client required multidisciplinary engineering capability to accelerate CAS development across embedded systems, firmware, cloud, and UI. The complexity of the platform demanded aligned engineering practices, rigorous testing, and scalable engineering capacity.
Our Solution
Optec’s contribution strengthened product quality, accelerated engineering throughput, and improved cross-domain integration through:
Faster feature development and release cycles
Fewer firmware and system defects
Improved reliability across embedded, firmware, and cloud layers
A scalable engineering model for future CAS platform growth
The Outcome
Optec supplied embedded engineering teams working across the full CAS development lifecycle. Key activities included:
Embedded Linux and microcontroller firmware development
Hardware–firmware integration and low-level debugging
End-to-end testing across cloud, software, hardware
Real-time UI development and data visualisation
Cross-domain collaboration to align architecture and quality
Long-Term Value
The CAS Product Development program has established a flexible and highly capable engineering model that supports continuous innovation. It positions the client to advance global mining safety technology faster, while enabling Optec to provide sustained, multi-disciplinary engineering expertise across future platform releases.
