System safety engineering specialists

Smart Engineering Services Ltd is a safety engineering and assessment company based in Chippenham.

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Helping to keep you safe

Smart Engineering Services Ltd is a safety engineering and assessment company based in Chippenham. Established in 1995, we analyse systems in order to identify potential risks and then provide procedures or measures to eliminate or reduce those risks. We provide support and specialised expertise encompassing safety, maintainability, availability, reliability and testability for organisations engaged in the specification, development and manufacture of engineering systems. We can provide a complete SMART engineering service, customer support or simply an advisory service as required.

What kind of systems do we assess?

  • Avionics

  • Engine control

  • Marine propulsion systems

  • Navigation electronic systems

  • Transportation

  • Railway signalling

  • Main Line & Mass Transit railway systems

Paul Gatland (CEng, MIET, MSaRS, MIRSE)

Railways - 24 years
Aerospace & Defence - 12 years

Paul is a Chartered Electrical and Electronics Engineer with over 36 years' experience working on complex projects including major railway programmes and particularly in the areas of Safety, Maintainability, Availability, Reliability and Testability Engineering.

Paul enjoys playing a key role in the design, development and assessment of safety critical and high reliable systems, predominantly the electronic hardware and software aspects.
Paul has successfully worked in the following application sectors; railway signalling, mass transit, monorails, flight control and avionics, spacecraft control, marine propulsion control and military systems.

Train system analysis

Our reputation speaks for itself

Over the years, we've worked on a number of different projects in places like Germany, Australia, Sweden and Dubai. This has encompassed work on major endeavours such as the Singapore Downtown Line, the EuroFighter Typhoon and Dubai's Palm Jumeirah Transit monorail. We even worked as a RAMS consultant with the Swedish Space Corporation (SCC) where we performed FMECAs and PSA/WSAs on the major power and control sub-systems for the European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft. To get a better idea of the number of projects we've undertaken and their nature, take a look at Paul's CV.

RAM engineering services
Tram system analysis
Train safety assessment

Professional memberships

  • EUR ING listed in the FEANI Register

  • Chartered Engineer

  • Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology

  • Member of the Safety and Reliability Society

  • Member of the Institute for Railway Signal Engineers

Our proven capability

  • Safety Case authorship for major railway programmes and complex signalling products

  • RAMS and System Assurance team leadership

  • Developed the in-house software safety capability for a multi-national software consultancy

  • Made a significant contribution to the design for safety, maintainability, availability, reliability and testability of avionic, space, railway signalling and military systems and products

Our Key Skills

  • Specialist knowledge of ARP4761, DO-178C, MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-STD-882C and DEF-STAN-00-56 aerospace and defence standards;

  • Working knowledge of Common Safety Method (CSM) process;

  • RAMS analysis (incl. Reliability Analysis, FMECA, FTA, IHA, Hazard Identification & Analysis);

  • Software safety assessment;

  • System and Product Safety Cases/Justifications;

  • Safety management and safety assurance systems.

  • Safety, Maintainability, Availability, Reliability and Testability Engineering;

  • Specialist knowledge of IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and ISO 26262 safety standards;

  • Specialist knowledge of EN50126, EN50128, EN50129 and EN50159 railway safety standards;

  • Specialist knowledge of IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and ISO 26262 safety standards;

  • Working knowledge of Common Safety Method (CSM) process;