Embedded systems
Industrial automation
Battery systems and manufacturing automation
3ME Technology
2 months to 3 days
A connected test and automation system that moved battery manufacturing from a slow, specialist-led process to a repeatable production workflow.
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The system problem
Challenge
Battery-management hardware needed to be configured, exercised and verified across a growing product line. The existing process depended on manual intervention, fragmented tooling and long feedback loops between engineering and production.
Our responsibility
SSH Tech owned the technical path from the battery-management interface through to operator tooling: understanding the electrical and CAN behaviours, designing the test sequence, implementing embedded and desktop software, and making the workflow usable on the manufacturing floor.
How we approached it
Mapped the production sequence, device states and failure conditions before selecting the automation boundary.
Built deterministic test routines around the BMS and CAN interfaces so results could be reproduced and diagnosed.
Connected low-level device communication to operator-facing controls, logs and pass/fail evidence.
Iterated with manufacturing users so the tooling matched the actual assembly and commissioning workflow.
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What we delivered
01
Instrument the battery system
Created reliable access to the BMS state and the signals needed to configure and validate each unit.
- Embedded C++ interfaces for device communication
- CAN message handling and state verification
- Repeatable setup and diagnostic routines
02
Turn engineering steps into a workflow
Converted specialist knowledge into sequenced tooling that guided operators through setup, test and exception handling.
- Automated test orchestration
- Operator feedback and actionable failure states
- Structured test records for traceability
03
Harden it for manufacturing
Refined the system around real production constraints so it could support throughput rather than remain a lab prototype.
- Production-floor validation
- Recovery paths for incomplete or failed runs
- Handover of maintainable tools and technical knowledge
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Outcomes and evidence
2 months → 3 days
Manufacturing cycle
The end-to-end cycle was reduced from roughly two months to three days.
AU$4M+
Sales supported
The embedded work supported more than AU$4M in product sales.
Technical stack
Embedded C++
CAN
BMS interfaces
Test automation
Operator tooling
Capabilities applied
System integration
Manufacturing tooling
Embedded software
Verification
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