Javier joins Randle with over nine years of specialist experience in vehicle dynamics, covering both passenger and commercial vehicles across multiple global OEMs. He brings a deep technical capability spanning multibody dynamics, simulation model creation, kinematics and compliance optimisation, active chassis systems, vehicle testing, calibration, and validation.

Most recently, Javier served as vehicle dynamics principal engineer at a leading automotive technology business. Here, he was involved in developing software‑defined, zero‑emission vehicle platforms, integrating advanced drive and control systems. This involved both physical and simulation-based vehicle dynamics validation.

Previously, Javier held roles at Tata Motors European Technical Centre, Jaguar Land Rover, and IDIADA Automotive Technology, all experiences that have equipped him with extensive experience in ADAMS model development, target setting, objective and subjective benchmarking, procedural development, R&D leadership, and technical training delivery.

Technically, Javier is highly proficient and alongside his engineering career, he is currently completing an MSc in maths and computing engineering, specialising in numerical methods and dynamic systems modelling.

Commenting on his new role, Javier said: “Randle combines serious engineering intelligence with a genuinely welcoming culture, which is a rare and powerful mix. The first‑principles mindset and cross‑sector work make it an inspiring place to think, test and build ideas. I’m delighted to be joining the team and contributing to what comes next.”

Peter Benzie, engineering manager at Randle Engineering welcomed the appointment: “We are thrilled to bring Javier into the team. He is a fantastic fit with his technical ability, inquisitive nature and collaborative skills. Known for his questioning approach and desire to truly understand the mathematics behind every problem, he brings a rare depth of analytical thinking to his work in vehicle dynamics, modelling and advanced control. This mindset significantly underpins our capability and reflects our commitment to delivering intellectually rigorous consultancy across automotive, defence, aerospace, robotics and beyond.”

Established in 1994 by highly respected automotive engineer Steve Randle, Randle Engineering delivers cutting‑edge design, analysis and simulation across a wide range of sectors, applying first‑principles engineering to solve complex challenges. The team continues to support an expanding global client base with sector‑agnostic, technically rigorous engineering solutions.

For further information about Randle Engineering’s services, please contact the team at the Warwick HQ on 01926 623 200.

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Currently in its third year of flight trials under CAA authorisation, CAPSTONE is a coaxial twin-rotor aircraft which is more efficient and scalable by design than other traditional helicopters and multi-rotors. Capable of carrying 300kg of payload, the prototypes have been tested in various Ministry of Defence flight trials and, in consequence, Certo is now collaborating with BAE Systems in a new competitive tender for the forthcoming multi-year MOD programme, Project NYX.

Randle Engineering is working on various key areas of the development pathway, all with the overarching mission to preserve and expand the optimal ratio of payload mass to maximum take-off weight, which is already at 50%. The Randle team is contributing specifically in the design of the aerodynamic airframe structures, HF engine integration and driveline systems.
Computer-aided design (CAD) has been central to the Randle design effort and linear static analysis used to define load cases. Modal analysis helped evaluate force isolation and vibration response, while non-linear impact analysis was conducted to assess impact behaviour. FEA simulations were performed using Solidworks with OptiStruct FEA used as required to optimise the mass of the sub-systems.

Designed to save and protect lives across defence, logistics, disaster response and energy sectors, Certo’s CAPSTONE project reflects the UK’s growing engineering innovation, IP and industrial strength in the autonomy sector. Randle Engineering’s important contribution further demonstrates the robustness of the UK’s engineering design industry and the value that established engineering design enterprises can bring to new demand signals, such as the increasing calls for UAVs in applications such as disaster relief, defence and logistics.
Ally McMahon, chief executive officer at Randle Engineering, said: “This type of cutting-edge project is perfect for our team, given our track record in innovation across the automotive and aerospace sectors. Our approach to engineering is firmly based on first principles. We solve new challenges like this with a clean sheet of paper, rather than trying simply to adapt off-the-shelf concepts that may be wholly unsuitable.”

McMahon continued: “With two contra-rotating main rotors on top, and no tail rotor, CAPSTONE’s form factor not only reaps a significant energy advantage but also makes the overall length of the aircraft at least 33% smaller than a conventional helicopter of the same lift capability. Another advantage of this modular design includes that it allows for rapid re-roling from CASEVAC to construction, from firefighting to famine relief and across a multiplicity of military roles including logistics and submarine detection.
“We are also learning from the advanced aerodynamic analysis we are conducting with academics that the particular coaxial control system employed on CAPSTONE has distinct advantages in real-world weather conditions and operational military scenarios.”
Justin Tooth, CEO at Certo Aerospace, added: “Having Randle Engineering as our lead design consultancy on these highly challenging and specialised areas of our development pathway has proved a significant boost to our rate of progress. The Randle engineers bring excellent experience in design and project management that are highly complementary to our own. Contributing at this level to a wholly novel aircraft class is also really rewarding professionally, so it is very encouraging to see our colleagues at Randle enjoying this journey as much as we do!”
Ends

For further information, contact St John White at Loki PR on 07864 875743 / stjohn@lokipr.co.uk

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Giving Back with the ‘Giving Tree’

As part of the Warwick Science Park Giving Initiative, we were proud to support the KidsOut charity through their wonderful ‘Giving Tree’ program. This fantastic initiative helps bring joy to children who might otherwise miss the magic of Christmas. Randle contributed three donations, and knowing these gifts will light up a child’s festive season makes our tree shine even brighter.

The Sparkle of Christmas

Speaking of trees—our office Christmas tree is looking spectacular! Its twinkling lights have added a warm glow to the workspace, reminding us that even engineers appreciate a little sparkle. You will not know the pressure of decorating a tree as a non-engineer around engineers! Equal bauble distribution, light coverage, and placement of star must be just so!

Party Highlights

Randle Christmas Party was a blast—laughter, tasty food, and plenty of festive spirit. And if that was not enough, last week’s Tech Centre Christmas buffet kept the celebrations rolling. Nothing brings people together like a shared plate of mince pies!

Festive Bakes & Sweet Treats and The Great Biscuit Challenge – A huge shout-out to Julia and Guy, who wowed us with their festive bakes. The month’s not over yet, bring on the stretchy trousers.

How do you get our engineers excited about games? Simple: throw biscuits into the mix! Our biscuit challenge sparked competitive spirits and plenty of laughs. Who knew rating the biscuits could be so tough!

For those who prefer a non-foodie game, the OWTT (Outdoor Wooden Tension Tower) made an appearance. It might not roll off the tongue like its branded counterpart, but it certainly kept us entertained. Structural integrity meets festive fun—what more could you want? Again, playing as a non-engineer with engineers, no pressure!

Festive Spreadsheeting: A New Interview Question?

Here is a quirky fact: some of our team members have a spreadsheet for their Christmas dinner schedule. Yes, really! So, are you a festive spreadsheeter or do you wing it? This should be our next interview question! After all, cooking is an art, baking is a science—where do you stand?

From all of us at Randle Engineering, we wish you a joyful festive season filled with sparkle, laughter, and maybe a few biscuits!

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Since 1994 Randle Engineering have been providing consultancy services to the global engineering community with a focus on high quality, robust & novel solutions. The business operates in a range of sectors with ground vehicles being the key specialism. Within this sphere suspension systems engineering, vehicle dynamics analysis & powertrain integration remain the core offering.

Over the years the experienced team have developed a suite of design and analysis tools to allow customer projects to move more quickly and efficiently. Now, these tools are being deployed directly to customers via a new venture Randle Software allowing them to experience the benefits first hand.

Randle Software

Randle Software is a sister company to Randle Engineering dedicated to releasing novel software tools directly to the market. Initially the focus is on applications to support the automotive engineering community, leaning on Randle Engineering’s near 30 year experience in the industry.

Randle Software is based in the UK but our flexible cloud-based deployment strategy allows us to support customers of all sizes around the globe. The goal is to provide flexible tools that slot into customer processes reducing development timeframes & costs whilst maintaining quality.

RS-Auto

RS-Auto is Randle Software’s first commercially available program. RS-Auto is an ecosystem of design & analysis modules aimed at supporting engineers in the Automotive industry. The Chassis Target Setting module is currently available soon to be followed by modules that assess ride & handling characteristics and optimise suspension system designs. Over time additional modules will be introduced and where appropriate they share data sets to deliver an efficient & robust workflow.

Chassis Target Setting

This unique tool calculates suspension & steering system level targets based on objective vehicle level targets and fixed input data. It features a non-iterative target cascade that allows the user to identify robust targets quickly and assess target trade requirements whilst maintaining consistency across the target book.

The core processes, methods & models have been developed by Randle Engineering over the last 7 years and have been successfully deployed on 20+ customer programmes ranging from cutting edge electric SUVs to high performance sports cars. The calculations have been correlated against real world test data and subjective driver feedback and offer significant process efficiencies compared to standard iterative optimisation methods.

“Randle Engineering’s suspension analysis gave us solutions to further advance our unique vehicle design. We were given comprehensive data to support their results allowing us to incorporate their input into our project.” Chief Designer, US vehicle programme

“Randle’s approach to target setting allowed several competing challenges to be considered in detail during our concept design phase.” CTO, UK vehicle manufacturer

Ultimately this module can be used to expedite the concept definition phase of a vehicle programme whilst de-risking latter stages making it a valuable asset for any engineering team.

Delivered via the cloud

RS-Auto is delivered to customers on a subscription basis using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform Appstream 2.0. This secure architecture allows customers to access RS-Auto via a browser or desktop client 24/7 anywhere in the world. Coupled with individual logins, floating licences and private cloud storage a flexible and seamless user experience is ensured.

Get in touch

To find out more about Randle Software get in touch at software@randle.co.uk.

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Steve Randle of Randle Engineering was featured in Autocar this week (24^th May), one of the world’s most reputable and oldest car magazines.

The Kings of Ride and Comfort group test, ‘Ride and Joy’, conducted in the stunning Bannau Bycheiniog, also known as the Brecon Beacons, saw Matt Saunders of Autocar, test five vehicles past and present. Matt invited Steve and Jonathan Palmer, of Palmer Sport, ex Formula 1 driver for their expert opinions.

The team at Autocar assembled the following vehicles to take a considered view on ride and comfort. Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII, Bentley Flying Spur V8 Azure, Range Rover P440e Autobiography, Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and BMW i7 xDrive60 M Sport, a pretty impressive stack of metal!

After devoting himself to a career of engineering consultancy, Steve has the extensive experience and freedom of thought be the perfect person for this brief. Steve retains a hands-on role at Randle Engineering, his passion sits with the ongoing involvement in mechanical engineering and the area of vehicle dynamics. His expertise is sought industry far and wide as mirrored by Matt Saunders below.

“ride and comfort being not only a complicated but also subjective question, we decided not to tackle it on our own. Providing an alternative and especially expert take was Steve Randle of Randle Engineering, a man with an impeccable CV in vehicle dynamics engineering on which the McLaren F1 can be found”.

Matt Saunders, Autocar feature 24^th May 2023. Page 32

Picture: Steve Randle

Sarah Hookey, Operations Manager at Randle Engineering liaised with Autocar to secure Steve for the piece. Sarah said ‘Steve Randle and the engineers at Randle Engineering work from a place of honesty, integrity and credibility. Collectively there is 20 decades of engineering consultancy expertise with foundations from JLR, McLaren, Altair and Ricardo as well as home grown talent. Steve was the perfect guest for the piece and we were delighted to accept and be a part of the feature’.

Randle Engineering, established in 1994, is a design & development consultancy specialising in the application of core engineering principles to solve complex problems. Steve Randle and the team of engineers at Randle HQ deeply understand the business they are in, the needs of the customers and the broader marketplace.

To find out more about Randle Engineering services or seek a consultation contact the team at the Warwick HQ on 01926 623 200 / enquire@randle.co.uk / About Randle Engineering

Media enquires please send to resmarketing@randle.co.uk

To read the feature, please visit Magazine Subscriptions | Autocar or purchase edition 24 May 2023

Thank you to Matt Saunders, Road Test Editor at Haymarket Media Group and Steve Cropley, Editor in Chief, Autocar at Haymarket Media Group.

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Recruitment successes with the appointment of Sarah Hookey, Paul Jones, Peter Benzie and Harry Green in strategic roles as part of the wider considered growth plans for the business and with three additional positions to be fill before March 2023 we continue to grow from strength to strength.

With one of the hottest summers on record, we were thankful for the air conditioning in our beautiful managed service offices. We took advantage of the weather and reminisce about delicious fish and chips in the park and walking during our lunch breaks.

What would an update be without a move? An office move. After 20 plus years in our previous home, it was time to grow into a bigger space. The cathartic rationalisation of ‘stuff’ began, and we moved on the 21^{st of} October. We have settled into our new home and can’t wait to share our space with new starters and our guests.

Into the autumn the team embarked on the annual away day, an opportunity to review business performance to date, reflect on the amazing range of projects we’ve worked on as well as have some fun. With the reverse steer challenge causing much hilarity, axe throwing proving a surprising ‘hit’, with some performing better than others! Plus, an alarming amount of super sharp shooters on the shooting range, a good time was had by all!

2022 saw the celebration of two 25 years long service awards for Dom Simpson and Nick Bowden, testament to their commitment to the business and the business to them.

The team went on not one, but two Christmas parties (thanks Covid). In March 2022 we went to Coombe Abbey for decadent dining, having postponed the 2021 one. More recently we went the Falcon Inn with an almost full quota of the team, much merriment, great food and even a quiz!

With a range of exciting internal communications and an extensive list of projects planned in for 2023, we look forward to sharing more news and details of the amazing projects into the new year.

Happy New Year!

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Harry is a driven engineer with a first-class degree in Mechanical Engineering (with Automotive) from the University of Bath. Harry is hungry to test and develop his technical skills and share his knowledge. With over a year’s work experience at Apex Circuit Design, a motorsport engineering consultancy, he brings with him a wealth of transferable skills and we are delighted to have him on board.

A key strategic hire for Randle Engineering, Harry’s appointment is a direct compliment to the wider graduate engineer recruitment programme that was launched in early 2022 and forms part of a wider, forward-looking, and highly ambitious growth strategy to invest in the Engineers of the future.

Commenting on his appointment, Harry said: “Having followed Randle Engineering for some time, I’m delighted to be joining such a dynamic team. I’m very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with an enviable customer base who operate at the cutting edge of their industries.”

Ally McMahon, CSO at Randle Engineering, added: “We’re thrilled to welcome Harry to the team. Thanks to a number of recent customer wins, a strategic business plan and the continued development of our team, Randle Engineering is experiencing rapid growth. Harry is a passionate Engineer with a keen interest in engineering consultancy, an often complex area of mechanical engineering. We warmly welcome Harry and are looking forward to supporting him through his career journey with us”.

Originally focussed on ground vehicle design, Randle Engineering now provides cutting edge design & simulation services to a whole variety of sectors, from automotive, motorsport, aerospace, defence and construction through to the robotics and medical sectors; the company’s rigorous, first principles-based approach allows them to solve any problem that requires holistic, robust engineering and adds value to customer projects. If you’d like further information in relation to Randle Engineering’s specialisms and services, please contact the team at our Warwick HQ on 01926 623 200.

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Joining the business with immediate effect, the appointment demonstrates Randle Engineering’s commitment to continued growth and further national and international expansion as the ‘go to’ design & development consultancy.

Peter brings invaluable knowledge, insight, and expertise to Randle Engineering ’s senior consultancy team, with significant experience spanning 20 years. Prior to joining the business, he held the position of Senior Technical Specialist in Structureborne Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH) at Altair and has also worked at acclaimed names such as McLaren and Jaguar Land Rover.

A key strategic hire for Randle Engineering, Peter’s appointment forms part of a wider, forward-looking, and highly ambitious growth strategy for the business, opening up opportunities to support our customers in wider areas of NVH analysis.

Commenting on his new role, Peter said: “Randle Engineering is a hugely exciting company with an enviable customer base, unmatched technical knowledge and reputation. This, alongside Randle Engineering’s integrity, rigour and purpose was a real pull for me”.

Dominic Simpson, CTO of Randle Engineering, commented, “Randle Engineering is internationally respected for consistently delivering high-level engineering consultancy.  Our offering is to provide cutting edge design and simulation services to a range of sectors adding value to customer projects. Peter’s appointment will help us to explore the many significant opportunities to expand as well as bring enviable experience and knowledge share for the team and our customers”.

Originally focussed on ground vehicle design, Randle Engineering now provides cutting edge design & simulation services to a whole variety of sectors, from automotive, motorsport, aerospace, defence and construction through to the robotics and medical sectors; the company’s rigorous, first principles-based approach allows them to solve any problem that requires holistic, robust engineering and adds value to customer projects. If you’d like further information in relation to Randle Engineering’s specialisms and services, please contact the team at our Warwick HQ on 01926 623 200.

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Sarah will be working closely with the senior management team on aligning operations with the commercial strategy, and comes to Randle with an impressive career spanning motorsport, engineering, charity and public relations.

She has worked with illustrious brands focusing on efficiency and lean thinking, making her a great fit for an organisation whose engineering expertise extends across a wide variety of global industries, from aerospace, defence and construction through to the robotics and medical sectors.

Commenting on her appointment, Hookey said: 

I am privileged to have joined the Randle Engineering team at such an exciting time for the business. Randle has grown into a successful and reputationally strong business over the past 28 years. 

My priority is to help the team build on its impressive progress, driving my areas forward, allowing the engineering team to continue to produce the outstanding outputs they do on a day to day basis to the delight of our customers.

Alastair McMahon, CSO of Randle Engineering, added:

This is a transformational time for the business. Sarah’s appointment aligns with our ambitions to expand the team and take our capability to the next stage, her experience will prove pivotal to our future strategy. We warmly welcome her as part of our team. 

Randle Engineering Solutions expect Sarah’s appointment to be a great asset to their clients, from supercar manufacturers and global construction vehicle OEMs to start-ups in future farming and medical robotic devices.

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