Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kevin Brittain from Cummins explains how ESTECO tools support simulation-based product development, optimization, and digital engineering. In this interview from the ESTECO Users’ Meeting North America 2025, he discusses how Cummins uses automation, optimization, and a data science layer to get more value from simulation tools. The outcome is a stronger design space mentality that helps global engineering teams work faster, understand trade-offs, and make better product decisions.
*Engineering domain:*
Simulation-based product development, digital engineering, AI-enabled engineering capabilities, product design, and global engineering workflows.
*Type of problem:*
Engineering teams need to use simulation tools in practical ways that fit their processes and ecosystem. Cummins uses ESTECO tools to run simulations at scale, understand the design space, apply optimization and robustness methods, and share design knowledge across global teams.
*Tools and solvers involved:*
- ESTECO tools
- ESTECO platform
- Simulation-based product development tools
- Digital and AI capabilities
- Engineering simulation tools
- Data science layer for decision support
*Key concepts covered:*
- Simulation-based product development
- Cummins
- ESTECO partnership
- Digital engineering
- AI capabilities
- Design space exploration
- Optimization methods
- Robustness
- Automation
- Simulation tools
- Engineering efficiency
- Engineering effectiveness
- Data science layer
- Trade-off analysis
- Design knowledge sharing
- Global engineering teams
- Product design impact
- Tool onboarding
- Services and support
- Engineering decision making
*Chapters:*
0:00 – Introduction to Cummins’ simulation-based engineering use case
0:12 – What is Kevin Brittain’s background in optimization methods?
0:20 – Kevin Brittain’s role in digital and AI capabilities at Cummins
0:29 – Why does Cummins see ESTECO as a partner?
0:48 – How do tools become practical inside engineering processes?
1:05 – How ESTECO supports onboarding and problem solving
1:21 – Business impact of the ESTECO platform at Cummins
1:36 – How simulation tools support engineering design decisions
1:50 – How running thousands of simulations reveals the design space
1:58 – How design knowledge is shared across global teams
2:07 – Why design space, optimization, and robustness matter
2:15 – Automation, optimization, and the data science layer
2:29 – How better data improves trade-off understanding
*Related ESTECO resources:*
- ESTECO Engineering: engineering.esteco.com
- Design optimization technology: engineering.esteco.com/technology/design-optimization
- Simulation process integration and automation: engineering.esteco.com/technology/simulation-process-integration-automation
- Simulation data analytics: engineering.esteco.com/technology/simulation-data-analytics
- AI data-driven modeling: engineering.esteco.com/technology/ai-data-driven-modeling
- Robust design and reliability: engineering.esteco.com/technology/robust-design-and-reliability
#SimulationBasedDesign #ESTECO #Cummins #DesignSpaceExploration"
Kevin Brittain from Cummins explains how ESTECO tools support simulation-based product development, optimization, and digital engineering. In this interview from the ESTECO Users’ Meeting North America 2025, he discusses how Cummins uses automation, optimization, and a data science layer to get more value from simulation tools. The outcome is a stronger design space mentality that helps global engineering teams work faster, understand trade-offs, and make better product decisions.
*Engineering domain:*
Simulation-based product development, digital engineering, AI-enabled engineering capabilities, product design, and global engineering workflows.
*Type of problem:*
Engineering teams need to use simulation tools in practical ways that fit their processes and ecosystem. Cummins uses ESTECO tools to run simulations at scale, understand the design space, apply optimization and robustness methods, and share design knowledge across global teams.
*Tools and solvers involved:*
- ESTECO tools
- ESTECO platform
- Simulation-based product development tools
- Digital and AI capabilities
- Engineering simulation tools
- Data science layer for decision support
*Key concepts covered:*
- Simulation-based product development
- Cummins
- ESTECO partnership
- Digital engineering
- AI capabilities
- Design space exploration
- Optimization methods
- Robustness
- Automation
- Simulation tools
- Engineering efficiency
- Engineering effectiveness
- Data science layer
- Trade-off analysis
- Design knowledge sharing
- Global engineering teams
- Product design impact
- Tool onboarding
- Services and support
- Engineering decision making
*Chapters:*
0:00 – Introduction to Cummins’ simulation-based engineering use case
0:12 – What is Kevin Brittain’s background in optimization methods?
0:20 – Kevin Brittain’s role in digital and AI capabilities at Cummins
0:29 – Why does Cummins see ESTECO as a partner?
0:48 – How do tools become practical inside engineering processes?
1:05 – How ESTECO supports onboarding and problem solving
1:21 – Business impact of the ESTECO platform at Cummins
1:36 – How simulation tools support engineering design decisions
1:50 – How running thousands of simulations reveals the design space
1:58 – How design knowledge is shared across global teams
2:07 – Why design space, optimization, and robustness matter
2:15 – Automation, optimization, and the data science layer
2:29 – How better data improves trade-off understanding
*Related ESTECO resources:*
- ESTECO Engineering: engineering.esteco.com
- Design optimization technology: engineering.esteco.com/technology/design-optimization
- Simulation process integration and automation: engineering.esteco.com/technology/simulation-process-integration-automation
- Simulation data analytics: engineering.esteco.com/technology/simulation-data-analytics
- AI data-driven modeling: engineering.esteco.com/technology/ai-data-driven-modeling
- Robust design and reliability: engineering.esteco.com/technology/robust-design-and-reliability
#SimulationBasedDesign #ESTECO #Cummins #DesignSpaceExploration"
