Raima has reached an important milestone in the development of RaimaDB Cert. SGS-TÜV Saar has issued the official functional safety certificate for RaimaDB Cert Version 16.1, confirming that the product is suitable for integration into safety-related software across multiple regulated industries.
The certificate confirms that RaimaDB Cert has been assessed according to leading functional safety and software assurance standards, including ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC 62304, EN 50716, and DO-178C.
A certified database component for safety-critical systems
Certification is one of the most demanding parts of developing safety-critical software. Teams must produce evidence for requirements traceability, verification, test coverage, reviews, and documentation. When a database is part of the system architecture, the database layer itself can become a significant certification burden.
RaimaDB Cert is designed to reduce that burden.
Delivered as a Safety Element out of Context, RaimaDB Cert gives development teams a certified embedded database component together with the documentation and safety evidence needed to support system-level certification. This allows teams to focus more of their effort on the application and system they are building, rather than qualifying the database infrastructure from scratch.
“Achieving this certificate is a major validation of the engineering discipline behind RaimaDB Cert,” said David Nguyen, Director of Engineering and QA at Raima. “For teams building safety-critical systems, the database layer has to be more than fast and reliable. It must also be supported by the traceability, verification evidence, and documentation required for certification. RaimaDB Cert was built to give those teams a stronger foundation and a clearer path through the certification process.”
Certified for demanding safety standards
The SGS-TÜV Saar certificate confirms that RaimaDB Cert Version 16.1 is suitable for integration into safety-related software according to:
- IEC 61508 up to SIL 4
- IEC 62304 up to software safety class C
- ISO 26262 up to ASIL D
- EN 50716 up to SIL 4
- DO-178C up to Software Level A
These standards are used across industries such as automotive, industrial automation, medical devices, railway, aerospace, and defense. By supporting multiple safety frameworks, RaimaDB Cert gives organizations a reusable certified data management foundation for a wide range of mission-critical and safety-critical systems.
Why this matters
Modern embedded systems increasingly depend on real-time data. Vehicles, medical devices, industrial controllers, autonomous systems, and aerospace platforms all need to collect, store, access, and move data reliably — often under strict timing, memory, and safety constraints.
For these systems, the database cannot be treated as a generic software component. It must be predictable, efficient, robust, and supported by the evidence required for certification.
RaimaDB Cert brings functional safety certification to the embedded database layer. It is built for teams that need high-performance data management without compromising on safety requirements, certification readiness, or engineering control.
Supporting faster certification and lower project risk
Using a certified database component can help reduce project risk in several important ways.
First, it gives engineering teams a database layer that has already been independently assessed for use in safety-related software. Second, it provides the supporting safety documentation needed for integration. Third, it reduces the amount of internal effort required to generate and maintain certification evidence for the data management layer.
For organizations building safety-critical systems, this can help shorten certification timelines, reduce audit uncertainty, and free engineering teams to focus on the parts of the system that differentiate their product.
A milestone for embedded data management
Raima has supported embedded and real-time systems for decades. With RaimaDB Cert, that experience is now combined with independent functional safety certification for organizations building the next generation of safety-critical software.
The certificate from SGS-TÜV Saar marks a significant step forward for RaimaDB Cert and for engineering teams that need certified data infrastructure at the edge.
For teams working in automotive, industrial, healthcare & medical, railway, aerospace and defense, RaimaDB Cert provides a certified embedded database foundation designed for real-time, safety-related applications where reliability and evidence matter.
Learn more about RaimaDB Cert here or download a free trial of RaimaDB
