expertise — 03
Engineering that gets designs onto the line.
Design for manufacture, prototyping and test, simulation and production transition — the physics and the factory, handled by the same team that shaped the product.
who this is for
The distance between prototype and product.
Teams whose prototype works but whose contract manufacturer keeps quoting exceptions. Programs stalled between design freeze and first article. Founders who need the tolerance philosophy, the test plan and the supplier conversation handled by people who've shipped. This practice exists for the unglamorous distance where most hardware programs actually die.
what we do
The offerings.
Design for Manufacture & Assembly
Part consolidation, draft and tolerance strategy, fastener rationalisation, assembly sequence — resolved against the specific processes and volumes you'll actually run, from bridge tooling to high-volume moulding. You walk away with production-intent CAD and a design your contract manufacturer quotes without a page of exceptions.
Prototyping & Test
Mules, rigs, works-like, looks-like and works-like-looks-like builds — each made to answer a named question, not to decorate a milestone. We instrument prototypes and run the tests: drop, cycle, ingress, thermal soak, user trials. You walk away with test data tied to requirements and prototypes that retired real risks.
Analysis & Simulation
FEA, thermal and flow studies, tolerance stack-ups and mechanism analysis used to decide, not to illustrate. Simulation runs inside the design loop, so geometry improves between reviews instead of after failures. You walk away with analysis reports your engineers can audit and geometry with margin where it matters.
Production Transition
The unglamorous distance between "design frozen" and "units shipping": supplier engagement, tooling reviews, first-article inspection, golden samples, assembly documentation and the discipline to resist late drift. You walk away with a product in production, a documentation pack the line can hold, and a controlled change process.
how it runs
Questions first, hardware second.
Every build answers a named question; every test ties to a requirement. Engineering runs inside the same loops as industrial design, so DFM isn't a late-stage audit — it's how concepts are born. We work in your CAD and PLM, not around them, and everything is handed over documented.
- Production-intent CAD, drawings and tolerance philosophy
- Test data tied to requirements; risks retired, not deferred
- Audit-ready analysis reports with the assumptions stated
- First articles approved, golden samples set, change control in place
straight answers
Asked often.
Do you replace our contract manufacturer?
No — we make you a better client for them. Clean CAD, honest tolerances and complete documentation turn CM relationships from adversarial to fast.
Can you rescue a design that keeps failing DFM review?
Yes, and it's common work. We audit the design against your actual process and volumes, rank the offenders by cost and risk, and fix them in order — often without touching what users see.
Whose CAD and PLM do you work in?
Yours. Deliverables land in your systems under your conventions, so nothing about your product lives only on our servers.
works with
The factory-facing half of the loop.
Engineering converges form from industrial design, borrows wider searches from computational design, and hands accurate CAD to visualization. Heaviest sector duty: energy hardware, robotics, instruments.