What you can hire us to do

Turn early-stage ideas, technical requirements, and difficult engineering problems into practical physical solutions.

The starting point when the answer is not yet known. We frame the problem, design the experiments that can settle it, and iterate toward a solution that survives contact with hardware.

• Contract research and development
• Feasibility and concept development
• Product architecture
• Proof-of-concept development
• Experimental development
• Technology evaluation
• Iterative prototype development
• Design validation
• Specialized problem solving

Develop components, assemblies, and complete mechanical systems from concept through manufacturing-ready designs.

Design carried far enough to be built. Every model leaves with the documentation, tolerances, and manufacturing input needed to put it on a machine.

• Computer-aided design (CAD)
• Mechanical engineering
• Product and structural design
• Thermal design
• Computational simulation
• Enclosure and mechanism design
• Design optimization
• Design for manufacturability (DFM)
• Drawing and production documentation

Develop the electronics, sensing, control, and embedded systems modern physical products depend on.

Electronics developed alongside the mechanical system rather than after it, so packaging, thermal behavior, and harnessing are settled together instead of in sequence.

• Printed circuit board (PCB) design
• Embedded system development
• Firmware development
• Sensor integration
• Control systems
• Power electronics integration
• Communication systems
• Radio frequency (RF) development and analysis
• Signal and power integrity analysis
• Prototype electronics and electromechanical integration

Rapidly turn digital designs into functional components and development hardware.

Learning rate is set by how quickly a revision reaches the bench. In-house fabrication keeps that measured in days rather than procurement cycles.

• Functional prototypes
• Engineering-grade additive manufacturing
• Large-format additive manufacturing
• Prototype assemblies
• Design iterations and fit-check models
• Manufacturing aids, jigs, and fixtures
• Replacement and custom components
• Short-run additive production

Produce prototype and low-volume precision components with engineering and manufacturing in direct contact.

The engineer who designed the part and the machinist who makes it work in the same building — so manufacturability is a conversation, not a rejected quote.

• Computer numerical control (CNC) machining
• Prototype machining
• Low-volume component production
• Custom parts and tooling
• Fixtures
• Manufacturing engineering
• Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
• Process development
• Machining support for external designs

Build structures, assemblies, and specialized components using conventional and advanced fabrication methods.

Metal and composite work under the same roof as machining and assembly, which keeps mixed-material structures from being split across three vendors.

• Metal fabrication and welding
• Prototype structures
• Composite layup
• Vacuum-bagged composites
• Resin-infusion processes
• Composite prototyping
• Structural assemblies
• Custom fixtures
• Mixed-material assemblies

Bring mechanical, electrical, embedded, and manufactured components together into functional systems.

Integration is where multidisciplinary hardware usually fails. Doing it in-house means the people who built the parts are present when the system first comes up.

• Prototype assembly
• Electromechanical integration
• Wiring and harness integration
• Sensor integration
• Embedded hardware installation
• System bring-up
• Aircraft and robotic system assembly
• Programming and configuration
• Troubleshooting and complete prototype integration

Instrument and evaluate prototypes to understand performance, identify failures, and drive the next revision.

Testing exists to answer questions: did it work, where did it fail, and does the revision perform better. The answers go straight back into engineering.

• Structural and load testing
• Propulsion testing
• Thermal testing
• Vibration measurement
• Electrical system testing
• Battery and power system testing
• Sensor testing
• Environmental test development
• Data acquisition
• Failure investigation
• Prototype validation and engineering test support