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Product architecture
Deciding what is bought, what is made and where the load paths run. The output is a part tree with a cost and a supplier against every node.
Product Design & Prototyping
I turn a validated scope into a product that a factory can quote. The work is for teams holding a funded concept and no buildable specification. Afterwards there is a drawing pack, a tested prototype and a bill of materials with named suppliers.
The output is a buildable specification: geometry, materials and tolerances a contract manufacturer can quote against without a meeting.
I begin with the architecture, deciding which parts are bought, which are made and where the product will fail first. From you I need the funded scope, the target cost and access to anyone who has used an earlier version. Each prototype is built to answer one question, so every build retires a named risk instead of merely looking finished.
The work stops at a release-ready drawing pack. I hand over the CAD, the bill of materials and the test record; I do not manage tooling or the production ramp. Certification testing, electronics layout and firmware go to specialists I name up front, with a brief written in their terms.
- TYPICAL ENGAGEMENT
- 6 to 12 weeks, part-time.
- WHAT YOU GET
- Architecture, prototypes, drawing pack, BOM
- WHEN TO CALL ME
- A scope is funded and no factory can quote it.
- WHAT THIS IS NOT
- Not tooling management, electronics layout or firmware development.
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What this capability covers
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Industrial design
Form, ergonomics and finish decided against the use case and the target cost. The output is surfaced CAD and a colour, material and finish sheet.
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Prototyping
Each build answers one question and is retired once it has. The output is a test record stating what passed, what failed and what changed next.
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Design for manufacture
Reworking parts for the process that will make them at volume, before tooling is cut. The output is a drawing pack a factory can quote without a meeting.
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Packaging & unboxing
Pack format, protection and shelf presence specified alongside the product, not after it. The output is a dieline, a material specification and a cost per unit.
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Design systems
Shared parts, fixings and interfaces across a product family, so the second product costs less to build than the first. The output is a controlled component library.
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NEXT STEP
The first conversation names the part most likely to fail first.
It runs forty-five minutes, costs nothing, and ends with the prototype I would build first and the question that build answers.
