Product development · Vancouver, BC

HardTech is hard. We make it work.

We take products from napkin sketch to production, with one senior team for the science, mechanics, electronics, firmware and software.

We work with companies launching new products, large firms with unsolved engineering problems, and funded startups with bold ideas.

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Concept · 01Napkin sketch
A need, an idea and a first rough shape.
Concept · 02Architecture
Concepts compared against requirements; the winner broken into blocks.
Concept · 03Component selection
Sensors, chips and power, chosen for performance, cost and availability.
Design · 04CAD and PCB layout
Enclosure and circuit board, designed around each other.
Prototype · 05First prototype
Machined and hand-wired. It powers on.
Prototype · 06Functional validation
One core function at a time, tested until it passes.
Prototype · 07Iteration
Each prototype fixes what the last one taught us.
Prototype · 08Design refinement
Materials, finish and firmware brought up to product quality.
Industrialize · 09Design for manufacture, assembly and test
Fewer parts, a clear assembly order, test points built in.
Industrialize · 10EVT, DVT, PVT
Engineering, design and production validation builds, growing in size.
Production · 11Production
Into production with our manufacturing partners, or yours.

What you get

Bridging the gap between innovation and execution.

Run all five phases with us, or bring us in at the one you need. We work as part of your team, not as a black box.

What you end with at each phase
Phase	You end with
Concept	A chosen architecture, a first bill of materials with costs, and a list of what must be proven first.
Design	CAD models, drawings, schematics and board layouts, ready to build.
Prototype	Working prototypes, with test results for each core function.
Industrialize (NPI)	A design reviewed for manufacture, assembly and test, and the results of each EVT, DVT and PVT build.
Production	A production-ready design package your manufacturer can build from.

Each phase is scoped before it starts and ends with a review you sign off. You own the design and the IP we create for you.

Who builds it

Designed in Vancouver. Machined in Richmond. Built at volume.

A DMG Mori five-axis machining centre in Spark Laser’s shop in Richmond, BC. — Photo: Spark Laser

Combination · Vancouver, BC

We design the product, build and test the prototypes, and lead the EVT, DVT and PVT builds with the manufacturer.

Spark Laser · Richmond, BC

Our partner company makes and measures the parts in its own machine shop, so iterations don’t wait on outside vendors. It offers 5-axis machining with 0.01 mm precision, lasers, welding, 3D printing, small batches of production parts, and CMM inspection with a written report.

Volume production

With our manufacturing partners, or at your own factory or contract manufacturer. We support the design transfer and the first builds.

Production experience on the team

Mike Coyle has spent 13 years of his career taking products from concept to large-scale manufacturing, in the hundreds of thousands of units. As lead designer of the Onewheel Pint, he cut its cost in half compared with the previous model.

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