Design Services
Engineering engagements built for how test teams actually work
Start small with a diagnostic, scale to a full design package, or keep a specialist on call. Every engagement delivers documentation you own outright.
The engagement model
Start with almost no risk, scale on results
Most clients start with a fixed-fee, two-week diagnostic — low commitment, guaranteed value, credited toward the full project. It's how you evaluate us with almost no risk.
Engagement-model diagram: Diagnostic → (credit) → Design Package → Advisory, with guarantees badged on each stage
Asset to be produced — see Visual Asset Plan
Root-Cause Diagnostic
A focused two-week engagement on one specific interface problem — contact-force damage, docking repeatability, thermal drift, contactor wear, planarity loss.
You get
root-cause analysis · three design alternatives with trade-offs · implementation effort and timeline estimates · initial sketches and material recommendations · a review call · a report your team keeps.
Commercials
Fixed fee, scoped in advance, fully credited toward a follow-on design engagement.
Guarantee
Full refund if the diagnostic doesn't identify root cause and actionable alternatives. You keep the report regardless.
Custom Interface Design Package
Complete design and documentation of a custom test interface — contactor, DIB, docking system, strip-test mechanism, thermal interface, or fixture — delivered as production-ready IP you own.
You get
complete CAD (SolidWorks) · full drawings and tolerancing · BOM with supplier recommendations · assembly and integration documentation · two review/iteration cycles · 30 days post-delivery support · full IP transfer.
Commercials
Quoted on scope with a defined deliverable list; staged payments tied to milestones.
Guarantee
We keep working at no extra cost until your engineering team accepts the design as production-ready.
Exploded-view render sequence — what a design package contains: CAD assembly, drawing sheet, BOM table
Asset to be produced — see Visual Asset Plan
Engineering Advisory Retainer
A senior interface specialist on call — design reviews, fast-response problem-solving, a standing technical partner who knows your setup. Monthly retainer, quoted to the level of access you need; six-month minimum.
How IP transfer works
Structural, not a promise
Every deliverable becomes your property on delivery. No royalties, no licensing, no lock-in. Manufacture through any supplier, modify freely, deploy across any sites. This is structural — it's how every contract is written.
Not sure which engagement fits?
Describe the problem on a short call and we'll recommend the right starting point — usually the diagnostic.