Consultancy services

Electronics design and product development services.

Engagements range from a focused independent review to complete subsystem delivery, fractional technical leadership and recovery of a troubled development programme.

Fixed-price entry engagement

Design review and technical due diligence

Independent assessment before a major decision, investment, redesign or production commitment.

Typical outputs

Requirements and architecture review
Schematic and PCB risk assessment
EMC, safety and manufacturability observations
Prioritised findings and corrective actions
Written report and management briefing

Best suited to

Engineering directors, investors, acquirers and product teams needing a clear view of technical condition and development risk.

Commercial basis: fixed scope and fixed fee.

Staged milestone project

Electronic product development

A controlled path from incomplete concept to verified, documented and manufacturable electronic design.

Typical stages

Paid discovery and requirements definition
Feasibility and system architecture
Detailed circuit, PCB and firmware development
Prototype bring-up and verification
Manufacturing and compliance transfer

Commercial structure

Each stage has defined deliverables, assumptions, dependencies and acceptance criteria. Later stages are quoted when earlier work has reduced uncertainty.

Commercial basis: milestone payments with documented change control.

Monthly retainer

Fractional technical leadership

Senior electronics and product-development leadership for organisations that need design authority without a full-time appointment.

Typical responsibilities

Architecture and technical decision ownership
Design reviews and engineering governance
Development planning and risk management
Supplier and specialist coordination
Recruitment and capability development support

How access is defined

The retainer specifies reserved capacity, response expectations, priority topics, meetings and tangible monthly outputs.

Commercial basis: renewable monthly service agreement.

Premium diagnostic engagement

Troubleshooting and project recovery

Structured investigation when an electronic product is unstable, non-compliant, late, unreliable or difficult to manufacture.

Typical issues

Noise, drift and unexplained measurement errors
Power integrity, grounding and EMC failures
Prototype instability or intermittent behaviour
Component obsolescence and redesign pressure
Weak verification evidence or incomplete transfer

Recovery outputs

Evidence-based fault hypotheses, diagnostic results, prioritised corrective actions, revised development plan and targeted redesign where agreed.

Commercial basis: fixed diagnostic phase followed by a separately approved recovery work package.

Pricing principle

Effort informs the price. Outcomes define the purchase.

Time, complexity, risk and specialist costs are estimated internally. Client proposals focus on scope, deliverables, milestones, assumptions and commercial value.

Where exploratory laboratory work cannot be responsibly fixed in advance, it can be delivered under a capped time-and-materials phase with frequent evidence-based review points.

A robust proposal normally defines

The business and technical objective
Deliverables and acceptance criteria
Client inputs and dependencies
Milestones and payment schedule
Exclusions, revisions and change control
Intellectual-property and completion terms

Unsure where to begin?

A focused design review or discovery phase is usually the lowest-risk first step.

Discuss the right entry point