A specialist engineer for your team
Sometimes a project needs a specific depth of engineering that's hard to hire for, or a safe pair of senior hands to hit a deadline. I bring award-winning consumer product experience across mechanical, firmware, thermal and manufacture, and an understanding of how they integrate, to teams that need it.
When you need expertise you don't have in house
"We've hit a hard problem, thermal, firmware-mechanical, DFM, that we can't crack in-house."
"We're a specialist short with a deadline closing, and need experienced capacity fast."
"We want someone who has actually shipped consumer hardware at volume."
For teams, the decision usually comes down to immediate impact. If you're a design agency that needs engineering expertise on a project, or an in-house product team that needs more resource, I can offer impact from day one without the need for a full hire.
Shipped, acclaimed and patent-protected work
My work has reached the shelf and been recognised for it: I led the performance hardware and firmware development on the Red Dot-winning Ooni Volt 2, and designed the door and optimised the performance of the iF and German Design Award-winning Ooni Karu 2, whose architecture carried onto the iF-winning Karu 2 Pro. I'm named on patented and patent-pending inventions, and I've taken products through tooling and volume manufacture, on the factory floor when they were built, in the UK and overseas.
Capacity and specialist depth
Engage me for ongoing capacity against your backlog, or for a specific, scoped piece of hard engineering.
Contract Engineering
For teamsDay-rate or retained capacity, acting as an extension of your team on a defined brief. Specialist skills on tap: firmware and mechanical crossover, thermal and high-temperature systems, DFM.
Contract Engineering →Design Verification
Independent analysis, simulation and structured testing to prove a design before you commit to tooling, or to answer a specific engineering question.
Design Verification →Manufacturing Preparation
DFMA, production CAD, a drawing pack with GD&T and tolerance analysis to get a design efficient and repeatable at volume, and technical liaison with your factory.
Manufacturing Preparation →Design Review
from £200A fast, senior second opinion on a design or a decision, with a written report. A low-friction way to get expert eyes on something before it goes further.
Design Review →Need specialist engineering capacity?
Tell me the scope, the timeline and how your team works. I'll let you know how I can help, how quickly I can start, and what it costs.