Service · Contract Engineering

Experienced design engineering, on demand.

Specialist or extra engineering capacity for teams that have a specific project or problem, or that need quick extra resource. An experienced design engineer who can drop into a project and deliver quickly, across mechanical design, firmware-and-mechanical crossover, thermal analysis and design for manufacture, remotely or on-site, for as long as you need.

Who it's for

For product teams that need a safe pair of hands

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"We need a specialist in a certain area, or experienced capacity, fast."

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"We're a design consultancy and need engineering expertise on a certain project or across a range."

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"We've hit a hard problem, thermal, firmware-mechanical, DFM, that we don't have the resource in house to solve."

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"We want someone who has actually shipped consumer hardware at volume."

How I fit in

Senior engineering, working with your team

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Project lead capacity

I'm happy bridging the gap between mechanical, firmware and electronic development, and can manage the separate workstreams and the integration between them.

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Specialist depth

With expertise in mechanical design, firmware-and-mechanical crossover, thermal analysis and design for manufacture, if you need a specialist on a certain project I can jump in immediately.

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Working with you

I'm flexible, working in your tools, cadences and processes, remotely or on-site, so I can have an impact on projects from the first day.

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Production experience

Having worked with different manufacturers in the UK and China, remotely and in person, I have managed the relationships, worked with a range of capabilities, and taken products through tooling and volume manufacture, actually being there as they were built.

Why me

Shipped award-winning products at various volumes

Track record

Over four years at Ooni I developed premium consumer products end to end: award-winning, with patented and patent-pending inventions, and sold worldwide. With a proactive attitude to solving problems, I can jump into new scenarios and provide instant value. That is how I took on the firmware development lead role on a Red Dot award-winning product as a mechanical engineer by trade. Being able to work across the whole picture, with cross-discipline expertise, is how I can be effective immediately across a range of problems.

4+ years shipping premium consumer hardware at Ooni Firmware & mechanical crossover · thermal and high-temperature work Products sold worldwide, Red Dot & iF award-winning
Questions

Common questions

How do you charge for contract work?
I charge a day rate for ongoing capacity, a retainer for regular availability, or a fixed price for a defined deliverable, so depending on your needs I can offer you the most value.
Remote or on-site?
Both. I'm based in Edinburgh and work remotely with teams anywhere. I like to be on-site for kick-offs, factory visits or prototype demonstrations, and I'm happy to travel for important meetings.
How quickly can you start?
I'm set up to start immediately after agreeing a contract, though my availability varies as consultancy work is my main source.
How do you handle IP and NDAs?
Your IP is yours; I work under your NDA and contracts as standard, and I'm used to the IP and confidentiality expectations of consumer hardware companies.
Do you take long or short engagements?
Both, anything from a month to ongoing support across a project, retainer style. Whatever the shape, you get senior engineering that slots into how your team already works.
Let's talk

Need experienced engineering capacity?

Tell me what you need, the timeline and how your team works, and we can discuss the engagement model that suits you best, how I can help, how quickly I can start, and what it costs.

Discuss a contract → Day rate · retainer · fixed scope