HELLO
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■ Who is Synapse
■ Portfolio of Selected Projects
■ How Synapse uses Ansys HFSS
■ Schedule compression in product development
■ Design a better product despite schedule compression - RF antenna development process at Synapse
■ A bit of the “hard stuff” – some examples
AGENDA
“DESIGN IS NOT JUST WHAT IS LOOKS
LIKE AND FEELS LIKE. DESIGN IS
HOW IT WORKS
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-- Steve Jobs

■ Founded in 2002 – Recently acquired by Cambridge Consults, UK
■ Synapse locations in Seattle (HQ), San Francisco, Orlando, and Hong Kong
• 150+ Engineers and innovators
■ Cambridge Consultants locations in Boston, Cambridge, New Delhi, Singapore, and Tokyo
• 500+ Engineers and innovators
FACTS
SEATTLE
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SAN FRANCISCO
ORLANDO
BOSTON
TOKYO
CAMBRIDGE
HONG KONG
SINGAPORE

Synapsters say “yes” when conventional wisdom says “no.” It
means achieving the impossible within extraordinary timeframes.
It means building, testing, learning, and building again. It means
having fun while doing the unthinkable.
ENGINEERING NIRVANA
“THE WAY WE DO THINGS IS THE KEY. IT IS
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US. THE MAGIC LIES
IN THE METHODS WE USE.”
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− Synapster
At Synapse we believe fostering a culture of
empowerment inspires creative breakthroughs. We believe
in thinking outside the box to solve the most difficult
problems. Synapsters rigorously honor their commitment
to make this “the best job they’ve ever had.”
THE BEST JOB EVER
“SYNAPSE DID IN 10 WEEKS WITH 3 ENGINEERS WHAT
OUR COMPANY WOULD HAVE TAKEN 14 MONTHS AND 20
PEOPLE TO DO.”
− Fortune 500 Engineering Manager
WORK
PLAY

■ Electrical Engineering
■ RF Engineering
■ Mechanical Engineering
■ Firmware Engineering
■ Systems Engineering
■ Strategy Consulting
■ Program Management
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
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■ Mobile and Desktop App Development
■ Enterprise Software Engineering
■ Software Quality Assurance
■ Hardware Quality Assurance
■ UX/UI Design
■ Industrial Design
■ New Product Introduction

PROJECTS
■ Quick tour of products that show the breath of work
■ A good representation of the variety of products we have done RF work on.
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■ RF antenna design, test, and certification
■ Bluetooth and BLE FW
■ FW for majority of design including custom display
■ Low power architecture to enable long battery life
■ Curved battery development to enable form-factor with sufficient battery capacity
■ Development of over-molded electronics with high injection pressure plastics
■ Design for reliability and manufacture
NIKE+ FUELBAND
C L I E N T: Nike
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NIKE+ FUELBAND 2012

NIKE+ SPORTWATCH GPS
C L I E N T: Nike
■ Integration of USB charging and download
capability with no extra cables
■ Integration of human factors and hardware into
a Nike-worthy industrial design
■ Developed the first consumer product using
Sharp’s Memory LCD
■ Achieved 5ATM waterproof rating
■ Industrial design integration while maintaining
performance and features
■ GPS testing and use case testing
■ GPS antenna and BLE design in a similar
device
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NIKE+ SPORTWATCH GPS
POWERED BY TOM TOM 2011

RECON JET
C L I E N T: Recon Instruments
■ Custom GPS and WiFi/Ant/BT (2.4Ghz) antenna design into preconceived ID
■ Employed design-for-manufacturing methodologies and
mechanical engineering expertise to bring the complex design to production readiness
■ Synapse reimagined how Jet’s expansive feature set could be implemented and packaged into the device’s
remarkably small form factor, maintaining the integrity of the industrial design
• Built rapid prototypes of critical design features
• Joystick mechanism to adjust the display’s position and orientation
• Sealing mechanisms that were easy to manufacture and assemble
■ Delivered the solution with a cost-efficient production strategy
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RECON JET 2015

STEAM LINK
C L I E N T: Valve
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VALVE STEAM LINK 2016
Optimizes the PC gaming experience by linking the gamer’s
PC from the bedroom or office to their prime gaming location.
■ Designed a fully functional system with many high performance
features as simply as possible to reduce production costs.
■ RF, digital hardware and software development enabling very high speed data transfer
with very low latency over a wired or wireless network.
■ Resolved significant de-sense (radio performance below sensitivity spec) issues late in design (more on this)
■ Tackled challenges in the software to resolve numerous interoperability issues with products in the field.
■ Provided continued support and maintenance for mass production.

STEAM CONTROLLER
C L I E N T: Valve
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VALVE STEAM CONTROLLER 2016
■ The Steam Controller includes dual trackpads, HD haptic
feedback, dual-stage triggers, back grip buttons, and fully-
customizable control schemes making it a breakthrough in
game peripherals design.
■ Custom RF Antenna design
■ Provided a big-picture manufacturing strategy to optimize the
design for mass production.
■ Helped bring up production & establish Valve’s new, entirely
automated factory in Chicago.
■ Provided detailed engineering; contributing in FW development,
prototype builds, test system development, regulatory
compliance, robot factory ESD compliance, data collection &
analysis, factory process development, and yield improvement.

STEAM VR TRACKING
C L I E N T: Valve
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VALVE REFERENCE HARDWARE 2016
Synapse electrical, mechanical and firmware
engineers have been working with Valve on
their VR program since 2014.
■ System analysis / RF system / OTA RF timing systems
■ Supported their team with base station
development focusing on improving
manufacturability of the design.
■ Base station research and development for
performance improvement and cost reductions.
■ Supported a few key Valve partners in
their VR program development.
■ Over the last year, we’ve been involved in VR tracking
including developing the StreamVR Tracking reference
hardware to help new partners jump start their development.
■ Valve has partnered with Synapse Product Development to provide onboarding and
educational and consulting services for all SteamVR Tracking licensees.
Learn more at: http://www.synapse.com/steamVR

CONNECTED STADIUM EXPERIENCE
C L I E N T: San Francisco 49ers
■ Self-contained ticket reading device: WiFI enabled and battery operated.
■ RF Antenna integration and tuning
■ Reads paper barcodes, QR codes, barcodes on mobile device screens, RFID cards
and tags, NFC, and BLE from smartphones & responds with video and audio
feedback.
■ Stressed importance of industrial design to satisfy key stakeholders & excite fans.
■ Developed a back-end server to support the ticket validation functions of the
ticketing device and gather data.
■ Also developed an Android management app that enables stadium greeters to
monitor the ticket readers, greet fans by name, and much more.
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49ERS SELF-SERVICE TICKET
READER 2014
FOREMAN BACK-END INFRASTRUCTURE AND
MANAGEMENT APPLICATION 2014

DATA-DRIVEN WASTE COLLECTION
C L I E N T: Compology
■ Small sensor monitors waste volume and transmits information to enable efficient collection routing of trucks.
■ Developed this sensor system from Architecture through Manufacturing Readiness.
■ Ensured ruggedness of device to perform in harsh operating environment.
■ Developed all the mobile network connection services.
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COMPOLOGY
SENSOR 2014

ULTRA-RUGGED SMARTWATCH
C L I E N T: Nixon
■ Developed an audio port that was water resistant to
three feet under water – but could also be put into
‘lock’ mode for activities such as surfing, with water
resistance to 10 ATM.
■ Engineered a movable seal that was small enough to
match the industrial design, but large enough to
ergonomically suit active hands.
■ Developed a water resistant (1atm) audio port to
function for voice recording while still being small
enough to seal and keep out contaminants.
■ Validated our two-stage prototypes at different depths
and proposed mechanical design recommendations to
Nixon.
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“THE GROUND BREAKING WATER-RESISTANT
CAPABILITIES DELIVERED BY THE SYNAPSE
TEAM HAVE ENABLED THE MISSION
SMARTWATCH TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST
WATER-RESISTANCE RATING OF ANY WATCH
ON THE MARKET”
- Joe Babcock, Director of Watches and
Technical Products, Nixon
MISSION 2016

CONNECTED GARDEN
C L I E N T: Edyn
■ Uniting hardware sensing technologies and robust software, Edyn
monitors sunlight, moisture, nutrition, and other environmental factors, to
provide real-time information and insight into the health of your garden.
■ Our team of electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineers began with a
proof-of-concept and brought the design through to fully functional
demonstration prototypes.
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EDYN GARDEN SENSOR 2014
EDYN WATER VALVE 2014

RF PROCESSES
■ How Synapse builds outstanding products in Alpha
■ HFSS is our work horse.
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HOW SYNAPSE USES ANSYS HFSS
E V E RYWAY W E C A N
■ Antenna design
• Small integrated antennas in wearables
• Phased arrays
■ Signal integrity
■ Component matching & RF circuit design
■ RF PCB design
• Corporate feeds
• Splitters
• Phase shifters
• Couplers
■ De-sense problem solving
■ Near field antenna / coupling
■ As a communication tool
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SCHEDULE COMPRESSION IN PRODUCT DESIGN
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Arch Alpha EV/PV
MP ramp
■ Almost every client wants minimize time to market.
• Perception is that is saves money
■ How to save time in Engineering Validation, Product Validation and Mass Production?
• Solve more issues in the earliest possible phase
■ How to solve problems in Alpha?
• Develop the best product possible in architecture – in RF, this is where HFSS truly shines

DESIGNING A BETTER WIRELESS PRODUCT
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■ The goal is first time success
• Simulations is really the only way to insure first pass success
• HFSS is simple the gold standard
• Properly designed simulation is a very good representation of real life
■ Disruptive Product development is Minefield of Risks
• Success result from getting a clear picture of performance in each trade-off
along the way
• https://blog.synapse.com/post/successfully-delivering-risky-products
■ Need to explore the design space quickly
• Then communicate those results
• HFSS, HPC packs and Optimeterics are the enablers
■ This approach results in better team dynamics
• Build trust through data – versus – adding risk with “trust me”
■ Decisions based on data
• Risk assessed and reduced
I N S P I T E O F D E S I G N C O M P R E S S I O N – G O FA S T P R O C E S S

SIMPLE ARCHITECTURES
G O FA S T – S I M P L E M O D E L S R E S U LT S I N M A N Y C O N C E P T S F L E S H E D O U T Q U I C K LY
■ Simple models in this phase
allow for high design iteration
count provides a wealth of
possible options
■ A through exploration of the
design space
■ Utilization of HFSS HPC packs
allow rapid result generation,
speeding development and
increasing the number of
experiments performed.
■ HFSS Optimetrics allows for
several methods of design
exploration, such as parametric
sweeps and several optimization
options.
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BALANCING MANY PERFORMANCE METRICS
W H I C H A P P R O A C H M I G H T R E S U LT I N B E S T P E R F O R M A N C E
■ Antenna types
• Polarization
• Bandwidth requirements
• Size
■ Return loss – match to the radio
■ Radiated efficiency – design state were the antenna
performance best
■ Mechanical fit
■ Assembly approach
• Trivial, PCB trace
• Sheet metal - might imply hand solder
• Snap, heat staked, welded plastics, LDS…
■ Robustness to use case
• Gain variation due to rotational use case
• Performance changes due to changing environment
■ Human body, proximity to loading elements, ground and large
metal
■ De-sense risk – robust design
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DESIGN CONCEPT DOWN SELECTION
T H E A RT O F T H E P O S S I B L E – A D D E D D E TA I L S P O I N T U S TO T H E B E S T S O L U T I O N
■ Follow the data, some solutions are
better performers but higher in cost
■ Some designs concepts are dead-ends,
or may not be manufacture-able
■ Simulation results steer the conversation
■ Instead of black-magic and trust-me, RF
design turns into more of a science,
“this implementation will cost this much
and performance will be that much”
■ Sim results “illustrate” RF challenges
they improve communication, they help
explain why this approach is better than
that one…
■ HFSS enables all these details, can
provide better information
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BETTER SOLUTIONS EARLIER
A N T E N N A P E R F O R M A N C E C A N B E S E R I O U S LY I M PA C T E D B Y M E C H A N I C A L D E S I G N
■ What space is given to the antenna
• Nearest metal
• Types of plastics
■ How much is enough?
• How much is a waste?
■ Subtle changes in ME design can have huge impacts
on RF
■ Use cases many times dictate RF performance
requirements
• Example:100m versus 10m path loss performance
requirements can have significant impact on ME design
or EE BoM due space needs or circuit changes.
■ Experience in product development provides ability to
solve these problems in the most efficient manner
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HOW MUCH VARIATION CAN WE DEAL WITH?
E X P L O R I N G R O B U S T N E S S – PA R A M E T E R I Z E D D E S I G N C O N T I N U E S TO PAY O F F
■ Tolerances are easily explored in HFSS
■ Parameterized design pay off again
■ NPI questions are thought through
■ DFM is can truly be explored
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SAME PAGE ENGINEERING
S E E T H E I S S U E B E F O R E I T B E C O M E S A N I S S U E – N P I
■ NPI – new product introduction,
experts in manufacturing
■ The devil is in the details – not every
idea is a great idea
■ Sometimes we go too far out on the
limb
■ Cost prohibited design may be a
leading candidate, NPI will be these
issues
■ Outside voices – better approaches
can be found
■ Multiple disciplines see the problem in
multiple different ways. The RF
engineer may not see the challenge
they have created for the assembly
house, the NPI engineer will.
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COMMITMENT TO ALPHA
C H A N G E F R O M T H I S P O I N T O N G E T S M O R E A M O R E PA I N F U L
■ Beyond Alpha any fundamental antenna
change is generally a start over
■ First time success implies this antenna
and ME/ID architecture combination are
largely set at alpha
■ Significant changes beyond alpha have
large to huge implications
■ Increased production numbers cause
design change to inject risk and cost into
builds and development NRE
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THE PAY OFF
C H A R A C T E R I Z AT I O N
■ Results of best overall design is
observed in the lab
■ Return loss measurements
■ Gain profile test – analysis
■ In comparison in design by experience
results in alpha characterization are the
results of the single best thought
experiment
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WIFI DESENSE – HIGH VALUE EXAMPLE
H F S S M O D E L S TO F I N D R O O T C A U S E
■ Goal of the product is HD Video Streaming using 801.11ac
WiFi
■ In the 5 GHz band there existed a WiFi de-sense issue
• De-sense = Loss of receive sensitivity and range due to self
generated noise
• De-sense impact at WiFi channels 40 (14 dB) and 130 (6 dB)
■ Device has two large shield cans
• One on top, another on the bottom
• Large heat sink sits on top can
• Client owned this part of the design
• Not checked for resonances by the
■ Needed to find cause and solution quickly
• Scheduled sale date for the upcoming
Christmas shopping season
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WIFI DESENSE – EXAMPLE
H F S S M O D E L S TO F I N D S O L U T I O N
■ Simple Models and the HFSS Eigenmode Solver
■ HFSS Results:
• Chan 40 response matched
• Mode’s E-Fields are vertical
• Suggested solution
■ Added “Shorting Tab” to shift mode
out of band on pick and place webbing
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WIFI DESENSE – EXAMPLE
S O L U T I O N
■ Solved problem at both de-
sense channels
■ Relatively inexpensive and quick
change in the shield can tooling
■ Only design change needed. No
change to PCBA, etc.
■ No impact on schedule
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■ Who is Synapse
■ Portfolio of Selected Projects
■ How Synapse uses Ansys HFSS
■ Schedule compression in product development
■ Design a better product despite schedule compression - RF antenna development process at Synapse
■ A bit of the “hard stuff” – some examples
SUMMARY – WE TALKED ABOUT
“DESIGN IS NOT JUST WHAT IS LOOKS
LIKE AND FEELS LIKE. DESIGN IS
HOW IT WORKS
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-- Steve Jobs

PROJECT INQUIRIES
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EXPERTISE
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
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PROJECT LEADERSHIP
PROPELLER HEALTH
SENSOR 2011
End-to-end program strategy development
Phase scoping and planning
Multi-disciplinary project leadership
PROJECT EXECUTION & RISK
MANAGEMENT
ALIGNMENT & COMMUNICATION
PRODUCT EXPERTISE APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT (ASIC) DEVELOPMENT
FPGA DESIGN
Resource, schedule, scope,
and budget management
Proactive risk identification, mitigation,
and contingency planning
Integration and dependency management
Packaging of technical deliverables
for appropriate audiences
Configuration and prototype build management
Status reports and presentations
Team alignment and direction
Expectation management
Partner and vendor management
Design for Test/Manufacturability/Assembly
Transfer to Contract Manufacturing
In-house prototype builds
Reliability Testing
Regulatory Certification
Architecture and design specifications
Digital and analog circuit analysis
SOC processor integration
Use case verification
Testing and sample qualification
Custom logic
DSP implementation
Digital control and compensation systems
Safety circuits and interlocks
Process integration to custom systems
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Self contained devices to hardware ecosystems
Technology selection and roadmaps
Communication protocol development
Cost/performance analysis
Volumetric optimization
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PCB DESIGN
Haptic and touch user interfaces
Ultra low power devices
Sensors, actuators, and control systems
High voltage/current systems
Digital, analog, and mixed signal circuits
8 to 32 bit microcontrollers
Displays and indicators
PCB Layout Services
Blind/buried vias, microvias, 0.4mm BGA, 3mil
trace/space
High speed digital and RF layout
Flexible Printed Circuits
DFM review and fabrication support
EXPERIENCE & REQUIREMENT CAPTURE SYSTEM DESIGN & INTEGRATION PRODUCT VERIFICATION & VALIDATION
Use case and user experience capture
Market requirements documentation
Product requirements documentation
Cross-discipline, integrated architecture
development
System interface definition
Requirement management
Acceptance criteria development
Validation test planning and analysis
Integrated risk identification and mitigation
RF ENGINEERING
RF SYSTEM DESIGN
RF system architecture
Wireless protocol selection (Bluetooth/BLE, Wi-
Fi, RFID, NFC, GPS, CDMA, GSM, 3G, LTE,
ZigBee)
Custom wireless protocol development
ANTENNA DESIGN & MODELING ANTENNA PROTOTYPING & TESTING
Antenna design
RF material characterization
Antenna performance modeling
Antenna prototyping and characterization
Debug and optimization of wireless systems and
antennas
Compliance testing and certification
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
USER-CENTERED DESIGN FORM, FIT, & FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATED APPROACH
User Research
Requirement Definition
Usability Exploration
Interaction Design
Architecture Exploration
Design Language Development
Materials Research
Color & Texture Studies
User Interaction and Interface Design
Concurrent, Multi-Phased Development
Multidisciplinary Problem Solving
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PRODUCT ENGINEERING
Volumetrics Optimization
Mechanical Product Architecture
Product Miniaturization
Electronics Packaging
Complex Surface Modeling
Complex Injection-Molded Part Design
Design for Manufacturability & Assembly
Waterproof Enclosure Design
Risk Identification & Mitigation Planning
Prototyping & Evaluation
ANALYSIS, SIMULATION, & DESIGN AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS
Thermal and Fluidics Modeling & Analysis
Computational Thermal and Fluidics Simulation
Thermal System Design
Fluidics System Design
Structural Modeling & Analysis
Linear and Nonlinear Structural Simulation
Structural Design
Optical System Modeling & Analysis
Optical System Design
Mechanism Design and Simulation
Kinematics Analysis
Actuator Specification and Design
Control Systems
UX/UI DESIGN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
PRODUCT TESTING
Test Planning and Procedure Development
Performance & Reliability Testing
Failure Analysis
Safety Compliance
USER-CENTERED DESIGN
User Research
Usability Exploration

EXPERTISEFIRMWARE ENGINEERING
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DESIGN & METHODOLOGY
PANASONIC WIRELESS INFLIGHT VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT
(PROTOTYPE) 2007
Architecture specification
Design for test and manufacturability
Software development planning and coding
standards
Iterative/Agile development methodologies
Continuous Integration
BOARD SUPPORT
TEST EXECUTION & REPORTING
Embedded development for low-power
MCUs up to multi-core DSP SOCs
Toolchain support (GNU, IAR, Keil, etc.)
Display drivers and embedded
graphics framework integration
Custom Linux and Android board support
packages (device drivers and OS optimization)
Real-time operating systems
(Free/OpenRTOS, μC/OS, etc…)
Bare-metal systems
Field upgradeability (secure
bootloaders, over-the-air updates)
Design for fault tolerance
Inter-chip communications protocols (SPI, I2C)
Host communications protocols (UART, USB)
CAN/LAN networking protocols
Wireless networking protocols (802.11, Bluetooth,
BLE, ZigBee, Z-Wave)
FPGA and CPLD Programming
Unit testing by developers and
independent SDETs
Functional testing by independent SQA
Automated functional regression testing
built into a continuous integration process
Test result reporting
ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
DESIGN & METHODOLOGY
Architecture specification
Design for test
Software development planning
and coding standards
Iterative/Agile development methodologies
Continuous integration
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TEST PLANNING
Cloud/SaaS solutions
Database systems (Node, etc…)
Backend infrastructure and services
Predictive data analytics and visualization
DevOps automation, training, and support
Test planning, use case definition,
and test case development
Coverage of embedded, mobile, desktop, enterprise,
and integrated system testing
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT &
ENGINEERING
Procurement support: circuit boards, off-the-shelf
parts, custom parts
Sourcing for prototype builds and high volumes
Costing analysis and optimization
NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
DESIGN FOR EXCELLENCE
Design evaluation for manufacturability, assembly,
test and service
Early risk identification and mitigation
Optimization for program goals such as cost, time to
market and quality
MANUFACTURING LIAISON - DOMESTIC &
GLOBAL
PRODUCT DEFINITION AND DOCUMENTATION
Manufacturing partner selection and management
Client/partner incentive alignment on cost and quality
Manufacturing test strategy and implementation
Tooling development
Capacity planning, line design and bring-up
Onsite presence to support new and existing vendor
relationships
Assembly instructions and training
Specifications and drawings for components, parts
and assemblies
Bill of Materials (BOM) release and change control
Service and user manual
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN & METHODOLOGY APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Signal processing and “smart” algorithms
Machine vision
Data compression and encryption
Control systems
Architecture specification
Design for test
Software development planning and coding
standards
Iterative/Agile development methodologies
Continuous Integration
Mobile applications and
frameworks (iOS, Android)
Cross/Multi-platform desktop
applications (OS-X, Windows, Linux)
Communication protocols
(BLE, BT Classic, Wi-Fi, USB)
User-facing applications, including UI/UX
Automated manufacturing test systems
Prototype and test applications
STRATEGY CONSULTING
MARKET-DRIVEN EXPERIENCE &
REQUIREMENT DEFINITION
Market and Competitive Analysis
Business Plan and Case Development
User Profiling & User Journeys
Core Experience Refinement & Translation into
Product Requirements
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
Design, Build, Test, and Validation Strategy
Development and Product Cost Analysis
Development and Manufacturing Partner
Assessment
Technology Landscape Assessment
Key Component Roadmapping
MOBILE & DESKTOP APP DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE
MANUFACTURING SUPPORT
On-site line bring-up
Qualification of equipment and processes
Incoming and outgoing inspection best practices
HARDWARE QUALITY
DESIGN FOR RELIABILITY
Products that meet or exceed expectations
Cross-functional engagement
Early risk identification and mitigation
TEST PLANNING, EXECUTION AND
REPORTING
STATISTICAL METHODS
Custom test planning
Design of Experiments (DOE) and optimization
Development of novel tests and equipment
Test execution and oversight
Failure analysis, pareto and reporting
Decisions through data
ANOVA
Lifecycle/Weibull reliability analysis
Monte Carlo simulation
Gauge R&R