Services

Your engineering department, without the hire.

I step in as the engineer on your team — making the design calls, shaping the product, and carrying it from concept to something a shop can build. Reserved time each month, with the freedom to scale as your product line grows.

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  1. 01Concept & Industrial Design
  2. 02CAD & Revisions
  3. 03Mechanical Engineering & Simulations
  4. 04Design for Manufacturing + Assembly
  5. 05Prototyping & Manufacturing Revisions
Specializing In
  • Modular System Design
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Marketable Renders & Visualization
  • Bill of Materials Development
  • Structural & Load Analysis
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • 3D Printing
  • Manufacturer-Ready Drawings
Blocks & pricing

Pick a block that aligns with what you're building.

One flat monthly retainer and your own client dashboard for every block — each starts with a 3-month minimum.

1 product

Engineering Access

One product, always moving. For a brand developing one product at a time.

From$2,300/mo
billed monthly · 3-month minimum
  • One active product
  • Concepts, CAD, and revisions, scoped in rounds
  • Design reviews every two weeks
  • Manufacturing drawings when it's ready to build
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1 product line

Engineering Partner

A product line, plus everything that bolts onto it. For a brand building a core product and its accessories.

From$4,200/mo
billed monthly · 3-month minimum
  • Everything in Access, across a full product line
  • DFMA integration
  • Photoreal renders for launch and listings
  • Supplier questions and manufacturer handoff
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Multiple lines

Engineering Lead

Your engineering department, across every line. For a brand running several product lines in parallel.

From$6,000/mo
billed monthly · 3-month minimum
  • Everything in Partner, across multiple lines
  • Weekly design reviews
  • Priority revisions, scoped in rounds
  • Production troubleshooting through launch
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Every block includes your client dashboard, manufacturing drawings, and a 3-month minimum. Commit for 6 months and save 5%, or 12 months and save 10%.

Why “from.” Each price is a floor. It moves with how many workstreams are active, how fast deliveries need to come, and complexity like heavy analysis or prototyping — I confirm the exact figure before kickoff.

After the 3-month minimum. Blocks continue month-to-month, with 30 days’ notice to pause or end, and you can move tiers at any month boundary.

What’s inside a block

No surprise inclusions. No surprise invoices.

The exact engagement is confirmed in writing, but the buying logic is clear before you ever reach out.

Inside the block

Engineering work and continuity

  • Product concepts, layouts, and trade studies
  • 3D CAD, assemblies, detailed drawings, and revisions
  • Design-for-manufacturing and assembly review
  • Prototype planning, review, and iteration
  • Supplier questions and manufacturer handoff
  • Production troubleshooting and controlled revisions
Billed separately

Outside costs and scope changes

  • +Prototype materials, fabrication, shipping, and test-lab fees
  • +Travel or on-site work
  • +Outside specialist analysis or certification
  • +Rush work that bumps an agreed delivery
  • +Additional simultaneous workstreams or new programs
A full-time hire
~$113k/yr
CO mechanical design engineer
total pay · Glassdoor, 2025

A mechanical design engineer in Colorado runs about $113k a year in total pay — before benefits, software, and equipment. A block gives you senior design and engineering for a fraction of that, and scales up as product lines grow.

Your client dashboard

Built in dashboard with any block.

Every block comes with a private dashboard. Track progress in real time, share and version files, and sign documents in one place — no scattered email threads, no wondering where things stand.

Live project tracking. See what's in progress, what's next, and what's waiting on you.
File management & versions. Every drawing, render, and revision in one organized place.
Document signing. Approve scopes and agreements without leaving the platform.
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Roof Rack v5 ON TRACK
Milestone 3 of 5 · Prototyping
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roof rack_product renders.zip18 MB
Q3 scope agreementSIGN →
Representative view · sample project
BUILT IN SOLUTIONS

Each hurdle in product development has an answer.

Not sure the idea holds up.
Concept feasibility against the market and the physics well before the budget goes out the door.
A prototype that won't come together.
Cleaning up your CAD files and using 3D printing, machining, or molding to test critical components before production.
Works once, can't be made at volume.
Design for manufacturing + assembly, so your shop can actually build it — at quality and at cost.
No manufacturer, no files they can use.
Manufacturer-ready drawings and hands-on support straight through production.
Let's talk

Tell me what you're building.

Tell me the product stage, the hard decision, and your timing. I’ll size the right block — or tell you when a scoped project is the better fit.

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