I help companies deliver to market products that consumers love. Many companies have product development and engineering gaps to fill. I can help you with product development, project management, leadership, engineering, and CAD design services. Available to travel on-site as well as work remotely. Available by hourly billable rate or with fixed pricing bids.

• Fractional Director of Engineering or Product Development.
• Contract/freelance mechanical engineering design

Who do I serve?

• Companies that make consumer goods products, hard goods, durable goods, or medical devices.
• Companies that make premium products that demand precision, quality, and style.
• Companies that make products for the outdoors, sports, or hunting.
• Companies that need to innovate to grow.
• Companies that are attempting to tackle new complex features and mechanisms.
• Companies that need a new perspective and enthusiasm to refresh their products.
• Companies that need consulting on high impact decisions related to product strategy.
• Companies that have not scaled yet. They have one or a few successful products but have not yet grown to a size that requires an robust engineering team or processes.
• Companies that need an experienced hand to guide them to market with a new product.
• Companies that are stretched thin but don’t have enough work to justify hiring more resources.
• Companies that have a prototype they want to refine into a market ready product.
• Companies that need support finding vendors or documenting their designs with engineering drawings.
• Companies that need to fill a temporary gap or lead a short term project.
• Companies that are looking to grow and mature into higher volume processes.
• Companies that make products that require complex surface modeling or curvature continuous surfaces.
• Companies that orthopedic medical devices, implantables or surgical tools.
• Companies that are software or electronics driven but have products that need mechanical components like housings & buttons.
• Machine shops that need CAD support for their clients.
• Industrial design firms that need engineering support for their creations.

Typical Services:

• Mechanical design and engineering.
• Engineering analysis, engineering calculations, basic FEA simulations, tolerance stack analysis.
• Medical product design and product development.
• Medical qualification activities – FDA design controls, technical report writing, design history files, design verification, and design validation.
• New product design and development.
• Redesign of current products.
• Project management for product development projects.
• Research and testing, design of experiments.
• Prototype design, prototype development, and prototype testing.
• Detailed part design, including plastic part design, injection molded plastic part design, silicone part design.
• CAD master modeling and advanced surface modeling techniques.
• 2D engineering drawings for parts and assemblies.
• Design for manufacturability, design for assembly.
• Design of test fixtures and testing equipment
• Manufacturing sourcing, vendor/supplier qualifications.
• Solidworks simulation.
• Project management, timelines, finance, & budgets.
• Product management, roadmaps, & product strategy.