How do we work together?

No lengthy onboarding, no unnecessary meetings, no empire building. Just focused, experienced delivery for as long as you need it.

We slot into your team, proactively ask the right questions and get on with the job at hand.

Sound like what you’re looking for? Let’s talk.

  • Whether you need someone to embed into your team for a sprint or a longer engagement, we can step in at any stage and get to work without needing our hand held.

  • Whether you're starting from a rough brief or have a fully scoped piece of work ready to go, we can take it on and see it through to completion. No hand holding required.

  • Sometimes you just need someone with the right experience to cast an eye over what you're doing and tell you honestly whether you're on the right track. No ongoing commitment needed, just a straight answer from someone who's been there before.

What can we offer you?

We specialise in working with early stage hardware ventures that are serious about building something real and disruptive. Something that can be manufactured consistently, priced competitively and stands up to the demands of the real world.

Whatever stage you're at, we bring structured, well rounded, experienced thinking that most small, and some larger, teams simply don't have in house.

Lead-Level Product Design Engineering

  • Lead level product design engineering without the recurring overhead.

    We embed into your project at whatever stage you need, bringing hands on expertise from concept through to manufacture — using lean thinking to maximise value at every step.

    Our 15 year experience working directly with manufacturers and factories across the UK, USA, Portugal, Austria, Spain, Vietnam, Taiwan and China means we know what it takes to get a product built.

  • » Design Development & 3D CAD
    » 2D Engineering Drawings
    » Tolerance Stacks
    » FEA Structural Analysis
    » 3D Printing & Prototype Construction
    » Value Engineering & Cost Optimisation
    » Design for Manufacture & Assembly
    » Onsite Manufacturing Reviews & Support
    » Product Safety Reviews, Investigations & Recalls

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Driving Project Delivery

  • The right amount of process. No more, no less.

    Too little and projects drift; too much and your progress gets sandbagged by admin.

    We work with early stage ventures to dial in just enough structure to hit milestones on time, in full and within budget, without creating bottlenecks or slowing anyone down.

  • » Work Breakdown Structures
    » Product Development Processes
    » Critical Path Mapping
    » Milestone/Tollgate/Gateway Processes
    » Professional Development Plans

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Compliance & Testing

  • Get compliance wrong and it can stop a product launch in its tracks or trigger a costly recall.

    We've navigated standards, directives and test houses many times over, helping small teams turn what feels like an overwhelming topic into a manageable and structured process.

    We can also assist retrospectively, whether that's an in-field fault, a safety investigation or a product recall.

  • » Plotting Compliance Maps
    » Synthesising Requirements
    » Tracking Validation Progress
    » Indicative Testing Prior to Approvals
    » Liaising with Test Houses
    » Compiling Technical Documentation

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Team Leadership & Culture

  • When delivery pressure is high, team development is usually the first thing that gets dropped. But a team that communicates well and trusts each other moves faster and delivers better.

    We help founders and department leads build that foundation — from restructuring and recruiting to professional development, cross-functional collaboration and getting everyone genuinely bought into what you're building (and how you want to build it).

  • » Compiling Professional Development Programs
    » Restructuring & Recruiting
    » Facilitating Cross-Functional Collaboration
    » Business Wide Product Training
    » Elevating Morale & Injecting Enthusiasm

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Responsibility Embedded

  • 80% of a product's environmental impact is locked in at the design stage — which means the decisions made early matter most.
    We bring genuine, pragmatic depth to this area, not just good intentions. From lightweight LCA and carbon footprint calculations to supply chain mapping, we help you understand the full picture. And through considered material selection, design for disassembly, fastener and joining strategies, and geometry that supports repair and reuse, we make sure circularity is built into the product itself rather than retrofitted as an afterthought.

    That commitment extends beyond client work. As a long-standing contributor to Shift Cycling Culture and a participant in the ClimateDraft programme, we're actively engaged in the conversations shaping how our industry approaches these challenges.

    The goal is always the same: products that perform commercially and have been intentionally considered at every stage of their lifecycle.

  • » Facilitating New Revenue Streams via Product Features
    » Design for Disassembly
    » Lightweight & Iterative LCA (Lifecycle Analysis)
    » Eco-cost & Carbon Calculations
    » Onboarding Stakeholders Across the Value Chain

“Matt consistently leans into complexity, understanding that true simplicity lies on the other side of it.

His ability to navigate and master these complexities has been a key factor in delivering outstanding results.”
— Tim Goodall

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