Turning successful prototypes into successful products

We specialize in helping hardware companies succeed in the transition from R&D to production with a focus in two areas

Optical Systems Engineering
Product design
Component and vendor selection
Installation and integration
Test development
Cost reduction
Due diligence
Documentation and Transfer to Manufacturing
Requirements definition
Verification and validation
Product lifecycle management
Test plans
Work instructions
Design for manufacturing

Specific problems that we can help solve include

Developing and validating mathematical optical models
Selecting industrial optical inspection equipment to assist with process validation
Identifying off-the-shelf components such as cameras, lasers, lenses, and lights
Planning for the hand-off from engineering to production
Manufacturing scale-up
Implementing design control and documentation control programs
Writing test plans at the component and system level to confirm whether the product as designed meets requirements and specifications
Designing and building cost effective prototypes
Converting a prototype to a production ready design
Facilitating the drafting of requirements to ensure the right product is being designed and built
Choosing vendors for both prototype and production designs

Available for short-term projects and long-term contracts

Aaron Weber, Principal

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B.S. Optics, University of Rochester
M.S. Spatial Imaging, MIT Media Lab

19 issued patents

More than 25 years of experience working as a cross-functional hardware engineering leader and optical systems engineer in all steps of the product development process

  • proof of concept, modeling, design
  • vendor selection
  • component testing, prototyping
  • systems testing
  • transfer to manufacturing
  • people management
  • scheduling and budgeting
  • writing requirements, test plans, and quality documentation
  • change control management

Key product development work has been in the design and manufacturing of devices and instruments which use optics as an enabling technology

  • 2D and 3D imaging
  • monochromatic and multispectral imaging
  • fluorescence detection
  • machine vision and image analysis
  • medical devices
  • high volume optical components
  • DNA sequencing
  • automatic optical inspection systems
  • 3D printing
  • non-imaging optical systems

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