Process manual
3 phases / 3 gates
Three phases, one team, and a hard stop at the end of each. Nothing moves on until it has passed its gate, so problems surface on our bench, not on your line.
01
Assess
Duration
2–4 weeks
Output
Feasibility verdict
Gate
Requirement sign-off
02
Engineer
Duration
3–9 months
Output
Validated design
Gate
Design review
03
Prove
Duration
1–3 months
Output
Tested prototypes
Gate
Validation report
3
Phases
3
Quality gates
12
Weeks to first prototype
2,400+
Test hours per programme
96%
Delivered on schedule
48 h
First reply
Every phase ends with a gate: a review with your engineers and a written go or no-go. Nothing moves on until it passes.
Quality gates
01
After Assess
Requirement sign-off
The brief, the loads and the failure modes are agreed in writing. You know what we will build and how we will prove it.
02
After Engineer
Design review
Every drawing, schematic and line of firmware is checked against the requirement before a single part is ordered.
03
After Prove
Validation report
Test data, margins and open risks in one document: the record your production team and auditors will ask for.
What you get
Each phase ends with something you can hold, review and reuse, whether or not you continue with us.
Common questions
Still unsure how a programme would run with us? Ask us directly at any point.