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Design 1st

Design 1st is North America's leading full-service design and engineering company helping startups to enterprise transform ideas into commercialized products.

Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Categories

  • Mechanical engineering (primary)
  • Consumer electronics
  • Engineering & Technical Services

Services

  • Aesthetics — Product color, materials and finishes selection, realistic images and graphics design, videos and labels, packaging, user guides and illustrations, tradeshow materials
  • Business Services — Business guidance and plan development, product concept investigation, patent and IP research, competitive landscape analysis, market research, funding campaigns, social media and SEO strategy, e-commerce setup, pricing and distribution strategy
  • Design 1st — One of North America’s largest award-winning product development companies. Since 1996, Design 1st has developed over 1,000 real-world products — from connected consumer electronics to medical devices and industrial IoT. Our 36-person in-house team delivers end-to-end custom design and engineering: industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronics, embedded firmware, prototyping, regulatory certifications, and manufacturing setup.
  • Design Capabilities — Industrial design, user interface design, ergonomics, prototypes and models, user preference research, material selection, key component technical selection
  • FDA Regulatory — Regulatory submissions support, prototype verification, test report validation, risk management reports, design history file, integrated design team, design revision management
  • Firmware Engineering — Software design, real-time operating systems, communication interfaces, networking and protocols, device drivers, application development, sensors controllers displays, IoT platforms, optimization and tuning
  • Full-Service Product Development — End-to-end product development from concept through manufacturing. Industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronics, embedded firmware, prototyping, regulatory certifications, and manufacturing setup for connected physical products.
  • Hardware Electronics — Hardware architecture, analog and digital design, embedded processors, power strategy, FPGA development, printed circuit board layout, electronics prototyping
  • Manufacturing Production Setup — Supplier and manufacturing sourcing, documentation release and cost analysis, production supply chain strategy, quality control and quality assurance, configuration management, product delivery and logistics, product certification and testing
  • Mechanical Engineering — Structural design, finite element analysis, thermal and stress analysis, mechanisms and robotics design, portable display and keys interface, human sensory design, air and water flow design

Service areas

  • Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Registry verification: Not Registry Verified

Directory score: 100

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