Three engineering practices under one roof: part & assembly design, equipment & automation design, and Li-ion battery technology & pack design. Sold by the engagement, not the head — and connected to a manufacturing cell so the DFM is honest because the consequence is the next part list.
The throughline across the three: a named engineer, fixed-scope deliverables, and a manufacturing cell two doors down that builds whatever the engineering practice specs. No bait-and-switch on the senior engineer, no markup on hours.
Mechanical engineering as a service.
Part design, assembly design, DFM, tolerance stacks, and finite-element review for the parts a FabDigit cell will eventually build. Embedded ME on staff for the engagement; CAD lives in your tree, drawings ship in your title-block.
See deep-diveMachines that build the things you build.
Custom equipment, fixtures, jigs, and end-of-line automation for the production lines that ship your parts. We co-design with your production engineer, build at our partner cells in Shenzhen, and FAT (factory-acceptance-test) in our shop before the line ships.
See deep-diveCell to module to pack — the full chain.
Six engineering disciplines that touch a battery program: cell-level R&D, electrode chemistry, BMS architecture, thermal + pack integration, manufacturing engineering, and safety / certification. The full deep-dive lives on the dedicated LiB Consultancy page.
See deep-diveThe same engineer can move between modes as the engagement evolves — a discovery call this month becomes an embedded sprint next quarter and a retainer for the production ramp after that.
Free 45-minute call with the engineer who would lead the engagement, not a sales lead. We diagnose the problem, sketch the engagement shape, and tell you whether we're the right team for it.
Schedule a discovery call4 – 12 week fixed-scope engagement with a named engineer embedded in your CAD tree, slack, and meeting cadence. Deliverables defined in week 1, signed off in the final week.
Scope an embedded sprint6 – 12 month retained engagement at 0.5 – 2 FTE-equivalent. The engineer becomes the hardware lead for the program; we ship the parts they spec from the same cell. No double-charging.
Set up a retainerPart design, assembly design, DFM, tolerance stacks, and finite-element review for the parts a FabDigit cell will eventually build. Embedded ME on staff for the engagement; CAD lives in your tree, drawings ship in your title-block.
Custom equipment, fixtures, jigs, and end-of-line automation for the production lines that ship your parts. We co-design with your production engineer, build at our partner cells in Shenzhen, and FAT (factory-acceptance-test) in our shop before the line ships.
Six engineering disciplines that touch a battery program: cell-level R&D, electrode chemistry, BMS architecture, thermal + pack integration, manufacturing engineering, and safety / certification. The full deep-dive lives on the dedicated LiB Consultancy page.
Working envelopes — your engagement tightens them.
Two ways. First, the engineer who would do your work also has access to the cell that would build it — DFM is honest because the consequence is the next part list. Second, we don\'t resell engineering hours at a markup; the engagement price is what the engineer is paid for that block of time, scoped against deliverables, not against head-count.
Always. NDA signed before any CAD changes hands; mutual NDA with carve-outs for general industry knowledge. We can sign your NDA or ours.
Yes, for engagements over $250 k we can dispatch an engineer on-site for the duration. Common patterns: 1 week / month on-site for the first 3 months, then remote with quarterly check-ins.
Selectively, for early-stage programs whose hardware is going to live in our cells anyway. We typically structure it as a discount on the engagement + a SAFE on the next priced round, not as direct cash-for- equity.
You do. Engagement contracts assign work-product IP to the client at deliverable acceptance. Background IP (FabDigit-developed tooling libraries, internal know-how) stays with us; foreground IP (the thing we built for you) is yours.
Yes — that\'s the entire pitch. Drawings finish in our engineering tree, drop into our quote engine, and ship from the same cells. One PM through the whole loop.
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Either way you'll have the engineer who would actually do the work on a call within a week. No sales lead, no markup, no bait-and-switch.
