Motivo Engineering

Motivo is an end-to-end product design and engineering firm, where every action is focused on developing robust production-ready designs in accelerated time frames.

Motivo Engineering was inspired by the philosophy adopted by race car engineering teams that often work on custom cars end to end. By applying the same vertically integrated mindset to other domains of hardware innovation engineering, Motivo has pioneered the concept of agile for hardware.

From cross-disciplinary brainstorms and design processes to hardware purchases and drawing creations – every action is focused on developing robust production-ready designs in accelerated time frames. Motivo’s integrated development process increases efficiency by reducing iterations and rework, resulting in clients getting more robust prototypes and low-volume manufacturing in ridiculously short time frames. 

Motivo’s Capabilities

Motivo is a vertically integrated design and engineering team with diverse skills and experience, resulting in far fewer iterations and impressive end results

Systems Engineering

• Complete system architectures
• Red team design reviews for clients and external teams
• System level & component trade studies
• System modeling & simulation
• Technical specification creation
• Product development road maps

Mechanical Design & Engineering

• Computer-Aided Design (CAD) & analysis
• Kinematics design for mechanisms
• Hydraulic & pneumatic system design
• Thermal systems design
• System-level design
• Complex electro-mechanical system reverse engineering
• CAD & simulation tools (Solidworks Suite, Mathworks Suite, CATIA, Altair, SpaceClaim)

Electrical Design & Engineering

• Complex custom-designed control hardware
• Wiring harness schematics, design, & build
• Low & high-voltage power distribution design
• Power electronics development
• Custom Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design & assembly

Software Design & Engineering

• Custom mobile applications
• Web apps & backends
• Websites
• Hardware & software integration
• Bluetooth enabled devices

Prototyping, Fabrication & Assembly

• 3D printing (FDM, SLS, SLA, metal)
• Mechanical assembly
• Metal fabrication (welding, machining, CNC, sheet metal)
• Electrical harness assembly
• Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly
• Composite manufacturing (carbon fiber, thermoplastics, injection molding)
• Tooling & Facilities (surface plates, lifts, oversize item accessible)

Low Volume Production

• Rapid production spool-up
• High mix, low volume capabilities
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) optimization
• Process optimization for transition to high volume
• Quality inspection design/drawings
• Supply chain optimization

Industrial Design

• Primary Research (Market & User)
• Blue sky to grounded Ideation
• Concept Development & Visualization
• Rapid design iteration with production intent
• In-environment Rendering (2D/3D)
• End-to-end services that encompass design and functionality

Some past examples of Motivo work HERE: