Fractional System Architect
A senior embedded system architect in your team for one or two days a week: owning the technical decisions, without a full-time hire.
Defect rate in volume production
OTA releases shipped to our own fleet
Volume production experience
Countries our devices ship to
The problem
Hardware startups and product teams often have strong engineers but nobody who owns the whole system across hardware, firmware, cloud and manufacturing. Decisions get made locally and the system drifts.
Nobody owns the whole system
Hardware, firmware and cloud teams optimise locally while the product drifts.
Vendors steer the architecture
ODMs and design houses make decisions that suit their roadmap, not yours.
A full-time architect is hard to hire
Senior system architects with shipped connected products are rare and slow to recruit.
What we do
Architecture documentation kept current, decision records, review notes, roadmap and hiring plan for a permanent architect if needed.
Own the system architecture and technical roadmap
Lead design reviews across hardware, firmware and cloud
Vendor, ODM and SoM selection and negotiation support
Mentor the in-house team and set engineering practices
Represent engineering to investors and partners
Our Engineering Process
A short, structured engagement that ends in decisions you can act on.
1. Discovery
2. Deep dive
3. Options and trade-offs
4. Recommendations
5. Follow-up
Planning something similar?
Tell us where you are. A senior engineer replies within one business day.
Related services
An independent review of your device, edge and cloud architecture by engineers who have shipped and operated a connected product at fleet scale.
Choose the processor, SoM and peripherals that will still make sense at volume: performance, power, BSP quality, lifecycle and cost.
Switch from a design house or ODM that is not delivering, without losing knowledge or momentum.
FAQ
Can the architect lead an external vendor?
Talk to an engineer, not a salesperson
Idea, prototype, production or a fleet in the field: tell us where you are. A senior engineer replies within one business day.
Your benefits:
- Senior embedded engineers
- Hardware, firmware and cloud
- From prototype to fleet
- Clear scope and next steps
- Direct technical answers
- No sales pitch
What happens next?
A free 30-minute call with a senior engineer
A short technical discovery
A proposal with scope, timeline and cost
