Precision Equipment Design & Development
for Semiconductor & Medical Devices

End-to-End Engineering for Advanced Systems

Custom precision mechanical design services for global R&D teams, hardware startups, and advanced manufacturing clients

Engineering Services

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Research & Innovation

  • Ideation & Brainstorming
  • Concept Generation
  • Technology Feasibility Studies
  • Technical Due Diligence
  • Market & Product Requirements
02

Engineering Design & Development

  • Detailed Engineering Design & Calculations
  • Simulation & Modelling
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Design for Manufacturing & Assembly
  • Engineering Drawings & Supplier Co-ordination
  • Systems Integration
03

Verification & Validation

  • Test Equipment Design & Fabrication
  • Functional Model Fabrication & Testing
  • Reliability & Failure Mode Analysis
  • Test Documentation
04

Domain Expertise

  • Robotics & Autonomous Systems
  • Precision Machine Design
  • Complex Equipment Design
  • Medical Device Design

AI-Powered Engineering Agents

05

Design Automation Agents

  • Automated CAD Model Generation
  • Parametric Design Exploration
  • Drawing & BOM Automation
  • Design Rule Checking
  • Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis
06

Part Sourcing & Ordering Agents

  • Automated Supplier Discovery
  • Real-Time Price & Lead-Time Comparison
  • Component Availability Monitoring
  • Alternate Part Identification
  • Purchase Order Automation
07

DFM Analysis & Part Selection Agents

  • Manufacturability Scoring & Feedback
  • Process-Specific Design Recommendations
  • Material & Component Selection Optimisation
  • Cost-to-Manufacture Estimation
  • Supplier Capability Matching
08

Patent Search & Intelligence Agents

  • Prior Art Search & Analysis
  • Patent Landscape Mapping
  • Freedom-to-Operate Assessment
  • Competitive IP Monitoring
  • Claim Chart Generation
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Portfolio

Featured Work

Advanced Sensor Assembly — High Speed MSL

Precision Mechanical Systems

High Speed Desktop MEMS 3D Printer

Design of a high-speed desktop 3D printing system for micro-scale devices using a double flexure parallelogram mechanism and voice coil actuators. End-to-end mechanical design, including calculations, CAD modeling, GD&T-based drawings, and system assembly.

Component Architecture Redesign — DFMA

Design for Manufacturability and Assembly

Consumer Product Architecture Redesign

Cost reduction of an in-market food processor by applying DFMA principles, achieving a significant cost reduction and improvement in the DFA Index from 15.99 to 19.93. CAD modeling, redesign of components, and comparative analysis of original vs. improved product architectures.

IoT Hardware Platform — Precision Assembly

Full Product Development

Precision Actuator Design for Limiting Reticle Slip

Development of precision reticle pushers for DUV lithography systems to enable accurate positioning of photomasks, ensuring nanometer-scale overlay accuracy. End-to-end product development including concept design, precision mechanism engineering, prototyping and validation, with cross-functional collaboration for system integration

In-situ Cleaning

Automation

Autonomous In-situ Cleaning of Reticle Stage Clamps

Design of a molten lithium delivery system for solid-state EV battery electrode manufacturing, enabling precise handling of reactive materials for next-generation battery production. Mechanical design and system development to ensure safety, reliability, and scalability for advanced manufacturing processes.

Thermal Management System — Lithium Delivery

Thermal Engineering

Molten Lithium Metal Delivery System

Design of a molten lithium delivery system for solid-state EV battery electrode manufacturing, enabling precise handling of reactive materials for next-generation battery production. Mechanical design and system development to ensure safety, reliability, and scalability for advanced manufacturing processes.

Our Team

Board of Directors

Dr. Krishnamoorthy Subramaniam

Dr. Krishnamoorthy Subramaniam

Chairman of the Board

MIT Doctor of Science, ASME & SME Fellow, and recipient of the Merchant Medal for Manufacturing. 45+ years of global manufacturing experience with 15 patents. Founder & President of STIMS Institute, with prior leadership roles at Ford Motor Co., Norton/Saint-Gobain, and International Harvester.

Kate Massachelein

Kate Masschelein

Board Director

20+ years of MedTech and consumer goods leadership. Currently Global Head of Digital Solutions at Johnson & Johnson; formerly Global President of the ETHICON Energy platform. Prior experience at Procter & Gamble across sales, marketing, and supply chain in Europe and North America.

Advisor & Core Team

James Hong

James Hong

Strategic Advisor

MIT-trained medical device executive with 20+ years in cardiovascular innovation. Former President & CEO of Solinas Medical (acquired by Nikkiso), Director of R&D at Arbor Surgical Technologies, and senior R&D roles at Sadra Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific), Paracor Medical, and Guidant Corp.

Astha Harlalka

Astha Harlalka

Manager & AI Agent Developer

CMU Tepper MS in Business Analytics. Builds AI agent systems powering PiVector's engineering workflows. Previously Gen-AI Product Analytics Consultant at Deloitte and Associate Manager of Business Analytics at Publicis Media, with expertise in predictive modeling, LLMs, and process automation.


Akshay Harlalka

Akshay Harlalka

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

MIT MEng, with 10+ years of precision engineering experience. Holds 4 patents in lithography apparatus design. Previously at ASML and Atomic Machines, with product development expertise spanning semiconductor equipment, medical devices, robotics, and consumer electronics.

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