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On Demand Resource !

An Electronic Engineer resource where It’s most needed !

You’re in need of an additional resource for your important project ?

You are not able to fill the open position and the schedule keeps slipping ?

Our affordable services add the extra hands you need to meet your delivery dates !

Our Approach

Olivier Courtois Design offers a rich and diverse expertise that covers the different stages of a product design.  Restricting ourselves to a specific role has never been our philosophy.  Our focus is on overcoming challenges and delivering solutions!  Thus, OCd extends it’s fruitful contribution wherever it’s needed to get the job done.

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TODAY’S REALITY

Nowadays, the product design business is moving faster than ever.  Whether you’re a start-up or a well established company, there’s always windows of opportunities that arise and requires complex features/time/cost/resource management. 

They sometimes come like tides: highs and lows.  As with “Murphy’s law”, some moments kept you busy and the shipping days keep slipping away.  Some moments, there is an urgency to acquire a critical design win and you wish you had a bigger team ! 

At times, things slow down and the restructuring of a team becomes a concerning reality.  This often occurs after a big product release; a lot of hands were required for the design phase, but now that it’s been transferred to production, there’s a slack in the design team workload.

The hiring process can be quite exhaustive and expensive.  It is often hard to fill the position on time without impacting the project’s delivery schedule.  Getting the approvals for a new position can be complex, the company may not be able to afford an additional full-time employee.  This fluctuation within a company’s resource demand can cause major waste of capital, frustration within employees, and quality issues leading potentially to business losses.

 

OCd: A SOLUTION THAT FITS YOU !

We bring our rich expertise, our adaptability, our tenacity, our attention to details, and our proactive approach in both in-depth details and on the bigger picture, to match your needs for quality/time/cost/features.

We offer our full spectrum of engineering skills !  Teaming with OCd adds an on-demand resource to your engineering task-force !  A resource that can work on the different stages of an electronic product development.

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Specialized in PCB Layout Design, OCd provides the same experience and expertise wherever you need it !

Product & System Concept

Product & System Concept

  • Product Specifications
  • System level Specifications
  • Form Factor/Assembly Structure
  • Interface Definition
  • Firmware/Software Platform

De-Risking Assessment & Hardware Design Specifications

De-Risking Assessment & Hardware Design Specifications

  • Critical Parts Assessments
  • Hardware Features
  • Firm/Soft De-Risking
  • MEC constraints

 

 

Hardware & Schematic Design

Hardware & Schematic Design

  • Schematic Circuit Design
  • Procurement Assessments
  • BOMs
  • Test Plans

 

PCB Design Layout

PCB Design Layout

  • PCBA Design Layout
  • MEC Constaints
  • Form Factor
  • Interfaces
  • EMI & Noise Control
  • Product Assembly
  • DFx

DFM / DFT

DFM / DFT

  • PCBA Array Optimization
  • Design for Certification
  • Mass Production Scalability
  • Minimize Vendor Back & Forth
  • Quick Turn-Over
  • Test Features for PCBA Vendor
  • Test Features for Production Testing
  • Test Features for Prog. & Debug

 

Test Validation & De-Bugging

Test Validation & De-Bugging

  • Bring-Ups!
  • Qualification Tests
  • Functionality Tests
  • Certification Tests
  • Product and System Spec. Validation
  • De-Bugging!

 

 

 

Proof-of-Concept and Prototyping

Proof-of-Concept and Prototyping

  • Fast Design, Fast Answers!
  • Low Volume
  • Feature Testability
  • Feature Functionnality

NPI & Production

NPI & Production

  • Assembly + Testing SOPs
  • Testing and Prog. Jig
  • Transfert to Production Ing.
  • Cost Reduction
  • Vendor Assessments
  • Production Optimization

 

 

Sustaining & Legacy Support

Sustaining & Legacy Support

  • Component Engineering
  • End-of-Life Components
  • Re-Design
  • Customization
  • Cost Reduction

 

 

 

List of abbreviations

OCd: Olivier Courtois Design

PCB: Printed Circuit Board

PCBA: Printed Circuit Board Assembly

DFM: Design for Manufacturing

DFT: Design for Testing

DFx: Inclusive of all Design For ….

NPI: New Product Introduction

BOM: Bill of Material

MEC: Mechanical

EMI: ElectroMagnetic Interference

SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

Glossary

*** Definitions may vary from one company to another ***

Schematic Design: Design of the electronic circuit drawings.

Layout Design: Creation of the Printed Circuit Board. Materialization of the electronic circuit drawings.

Lead Designer : Person responsible for conducting all the activities around the development of the electronic product. Discipline implication may vary.

Schematic designer: Person responsible for the schematic design. Might also play the role of the Lead Designer.

Prime Designer: Similar to Lead Designer.

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