Cobra Design & Engineering, Inc.

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About the firm

Cobra Design & Engineering, Inc. was established in 2000 and specializes in mechanical engineering, electronics packaging, printed circuit design, and turnkey fabrication for military, aerospace, and commercial customers. Each design engineer brings approximately 20 years of experience, with deep expertise in electronics packaging where weight, thermal performance, structural integrity, and manufacturability must be balanced. It serves customers from initial concept through production, supported by an affiliated 25,000-square-foot ISO 9001 certified machine shop for fabrication, assembly, inspection, and quality assurance.

Established
2000
Team
Small
Firm type
Mechanical Engineering · Structural Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Thermal & Heat Transfer · Aerospace Engineering · Defense Engineering · Simulation Engineering

Credentials

ISO 9001

Capabilities

Analytical services to validate and optimize systems through thermal, structural, and dynamic analysis.

  • Thermal Analysis
  • Structural Analysis
  • Dynamic Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis

Electronics Packaging

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Mechanical package design for RF and electronics assemblies, including circuit partitioning for EMI/RFI isolation, gasketing, and ruggedization for military and commercial applications.

  • RF/EMI Electronics Package Design
  • Ruggedization of COTS Equipment
  • DoD Electronics Packaging

Mechanical Design

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Full mechanical design services utilizing MIL and ISO standards from initial concept through production, incorporating advanced manufacturing and assembly techniques.

  • Product Design & Development
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Design For Manufacturing (DFM)
  • Injection Mold Part & Tool Design

Printed Circuit Design

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Custom single- and multi-layer printed wire board (PWB) and printed circuit board (PCB) design with mixed technology using Cadence Allegro, Altium Designer, and OrCAD Schematic Capture.

  • PCB Layout Design
  • Flex Circuit Design
  • OrCAD Schematic Capture

Assembly & Fabrication

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Small to medium run electronics and mechanical assembly supported by a dedicated assembly facility and an affiliated ISO 9001 certified machine shop.

  • Turnkey Fabrication & Assembly
  • Mechanical Fabrication
  • Rapid Prototyping

Qualification and environmental simulation testing, partnered with specialized facilities to deliver MIL-STD-810 testing including vibration, shock, salt fog, and humidity.

  • MIL-STD-810 Qualification Testing
  • Environmental Simulation Testing

Industries

Defense · Aerospace · Commercial · Government

Projects

Transit Case Thermal Management System (TCTMS)

Defense · Client: U.S. Army

Project details

Designed a transit case cooling and heating system (TCTMS) to fit standard transit cases with or without shock-mounted chassis, capable of supporting COTS equipment from 3U to 15U high in extreme climatic conditions.

Affordable Transmit/Receive (T/R) Module Production

Defense · Client: U.S. Navy

Project details

Developed a manufacturing solution that minimizes touch labor, improves materials, and upgrades existing electrical components in T/R modules to reduce production costs while maintaining performance.

Lightweight UHF SATCOM Diplexer

Defense · Client: U.S. Navy

Project details

Developed a lightweight, full-duplex Diplexer/Triplexer supporting legacy UHF SATCOM and MUOS frequency bands utilizing high-Q resonators fabricated from thin-wall aluminum tubing.