Dave Engineering LLC

Move Your Product Development Forward

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About the firm

DE Design Works helps engineering teams advance complex electronic product development by increasing bandwidth, reducing risk, and delivering predictable execution. Since 2002, the St. Louis-based practice has partnered with industrial, medical, military, and other mission-critical product teams to solve complex technology challenges. Its US-based team of senior engineers provides custom PCB hardware design, software and firmware development, and IoT/connected-device expertise under one roof, supporting products from initial concept through production.

Established
2002
Team
Small
Firm type
Electrical Engineering · Software Engineering · Automation & Controls

People

Dave JonesFounder

Capabilities

PCB & Hardware Design

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Advanced printed circuit board layout, schematic entry, and custom hardware architecture design.

  • Circuit Design & PCB Schematic

    Development of robust electrical schematics and initial system blueprints.

  • Custom PCB Design & Layout

    Multi-layer layout optimized for thermal, electrical, and mechanical constraints.

  • System Design & Systems Integration

    Holistic integration of electronic sub-systems and physical packaging.

  • Custom Gateway & IoT Edge Device Design

    Design of dedicated boundary hardware for real-world telemetry and commands.

  • Power Systems & Motor Control

    Design of robust power electronics and precision motor drive circuitry.

  • Supply Chain & Obsolescence

    Proactive lifecycle analysis to mitigate component shortages and end-of-life cycles.

Software & Firmware Design

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Custom embedded software and firmware development for microcontrollers, RTOS, bare metal, and embedded Linux systems.

  • Embedded Firmware & Software

    Reliable lower-level device code engineered for core hardware control.

  • Bare Metal, RTOS, & Embedded Linux

    Custom operating systems deployment and hardware-abstracted bare-metal application design.

  • Custom Application & GUI Software

    Developing front-end interface software, HMIs, and mobile companion applications.

  • Industrial Communications Protocols

    Wired and wireless protocol integration including Modbus, CAN, Profinet, and LoRa.

  • Sensor Integration

    Fusing physical analog and digital sensors into the central computing environment.

IoT & Digital Transformation

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Strategic IoT development, secure device-to-cloud connectivity, and digital transformation for industrial applications.

  • Strategic IoT Development & Digital Transformation

    Assessing existing infrastructure and establishing secure, scalable IoT architectures.

  • Edge Computing

    Deploying local data processing and on-device logic to reduce latency and cloud costs.

  • Data & Cloud Integration

    Interfacing edge nodes with enterprise clouds such as AWS IoT, Azure, or private environments.

  • BlueberryIoT Platform Integration

    Deploying a complete pre-engineered device-to-cloud ecosystem for low-volume OEMs.

In-house design verification, compliance testing support, and environmental evaluations.

  • Hardware & Software Testing

    Rigorous verification to guarantee alignment between physical electronics and firmware.

  • Pre-Certification Testing & Certification Support

    Preparing electronics for formal industry certifications to minimize compliance risk.

  • High-Power Testing

    Specialized electrical evaluations for heavy loads up to 3 kW.

  • Environmental & Humidity Testing

    Subjecting hardware to environmental stressors to confirm physical reliability.

Prototyping

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Turn-key product prototyping, from proof of concept to functional pilot runs.

  • PCB / PCBA Prototyping

    Rapid in-house prototype printed circuit board assembly and physical builds.

  • EVT - DVT - PVT Prototyping

    Iterative hardware prototyping across design validation and production verification stages.

  • Proof of Concept & Industrial Design

    Translating initial napkin sketches into functional mechanical and electronic proof-of-concepts.

Transfer to Production

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Transition management from design stages to scaled contract manufacturing.

  • Design for Manufacturing (DFM / DFX)

    Optimizing hardware designs for high-yield, cost-effective assembly.

  • Low-Volume Box Build

    Complex, high-accuracy full-system physical assembly of final products.

  • Production Functional Testers

    Architecting QA test fixtures and validation units for contract manufacturing lines.

Product Assessment

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Aligning technology strategy with business goals through system architecture and planning.

  • Obsolescence Mitigation

    Redesigning legacy modules to eliminate unavailable components.

  • Electronics System Architecture

    Mapping structural dependencies across hardware and software platforms.

  • Project Planning & Product Definition

    Formulating detailed development timelines and functional requirements.

Industries

Industrial · Medical Devices · Defense · Electronics

Projects

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