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Product development services for a range of categories and industries. SGW has designed products for medical, agriculture, aviation ground support, telecom and networking, automotive radar, fitness, consumer goods, and industrial automation clients, among others.

The categories below are where we have the most depth: rugged products, IoT devices, consumer products, industrial equipment, medical devices, and RF and radar products. Each category page covers what we develop, how we execute, and related projects from our portfolio, so you can see how we approach products like yours.

These categories aren't the limits of what we do. Plenty of our projects don't fit neatly into one category, and much of our value comes from carrying what we learn in one industry over to the next. A sealing approach proven on outdoor networking hardware can protect a vehicle-mounted sensor. Lessons from designing a medical device for cleaning can make a consumer product easier to live with.

If you don't see your product category here, talk to us anyway. Our industrial designers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and firmware engineers work across industries, and the right partner for your product may be one who brings experience from somewhere you didn't expect.

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Radar and Wireless Product Development

Radar and Wireless Product Development

We design products that integrate radar and RF modules, plus the test equipment behind them, with enclosures, materials, and mechanical systems engineered around RF performance from day one. That includes RF-compatible enclosures and radomes, in-cab radar displays, 5G and wireless networking hardware, and RF and millimeter wave test chambers. Radar and RF products only perform when the enclosure works with the signal instead of against it. We select materials for RF transparency, durability, and sealing, then design housings and mounts around antenna placement and layout constraints, working closely with electrical engineers on keep-out zones, shielding, and board packaging. Thermal management is often the hardest part. RF electronics generate heat, and a sealed, RF-transparent housing leaves it few places to go. We engineer conduction paths, heat spreaders, and material choices so modules stay within their operating limits without compromising the signal, while still meeting IP and MIL-STD requirements where they apply. Testing radar products takes a controlled RF environment, so we also design anechoic chambers with custom fixturing and motion control that simulate long ranges in a compact footprint. From prototype through production, we support RF, environmental, and field testing and prepare the documentation your suppliers need.

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Rugged Product Development

Rugged Product Development

We design products that survive shock, vibration, water, dust, and extreme temperatures, built for the environments where failure is not an option. Our work covers ruggedized electronics, sealed enclosures, vehicle-mounted displays and controls, industrial handhelds, and ground support equipment, designed to ratings like IP69 and MIL-STD-810. Rugged products fail at their weakest point, and that is usually where electronics, seals, and structure meet. Connectors loosen under vibration, boards flex on impact, and condensation finds its way into sealed housings. We design the electronics and the structure around them together, so component selection, board mounting, sealing, and thermal management all support the same durability target. Every program starts with a clear picture of the environment: the shock, vibration, temperature, moisture, and handling conditions the product will see in the field, and the standards it has to meet. From there we select materials and architectures, use FEA and thermal analysis to find weak points before the first prototype, and plan environmental testing with qualified labs. The result is hardware that holds up in the field and can still be built efficiently, with documentation and supplier support that carry rugged performance through to production.

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IoT Device Development

IoT Device Development

Build connected products that work reliably in the field, with enclosures, electronics, and firmware engineered together from day one. Our IoT device development services cover smart sensors and data loggers, gateways, routers, and access points, asset trackers, connected controls, battery-powered wireless devices, and smart home and building products. Connected products bring together hardware, software, and networks, and the decisions made early shape everything that follows. We help you define use cases, connectivity options, power budgets, and data needs before detailed design begins, then test sensors, radios, and battery life with proof-of-concept builds so your architecture is grounded in data rather than assumptions. Our mechanical and electrical engineers work side by side so enclosures, PCBs, antennas, and thermal management fit together cleanly. We pay close attention to RF performance inside the final housing, ingress protection, low-power design, and assembly, so devices stay connected wherever they are installed. Scaling from a handful of prototypes to thousands of deployed units takes planning. We design for test, provisioning, and manufacturability, and support pilot builds and field trials so real-world issues are resolved before full rollout.

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Consumer Product Development

Consumer Product Development

Create consumer products people want to buy, use, and recommend, with design and engineering that is ready for production at scale. We develop small appliances and kitchen products, consumer electronics and accessories, sporting goods and outdoor gear, home and lifestyle products, and personal care products. Consumer markets move quickly, and first impressions matter. We help you understand your target customers, study competing products, and find the opportunity your product can own. Rapid sketching, rendering, and looks-like and works-like prototypes let you see and hold ideas early, so you can gather feedback and make confident decisions before investing in tooling. Great consumer products feel intentional. Our industrial designers balance aesthetics, ergonomics, and color, material, and finish to create products that look premium and feel natural to use, and we can carry a consistent visual language across a whole product family. Beautiful designs still have to be built. Our engineers design for injection molding and high-volume assembly, managing tolerances, part count, and cost targets from the start. We support tooling reviews, first article inspections, and supplier communication, including overseas manufacturing, so your product reaches the market on time and at the right cost.

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Industrial Product Development

Industrial Product Development

Develop industrial equipment and machinery that performs in demanding environments, from early concept through production-ready engineering. We design custom machinery and automation equipment, material handling systems, agricultural and outdoor power equipment, test fixtures and production tooling, and operator controls. Industrial products live or die on uptime, throughput, and operator confidence. We start by learning the job your equipment has to do, the site conditions it will face, and the people who run and maintain it. From there we explore architectures, build proof-of-concept rigs, and test the riskiest assumptions early so the program moves forward on solid ground. Our mechanical and electrical engineers design for load, vibration, contamination, and long service life, using FEA, tolerance studies, and calculations to verify strength and reliability before parts are cut. We also design for the technician, with accessible service points, modular subassemblies, and clear diagnostics that keep downtime short. Industrial equipment is often built in low to mid volumes, so manufacturing strategy matters. We match designs to fabrication methods, from sheet metal and weldments to castings and machined parts, then deliver complete drawings, BOMs, and assembly documentation and support your fabricators through first builds.

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Medical Device Development

Medical Device Development

Bring safe, usable Class I and Class II medical devices to market with a development partner that pairs user-centered design with disciplined engineering and documentation. We develop handheld and wearable devices, diagnostic and point-of-care equipment, clinical and laboratory equipment, and home healthcare products. Medical products succeed when they solve a real clinical problem in a way users can adopt. Our work starts with the use environment, the clinicians, caregivers, and patients in it, and the workflows your device has to fit into. Human factors thinking runs through every iteration, from early mockups to formative evaluations, so usability findings shape the design instead of arriving as surprises late in the program. Our engineers integrate mechanical, electrical, and embedded systems with an eye on reliability, cleanability, and manufacturability. We work within your quality system to produce the requirements, risk analysis inputs, drawings, and test documentation your regulatory pathway depends on, keeping the design history file in step with the design. When the design is ready, we prepare specifications and supplier documentation and support transfer to regulated manufacturing, so your device moves from prototype to production with fewer surprises.

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"These guys get it. They are a rare blend of creative and technical talent. Honest, flexible, fun to work with and incredibly competent. As a designer, they make me look good, bringing my ideas to life through their insight and experience."

Preston Lewis, Co-Founder & CCO

"I have worked with the team at SGW on a handful of projects, and I continue to be impressed with the depth and breadth of talent and capabilities they bring to the table. SGW is easy to work with, competent, and they operate with integrity. They make you want to do more business with them. Highly recommend!"

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