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Capabilities

Product Engineering Capabilities

Specialized engineering support for products that connect software, hardware, devices, suppliers, and production. HIO focuses on capability areas where China's product-development and industrial ecosystem creates a real operational advantage.

Embedded Systems & Firmware

Embedded engineering across the product lifecycle

Support from platform integration through release, maintenance, and field support.

Embedded LinuxRTOSBSP developmentDevice driversMCU/SoC integrationBootloadersOTA updatesPower managementLegacy maintenance

When clients typically reach out

  • A platform must be adapted to new hardware
  • An ODM firmware branch needs independent review
  • Original engineers are no longer available
Discuss Embedded Systems & Firmware
Edge AI & Intelligent Devices

Move AI from model to device

Edge-AI work needs the model, runtime, device, sensor pipeline, and OS to work together — not just a trained model.

Model quantization & pruningONNX / TensorRT / TFLiteNPU / GPU / DSP deploymentCamera & sensor pipelinesLatency & power optimizationOTA model versioning

When clients typically reach out

  • A cloud model must run on constrained hardware
  • Performance differs across device variants
  • A vision pipeline must integrate with real sensors
Discuss Edge AI & Intelligent Devices
Connected Devices & Networking

Engineering for products that must stay connected

Embedded software, network behavior, device management, interoperability, and validation for connected products.

Wi-Fi / Ethernet / BluetoothIoT protocolsBroadband gatewaysOpenWrt platformsTR-069 / TR-181 / TR-369Interoperability testing

When clients typically reach out

  • Connectivity problems appear only in certain environments
  • An ISP or enterprise customer reports interoperability issues
  • Regression and release coverage are insufficient
Discuss Connected Devices & Networking
Robotics & Industrial Automation

Support beyond the robotics demo

The engineering work required to move robotic and automated systems to repeatable, reliable deployment.

ROS / ROS 2Machine visionSensor calibrationPLC & industrial integrationFleet monitoringRemote diagnostics

When clients typically reach out

  • A prototype must be adapted to a customer site
  • Field failures are difficult to reproduce
  • Each deployment requires excessive manual work
Discuss Robotics & Industrial Automation
Validation, NPI & Manufacturing Test

Build confidence before and after production

Disciplined validation across hardware, firmware, software, suppliers, and manufacturing.

Functional & regression testingHardware-in-the-loop testingReliability testingEVT / DVT / PVT supportManufacturing-test developmentFailure analysis

When clients typically reach out

  • The prototype works but production readiness is uncertain
  • A component or supplier change requires requalification
  • Manufacturing defects are hard to separate from design defects
Discuss Validation, NPI & Manufacturing Test
ODM/OEM & Supplier Engineering

Keep technical issues moving across organizational boundaries

ODM programs often stall because no single team owns the path from requirement to verified resolution.

Technical interface managementBuild & release coordinationDefect ownership & escalationChipset-provider coordinationAcceptance readiness

When clients typically reach out

  • The ODM reports progress but the product remains unstable
  • Issues move repeatedly between vendors
  • Headquarters lacks a technical presence near the supplier
Discuss ODM/OEM & Supplier Engineering
Sustaining & Legacy Product Engineering

Keep revenue-producing products supported

Mature products often stay commercially important after the original development team has moved on.

Codebase & architecture assessmentKnowledge recoveryDependency & OS upgradesSecurity maintenanceRegression-test creationCustomer escalation handling

When clients typically reach out

  • Original engineers have left
  • Customers still require fixes and updates
  • A strategic team is spending too much time maintaining an older product
Discuss Sustaining & Legacy Product Engineering
Not Sure Which Capability You Need?

Describe the product and the work that isn't moving

HIO will help determine whether the issue is primarily talent, delivery structure, validation, supplier execution, or product ownership.

Request an Initial Assessment