The Polar File
The package every project delivers.
- 01
Numbered, testable requirements, agreed before work starts
- 02
A traceability matrix linking each requirement to its verification method and its evidence
- 03
Versioned design files in openable formats — no lock-in
- 04
Test reports and pre-compliance results
- 05
Production documentation — BOM, assembly drawings, test procedures, fixture documentation
- 06
Release manifest with revision history
Why this makes a fixed price safe
This is what makes a fixed price safe. The requirements list defines what 'delivered' means. Anything outside it is a change order, quoted separately.
Stage deliverables
What each stage of a full product engagement produces.
- 01
Feasibility & Architecture
- —Requirements specification
- —System architecture
- —Technology selection
- —BOM cost model
- —Risk register
- 02
Prototype
- —Schematic
- —Layout
- —First boards
- —Mechanical concept
- —Firmware bring-up
- —Functional demonstration
- 03
Design for Production
- —DFM/DFA
- —Cost-down
- —EMC pre-compliance
- —Test strategy
- —Production fixtures
- 04
Compliance & Handover
- —Accredited testing managed
- —Technical file
- —Release package
- —Transfer to your manufacturer
You can stop at any gate. We only ever fix-price one stage ahead.
Compliance
What we do in-house, what we manage for you, and what we don't offer.
In-house
- —Standards identification
- —Design for EMC and safety from the schematic onward
- —Pre-compliance measurement in our lab
- —Technical file
- —Declaration of Conformity
- —CE and UKCA support
Managed for you
Accredited EMC, safety, radio and environmental testing.
- —Lab selection
- —Booking
- —Test plan
- —Attendance
- —Failure analysis
- —Re-test management
You pay the lab directly; we run the process.
Not offered
- —Regulatory ownership for medical devices (MDR, IEC 60601, ISO 13485)
- —Defence