We provide a wide variety of engineering skills thus allowing full turn-key product development services. In many cases our competitors only offer one type of engineering service where Tri-Star Design offers electronic, mechanical, and software product design and development services.
Tri-Star Design is located just outside of Boston, MA at 63 South St. Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748.
Yes, we provide design services for both North American and International clients.
Yes, in almost all of our projects we sign our customer’s NDA such that their intellectual property is protected. If you do not have an NDA, Tri-Star Design will provide a template for you to fill out.
Yes, Tri-Star Design is certified for ISO 13485 Quality Management System.
Please go to our Contact Us page and fill out your project requirements. Our Account Management team will respond expediently.
In most cases Tri-Star Design would request either a Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) or a Product Requirements Document (PRD) such that we could more accurately quote your project.
It would of course depend on the size of your product but on average a project consisting of a controller with general I/O and communication interfaces with an enclosure and supporting firmware, the average first pass development cycle runs between 4 – 7 months.
Yes, often times either a single engineer or a team of our engineers will be asked to work with the client’s development team. The can be done either on-site at the client facility or at the Tri-Star facility.
Tri-Star Design designs and develops Robots, Medical Device, Consumer, Military, and Data Communications products. Learn more on our Design Services page.
Tri-Star Design is a full turn-key product development firm and supports all of the major engineering disciplines including electronic, mechanical, and software product development.
Yes, Tri-Star Design has assisted clients in writing the Product Requirements Document.
Yes, clients often come to us with products where the design files are inaccessible and require reverse engineering services to re-create the schematics/gerber files. In other cases, the client is asking Tri-Star Design to address component end-of-life issues as well as cost/size reductions of existing designs.
Yes, Tri-Star Design has several domestic and international Contract Manufacturing partners that provide both quick engineering prototypes as well as production runs. We have a fully equipped electronics lab including an environmental chamber as well as a fully equipped mechanical lab for prototype debug and testing.
Yes, Tri-Star Design is often times asked to provide Proof-of-Concept and research activities prior to the full product development phase.
Tri-Star Design provides Supply Chain Management and Operations support during the New Product Introduction (NPI) phase. Our staff will assist you with either a local or foreign Contract Manufacturer (CM) early/small production runs.
Yes, with over 35 years in business, Tri-Star Design has developed several CM partners that offer the same high level process quality as Tri-Star. Selected partners are fully compliant with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and ITAR.
Yes, we’ve been asked by a number of clients to perform a design and BOM review of their existing design in an attempt to reduce overall product cost.
Yes, we have a Director of Supply Chain Management that in addition to overseeing engineering prototype fabrication and assembly, also assists our clients with transitioning from prototype to full production runs.