Projects

SOME OF OUR CLIENTS

Core and FarmWise

Light pipe optimization for the LED lit-effects in Core’s Wellness Trainer, and fully custom illumination design for FarmWise’s machine vision system.

Kargo and SPIN

Illumination system design and custom optics for lit indicators in Kargo’s computer vision hardware, and regulation-meeting headlamp design and LED indicator analysis for Spin’s electric scooter.

Vium and iRobot

Optical studies for Vium’s computer vision-based laboratory mouse housing, and iRobot’s vacuum cleaning robot, Roomba.

175 Million NASA IDIQ Contract

In 2022, Spire Starter won on-ramping onto the “NOIS2” contract with NASA to provide access to the freelance hardware engineering community in conjunction with Spire Starter’s side project: Odd Engineer. Within this umbrella contract, a multitude of small service agreements will be issued, which Spire Starter can bid on. These smaller contracts will make it possible for freelance engineers to contribute to NASA, where otherwise, it might not be possible (or desirable!) for them to work fulltime.

Services

Services Provided by Spire Starter to Hardware Engineers and Companies

Contract Optical Engineering

Contract Optical Engineering

If you’d like to engage in an optical engineering contract for a full optical design or analysis project, feel free to book a free, preliminary 20-minute consultation here. This time

1-Time Optical Engineering Session

1-Time Optical Engineering Session

If you don’t have the time or monetary budget remaining for a full-length engineering contract, you can book an on-demand session with Erin McDermott for up to 90 minutes here.

Freelancer Coaching

Freelancer Coaching

Want to jump into freelance hardware engineering? Or are you already here and want to boost your revenue and client base? Here are some resources! Guidebook to teach you how

Odd Engineer

Odd Engineer

Odd Engineer is the freelance hardware engineer directory where you can find many kinds of niche specialists in physical product development. (Not just optical engineering!) You can search the directory