Kestrel Design provides comprehensive mechanical and electromechanical product design and development services, from initial conceptual development through to final production support, both domestic and international.

Kris W. Grube, a mechanical engineer with graduate and undergraduate degrees from MIT, founded Kestrel Design in 1995.  Since its inception, the company has designed products for a variety of industries.  Examples include consumer appliances, complex mechanism design, electronics packaging, medical diagnostic equipment, fluid systems, robotics, light transportation, and aerospace products.

Most development programs are multi-phase, beginning with concept development and ending with production documentation and pilot manufacturing support.  A rigorous approach is applied both to engineering problem solving and to prediction and management of development cost and schedule.

Through established associations with the MIT community and other design organizations, a complete development team can be provided for a variety of products.

• Mechanical and Electromechanical Product Design
• System Design and Product Architecture Development
• Mechanical Engineering and Analysis

 

• Detailed Development Planning
• Product Specification and Requirements Analysis
• Cost Analysis and Vendor Management

 

• Concept Development, Invention, and Brainstorming
• Patent Documentation Support
• Design History Documentation

 

• CAD/CAE
• Prototype Implementation
• Testing and Evaluation

 

• Manufacturing Documentation
• Tooling Development, Domestic and Off Shore
• Production Support