Arthur (Art) Graf
Principal Hardware Design Engineer
“When engineering a product, my decisions are shaped by my understanding that small day-to-day choices build a foundation. We all will stand on the design team’s collective decisions for years to come. I enjoy working with clients to build quality and value into this foundation, supporting both their success and that of their customers.”
Capabilities:
Art Graf fills gaps, augments, and strengthens your design team.
Fill gaps… Art can fill ongoing or project specific knowledge gaps in your team and be your hardware engineering resource
Augment… Art can unload your busy team members to focus on other tasks, increasing team bandwidth
Strengthen… Art can support you team’s long term success by applying industry best practices to your projects.
Focus Areas:
Printed Circuit Board / ECAD Engineering and Design
Hardware Design Project Management
Obsolescence Mitigation
PCB Layout (Altium Designer)
Wire, Cable, and Panel documentation
ECAD libraries and administration
ECAD documentation and process development
ECAD Contracting:
Embedded and Industrial controls
Power, line voltage and high current
Product approvals support (UL, ETL, etc.)
Product Design for Test (DFT); test regiment development
Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
Design for Sustainment
Design Specialties:
Best-Practices Coaching:
Light, useful process development and refinement
Project management
Software engineering tools
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools
Engineering internship coaching
Lab basics training - soldering, test equipment use
A summary of Art’s experiences as a Hardware Design Engineer in product development…
“I have been fortunate to touch many areas of product development engineering. This strongly shapes my perspective on what creates value… value for the sales, support, and engineering teams, as well as for the product’s end-user.”
Product Development Experience
Art Graf brings experiences crossing the electrical engineering field:
Ideation of new design… to Sustainment / Current Product Support
Hardware Design… to Embedded Firmware Development
Lab and Field testing…. to Validation / Approvals and End-of-Line test (LabVIEW)
Below is a summary of the "Product Development Process" which highlights his experiences and strengths.
“The design process should focus on building products that are a foundation for good sales as well as good customer service and support. The value of our engineering ‘investment’ is measured when the product is launched… and sales and support starts in earnest.”