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Features

Core Engineering Services

  • Product Design & Development: Concept development, design refinement, component optimization, packaging studies, and production-intent CAD development.
  • CAD & Data Management: Customer CAD system support, 3D solid modeling, parametric design, embedded GD&T, CAD data exchange, and design release support.
  • Engineering Analysis: FEA for static, dynamic, and cyclic loading; tolerance stack analysis; thermal variation review; and performance-driven design optimization.
  • Design Validation: Fit, form, function, durability, installation, and safety reviews supported by DFMEA, DVP&R, and structured design review processes.
  • Manufacturing Engineering Support: DFM&A review, assembly process planning, installation simulations, process documentation, and launch support.
  • Tooling, Fixtures, Aids & 3D Printing: Fixture concept support, checking aid development, installation aids, prototype tooling support, and in-house 3D printed
  • Regulatory & Customer Requirements: Design reviews against customer specifications, ECE R26 external projection requirements, FMVSS considerations, and program-specific compliance needs.
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Key Capabilities

  • Design Responsibility: Support for design-responsible programs, including customer data management, release deliverables, and engineering change support.
  • CAD Platforms: Experience with NX, CATIA V5, Teamcenter, customer data exchange servers, and 3D CAD deliverables.
  • Simulation & Analysis: FEA, tolerance stacks, thermal expansion review, and performance-driven design optimization.
  • Documentation: DFMEA, DVP&R, BOM development, exploded assemblies, interface sections, and manufacturing review packages.
  • Prototype & Launch Support: Prototype review, installation aid development, sample support, trial builds, issue resolution, and production launch readiness.
  • 3D Printing: Rapid prototyping, prototype fixtures, installation aids, checking aids, concept samples, and manufacturing support tools to accelerate development and troubleshooting.
  • Continuous Improvement: Lessons learned reviews, component commonization, manufacturing simplification, and design improvements to reduce cost and complexity.
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Why Customers Work With Us

  • Production-focused engineering: Designs are developed with manufacturing, assembly, cost, and launch timing in mind from the beginning.
  • Structured design reviews: Our process combines lessons learned, engineering analysis, validation planning, and customer requirement checks.
  • Customer system flexibility: We work within customer-preferred CAD and data exchange requirements to support efficient collaboration.
  • Early issue prevention: Simulation, tolerance review, DFM&A, and fit/function evaluation help identify risks before tooling and launch.
  • Practical problem solving: We support real-world manufacturing and installation challenges with engineering solutions that can be built, validated, and repeated.

Engineering & Design Process

The Ground Effects Defence Engineering team has extensive experience and a very diverse skill set associated with both product and process design and development. Ground Effects Defence involvement in stringent quality focus automotive product manufacturing, coating, assembly, packaging and distribution, allows our Engineering team to participate in development within all areas with our customers. This means that our team is engaged from the initial design concept right through to the product’s end use accounting for account for all component interfaces, installation, clearances and part dynamics while using various design and validation software, lessons learned and best practice information, our team can design components in a very efficient and cost-conscious manner.

Supporting our engineering team includes our Program Managers, Operations and Manufacturing Managers, Quality Assurance team and multiple other associates have extensive experience and provide valuable input to the Engineering team during the development phases of programs that result in products that flow through all processes in a highly efficient manner.

Industries Served

Military/Defence
Automotive
Heavy Equipment
PowerSports
Outdoor Furniture
Consumer/Appliances
Agriculture
Marine
IT Infrastructure

PERFORMANCE STARTS WITH THE RIGHT PARTNERS

Contact our team today to explore advanced manufacturing solutions and components.

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