TRANSFORMING IDEAS INTO MARKET-READY PRODUCTS.


NAK Engineering transforms ideas into market-ready products with cutting-edge hardware and software design. From concept and prototyping to full-scale production, our multi-industry expertise ensures each product delivers innovation, quality, and reliability.

ENGINEERING OUTCOMES.

  • 105

    Projects Delivered

    Unique projects completed across hardware, firmware, software, and security.

  • 3-6 months

    Time to Market

    Typical path from concept to market-ready product for scoped engagements.

  • 1-3 months

    Functional Prototype

    Rapid prototype builds that help teams validate direction before full production.

  • 70%

    Lower Engineering Overhead

    Reducing the cost of large in-house teams, infrastructure, and development coordination.

  • 55%

    Follow-On Rate

    More than half of clients return for additional project work.

  • 92%

    Delivery Success Rate

    Projects delivered against agreed timelines and budgets.

HARDWARE, FIRMWARE, SOFTWARE & SECURITY

OUR SERVICES.

NAK helps teams build connected products where the board, firmware, app, cloud, and security model all have to work together. We come in when a prototype needs to become something testable, manufacturable, and supportable. Hardware, firmware, software, and security are not separate lanes here. They are the product. If one layer is vague, late, or pretending the others do not exist, that is where the product starts to fail.
HARDWARE

HARDWARE.

Hardware gets expensive when the wrong decision makes it onto a board. NAK designs electronics, PCB layouts, prototypes, and production handoffs for connected products that need to survive testing, manufacturing, and daily use.

We help teams make the hard calls early: power budgets, signal integrity, enclosure constraints, firmware hooks, sourcing, test fixtures, and factory diagnostics. The point is not a prettier schematic. It is a device your team can prove before production spend gets painful.

Bring us the hardware idea, the half-working prototype, or the board that needs a cleaner path to manufacture. We will help expose the risk while it is still fixable.
SOFTWARE

SOFTWARE.

Connected-product software has to respect the device, not pretend it is just another app. NAK builds the apps, APIs, dashboards, data flows, and backend systems behind products that depend on real hardware behavior.

We start with what the device measures, how it connects, what fails in the field, and what users or operators need to do next. That keeps the software tied to firmware constraints, manufacturing needs, support workflows, security, and long-term device operations.

The result is software your team can test against the product you are actually shipping, not a clean demo path that falls apart when devices leave the lab.
FIRMWARE

FIRMWARE.

A blinking prototype is not a product. NAK writes embedded firmware that gets connected devices through board bring-up, demos, test fixtures, manufacturing, and field updates without turning every hardware quirk into a support problem.

We work where firmware usually bites: timing, memory, interrupts, battery life, drivers, radios, boot paths, diagnostics, update behavior, and recovery. The work is practical because customers do not care which layer failed. They care that the product failed.

If the device works sometimes but not reliably enough to ship, firmware is probably where the truth is hiding. We help find it, fix it, and leave your team with code they can live with after launch.
SECURITY

SECURITY.

Device security has to be designed before the fleet is already in the field. NAK helps connected-product teams build trust into the product with secure boot paths, device identity, certificate handling, signed firmware, anti-cloning controls, and recovery paths.

We focus on security your product can demonstrate: which device is real, which firmware is allowed to run, how credentials are stored, what happens during manufacturing, and how deployed devices recover when something goes wrong.

Security should protect the device, the fleet, and the business model without becoming theater. We make the controls concrete enough for engineering, production, and support to use.

ACTIVITIES.

At NAK Engineering, we turn challenges into market-ready solutions. We specialize in device and application testing, secure certificate management, and device authenticity verification, delivering products that are reliable, secure, and user-friendly. Through expert consulting services, we guide clients in implementing and maintaining these solutions, streamlining development, and accelerating product success.

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE.

At NAK Engineering, we deliver tailored product design and consulting solutions across a variety of industries. From navigating complex technical challenges to creating innovative, high-performance products, we help clients transform obstacles into opportunities and succeed in their markets with expert engineering and consulting support.
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Electronics
Music and entertainment
Music and entertainment
Aviation
Aviation
Industrial manufacturing
Industrial manufacturing
Security
Security
Medical devices
Medical devices
Energy
Energy
Automotive
Automotive
Robotics
Robotics

TESTIMONIALS
THAT MAKE US SMILE.

“I've worked with the NAK team for many years in various different companies. Nick and his team quickly moved from vendor to strategic partner who I could rely on for outstanding support and cooperation. NAK went above and beyond my expectations to help ensure we were making the best product decisions.”

Ben Docksteader
Director of Advanced Development
Masonite®

“Nick has been supporting Syng since the beginning. With his expertise in startups and electronics development, we were able to successfully launch a high end sophisticated product into the market. Much of our success is thanks to Nick's advice and his ability to deliver. I highly recommend Nick and his team to anyone who want to launch a product into the market.”

Peter Gloria
Director of Hardware Systems Engineering
Syng

“Nak Engineering's professionals are highly focused engineers who quickly understand the problem at and provide advanced out-of-the-box solutions!”

Mohammed (Mo) Abouelsoud
CEO
U

“Magvation LLC is a medical device company. We have had excellent experience working with Nak Engineering on our product design and development. Nick Knudson is creative, thorough, and intelligent in his approach toward engineering a new product. He combines knowledge at the electrical design components level with integration of software and firmware development and works well as part of a team. I would highly recommend NAK Engineering for new product development programs that include embedded electronics, firmware and mechanical design integration.”

Mike Koclanes
CTO
Magvation LLC.

“Nick was a solid performer. Never flustered by what I threw at him and always willing to dive deep to find the solution. He was fun and engaged and genuinely liked the work. It could be mundane bug fixes or new test software all of which he took in his stride. Switching between different languages did not seem to bother him. I would have no problem hiring Nick again, he was fun to work with, was not afraid of learning new things on the fly and demonstrated a good understanding of what it took to get a product in to end users hands that they would like an could use.”

Sean Taffler Ph.D.
Founder, CSO
Acoustiic

“Nick is gifted. His contributions are in line with someone who has 10 years more experience and has a couple of advanced degrees. Perhaps advance algorithm design is the only area where he is mealy above average. He can work with minimal oversight in new endeavors where the answers really aren't known, figure things out, and at the end of the day produce code that actually works.”

Kenneth W. Parker
Tech. Entrepreneur

“Not surprisingly, Nick is focused, he understands his clients and he produces great results. [...] He is destined for success, both professionally and personally, because he strives for it.”

Susan Somers
Founder & CEO
WhenYouNeedHR.com

ABOUT NAK.

NAK Engineering is a trusted leader in prototype design, hardware engineering, and product development. Our team transforms ideas into market-ready products, including printed circuit boards, embedded systems, and connected devices, combining cutting-edge technology with deep industry expertise.

Through custom consulting and full-cycle product design, we help clients overcome technical challenges, streamline development, and deliver efficient, user-friendly, production-ready solutions. Partner with NAK Engineering, and gain a dedicated engineering partner committed to turning your vision into reality, from prototype to mass production.

CONTACT US.

Experience the expertise, creativity, and technical excellence that NAK Engineering brings to product design and consulting. Whether you need custom engineering solutions, prototype development, or full-cycle product design, we're ready to help turn your ideas into tangible, market-ready products.

Get in touch today to start building smarter. Ship faster. Succeed sooner.