ENGINEERING CONSULTING · SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
When a hardware problem, a new product, or an R&D opportunity needs a clear path forward, bring in experienced engineering judgment.
Where is your project stuck? ↓
Amkor / Microsemi / QinetiQ / HSI / Abbott
Prior employment and contract roles.WHERE IS YOUR PROJECT STUCK?
For hardware founders, engineering directors, and product teams. Each engagement begins with a defined question, agreed deliverables, and a practical decision to support.
Simulation & reliability
Overheating, recurring failures, uncertain materials or package interfaces? Connect thermal/FEM analysis, electronic packaging and physical evidence to a focused investigation.
A technical-risk assessment, failure hypotheses, and prioritized tests or design actions.
Background in ANSYS, semiconductor packaging, SiC power electronics, and hardware failure investigation.
Product & wearable development
Turn a wearable, sensor, or emerging hardware concept into engineering requirements. Explore packaging, heat, power, interfaces, and the first prototype’s purpose.
Requirements, hardware tradeoffs and a staged prototype and evaluation plan.
Wearable hardware, prosthetic-interface and VR rehabilitation experience, alongside sensing research planning with specialist collaborators.
Verification & manufacturing
A working prototype still needs evidence and a coordinated handoff. Identify verification gaps, test-method needs, supplier dependencies, and manufacturing-transfer risks.
A verification-gap review, prioritized test plan, and transfer actions with owners and decision points.
Experience in electronics NPI, manufacturing transfer and medical-device verification support.
Roadmaps & R&D proposals
Connect a product opportunity to a credible development program. Prioritize applications, shape the technical case for a government R&D proposal, and organize execution.
A phased roadmap, technical work packages, milestones, risks, and budget assumptions.
Experience in technical proposals, research-program coordination and product-roadmap planning.
Need an experienced technical partner across these decisions?
Explore fractional technical leadership ↗MEDICAL DEVICES · WEARABLES · HUMAN INTERFACES
Experience across medical-device development, wearable systems, prosthetic interfaces and research. A practical foundation for asking better product questions.
Requirements, verification planning and engineering documentation.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTShape the next conceptUser needs, feasibility questions and coordinated development plans.
HUMAN INTERFACESConnect device and userFit, interaction and evaluation planning for body-worn systems.
SENSORS & ELECTRONIC PACKAGING
From MEMS and RF devices to sensors, power devices and modules: connect materials, thermal behavior, interfaces and manufacturing needs.
I combine analytical and finite-element methods with test planning and hardware experience. We define the decision, examine the assumptions and identify the measurements needed to assess the model.
Thermal, structural and coupled thermal-mechanical analysis for electronic packaging and hardware development.
MEMS and electromechanical modeling experience, connecting device behavior with packaging considerations.
Assess material choices, interconnects, assembly constraints and the evidence needed to compare options.
Mechanical design and analysis workflows, supported by data processing and repeatable engineering calculations.
HOW A FOCUSED REVIEW WORKS
Illustrative consulting workflow. The scope and outputs are agreed for your project.
Define the operating conditions, interfaces and uncertainty that matter before investing in a larger model or build.
Output: a focused analysis briefUse analysis and available measurements to compare plausible explanations or design choices.
Output: options with their limitationsIdentify the measurement or experiment that would most improve the engineering decision.
Output: prioritized next actionsHave a packaging or reliability question holding up your next build?
Start with a focused diagnostic ↗EXPERIENCE THAT CONNECTS
Selected work across employment and consulting roles, connecting package design, qualification evidence, and manufacturing execution.
AMKOR · PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Experience supporting MEMS package development and high-volume semiconductor manufacturing.
Connected packaging considerations with assembly, reliability and production needs.
Review packaging choices alongside the manufacturing and qualification questions they create.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
MICROSEMI · PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Experience in semiconductor product development, thermal-mechanical analysis and manufacturing coordination.
Worked across engineering, operations and supplier teams to support development and transfer activities.
Clarify dependencies between design, fabrication, assembly, testing and production.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
FOSTER-MILLER / QINETIQ NORTH AMERICA · PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Experience in RF and MEMS packaging, research planning and technology development.
Connected technical development with project planning and cross-functional engineering work.
Evaluate packaging and interface questions alongside the practical work needed for the next development stage.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
CONSULTING CAPABILITY
Assess where a material capability could address a product need and what evidence would support that application.
Application mapping, technical positioning and development-roadmap support.
Turn a broad opportunity into specific feasibility questions and a focused evaluation plan.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
HSI / QINETIQ NORTH AMERICA · PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Experience contributing product ideas, research planning and engineering coordination within wearable-development teams.
Helped frame product opportunities and organize technical work across disciplines.
Connect user needs, hardware constraints and evaluation goals before committing to the next prototype.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
ABBOTT · PRIOR CONTRACT ROLE
Experience supporting medical-device development through verification activities, test coordination and engineering documentation.
Worked with engineering and quality stakeholders to connect requirements, test methods and evidence.
Make evidence gaps, responsibilities and next actions easier to review.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
PRIOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
Experience exploring human-device interaction, sensing applications and research opportunities with multidisciplinary teams.
Contributed to technology assessment and research planning, including collaborative rehabilitation work.
Define the user interaction, the feasibility question and the evidence a prototype should produce.
Employer names identify prior experience. They do not imply endorsement, current affiliation or rights to employer technology.
PRODUCT ROADMAPS & GOVERNMENT R&D
I help engineering leaders connect customer needs, technical feasibility, funding objectives, and manufacturing constraints into a roadmap their team can execute.
Decide what to build.
Define the evidence.
Plan the next milestone.
Which application deserves investment?
What must we demonstrate, and when?
How will the technology become a product?
Evaluate applications, prioritize product opportunities, and identify the technical work needed before committing to the next phase.
Your deliverablesPrioritized opportunities, development milestones, technical risks, and a phased product roadmap.
Discuss your product roadmap ↗Translate a product concept into a focused R&D plan for one government solicitation or partner discussion, linking objectives to methods and measurable results.
Your deliverablesTechnical narrative, work packages, development schedule, and budget assumptions for your team’s review.
Discuss a technical proposal ↗Support technical reviews, coordinate engineering and partners, and track the evidence needed to move from research toward qualification and production.
Your deliverablesMilestone reviews, risk and action tracking, and a practical technology-transition plan.
Discuss program support ↗Start with one product or R&D opportunity. We’ll define a bounded review, the decisions it must support, and the next steps.
Roadmap and R&D support can be scoped as a diagnostic, a defined project, or ongoing technical leadership. Deliverables, hours, and review cycles are agreed in advance. Proposal support covers the technical case; funding decisions remain with the sponsor.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Begin with a bounded question. Continue into implementation or ongoing technical leadership when the scope and fit are clear.
A focused two- to three-week review
For a team that needs an independent view of one product, package, or manufacturing-transfer risk.
Typically four to six weeks
For a defined packaging, verification, or NPI problem that needs coordinated technical work.
A bounded monthly engagement
For a hardware team that needs senior engineering guidance without a full-time leadership hire.
WHAT A DIAGNOSTIC PUTS IN YOUR HANDS
One product or technical question. A defined review. Clear next steps your team can use.
Fees, availability, analysis tools, and any specialist support are agreed in the project scope. Laboratory testing, certification, and production delivery are separate unless expressly included.
YOUR TECHNICAL PARTNER
Mechanical engineering · Sensors & electronic packaging · Product development
I work at the intersection of device design, packaging, reliability, and the realities of manufacturing.
My background includes semiconductor and MEMS manufacturing at Amkor, semiconductor development at Microsemi, packaging and human-systems work at Foster-Miller/QinetiQ North America, product-development work at HSI, and medical-device engineering roles including Abbott.
I help teams turn an open-ended technical concern into a defined question, a practical investigation, and a decision they can act on.
Ph.D., Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Advanced Study ProgramMIT · Product Design & Development
I also work on business operations through GW Tutela Carrier and Houses Rent LLC, and on the HEMO Homes initiative. That experience shapes how I think about cost, execution, and ownership. GeminiWave’s consulting focus is hardware engineering and manufacturing readiness.
BASED IN SUDBURY · CONNECTED TO YOUR TEAM
GeminiWave is based in Sudbury, Massachusetts, supporting hardware teams in Greater Boston, Cambridge, MetroWest, and the Worcester area, with remote consulting across New England.
Work can begin remotely with document review and a technical discussion. Client-site work is considered by project scope, location, schedule, and availability.
Discuss your team’s location and needs ↗Share the product, the challenge, and the milestone. We’ll agree on a focused scope and the right way to work together.
BEFORE WE TALK
Start with one decision. The scope can grow when the evidence and the fit support it.
A readiness diagnostic reviews one agreed product or technical concern. Typical outputs include ranked risks, evidence gaps, recommended tests, and a decision review. Scope, fees, availability, tools, and any specialist support are agreed before work begins.
Relevant experience includes verification and qualification support, test-method evaluation, laboratory coordination, and engineering documentation. Regulatory submissions, certification, and clinical claims require the appropriate responsible specialists and are separately scoped.
Yes. Support can include the technical narrative, work packages, measurable milestones, development risks, schedule, and budget assumptions for a defined opportunity. Funding decisions remain with the sponsor.
GeminiWave is based in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Remote collaboration is available across New England and beyond. Client-site visits depend on the agreed project, travel needs, schedule, and availability.
A high-level product description, the technical obstacle, your target milestone and the decision you need to make. Share only information you are authorized to disclose. Before technical files are exchanged, we agree the scope, confidentiality arrangements and an appropriate channel.
START A CONVERSATION
Request a 20-minute project fit call. We’ll discuss your technical obstacle, target milestone, and whether a focused engagement is a fit. Share a few details below or email me directly.
ffaheem@gmail.com ↗Keep the first message nonconfidential. Please do not send patient records, controlled technical data or third-party proprietary material. Technical-file review follows scope and conflict checks and agreed confidentiality arrangements.