Engineered and built in Beverly, MA
Hardware is hard. We build it.
We design, prototype and test hardware for startups, labs and R&D teams. Bring us a new concept, a build that’s stalled or a design that needs to go into production.
Days, not months
Prototypes in days, not weeks or months.
Same day
A failed part scanned, rebuilt and back in service the same day.
One team
Mechanical, electrical and firmware, on one schedule.
Prototype to production
From one-off prototypes to low-volume initial production runs.
Where we help
Start wherever your project is.
01
We have an idea.
Turn a concept into a first prototype you can put on the bench and test.
02
Our prototype needs another pass.
Find what’s failing, revise the design and build the next version.
03
We need a part or fixture.
Recreate a broken or obsolete part, or build a fixture around your existing equipment.
04
We have a team. We need more hands.
Hand us a mechanism, a test fixture or a prototype build. We’ll work with your engineers and own the agreed deliverable.
Process
How a project runs
Join at any step.
01
Define what needs to work
The problem, the constraints and the milestone we’re working toward, agreed in a written scope.
02
Design, build and test
CAD and analysis, then printed, machined and fabricated parts, wiring and testing. Most projects loop through this a few times.
03
Refine and hand off
Fix what testing found, then hand off the design files, GD&T drawings and BOMs, or build a low-volume initial run.
The shop
Design and build in the same shop.
Our engineers can walk from the CAD model to the machine or assembly bench. When a part interferes or an assembly is awkward, we can see it on the bench and work it back into the design.
Our story
It started with a CNC machine in a dorm room.
We built our first CNC machine in a college dorm room to make parts for Formula SAE teams. It went on to cut molds and parts for an engineering school lab, and grew into Motiv: a full engineering and fabrication shop in Beverly.
Have a hardware project? Let’s talk.
Tell us what you’re working with, what needs to work next and when you need it. A few sentences is plenty.