Capabilities

One engineering partner for problems that cross boundaries.

Product failures and stalled programs rarely fit a neat category. Runner Engineering connects analysis, testing, manufacturing, software, suppliers, and technical leadership to resolve the whole problem.

Capability 01

Product Design & Development

From uncertain concept to defensible design

Mechanical product and system development grounded in requirements, physics, risk, and manufacturing reality—not just geometry.

Typical support includes

  • 3D CAD, drawings, tolerance analysis, and design release
  • FEA, simulation, trade studies, and technical calculations
  • Materials, mechanisms, manufacturability, and serviceability
  • Design review, approval, and PE sealing when applicable

Capability 02

Field Quality, Reliability & Failure Analysis

Resolve failures where customers experience them

Focused investigation and validation for designs that must survive demanding use, regulatory scrutiny, or difficult failure modes.

Typical support includes

  • Test strategy, fixtures, instrumentation, and acceptance criteria
  • Reliability planning and accelerated-life evaluation
  • Field data analysis, root-cause investigation, and corrective action
  • Verification records and decision-ready technical reports

Capability 03

Custom AI Systems: Hardware to Software

Engineer the complete intelligent system

Purpose-built AI solutions that connect sensing, embedded or edge hardware, data pipelines, models, applications, and production deployment.

Typical support includes

  • Sensors, compute selection, edge architecture, and system integration
  • Data strategy, model development, evaluation, and guardrails
  • APIs, applications, automation, and engineering workflow integration
  • Deployment, monitoring, human review, and performance validation

Capability 04

Production Performance, BOM & Supply Chain

Make production stable, capable, and measurable

Deep bill-of-material and supply-chain analysis that connects engineering intent to sourcing, cost, quality, and production execution.

Typical support includes

  • BOM architecture, accuracy, cost, and change control
  • Supplier technical evaluation and component alternatives
  • Design-for-manufacture, assembly, inspection, and service
  • Throughput, yield, downtime, scrap, and production issue improvement

Capability 05

Strategic Technical Planning

Make the hard decision clear

Structured technical leadership for ambiguous programs where engineering, operations, risk, timing, and business priorities collide.

Typical support includes

  • Requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risk framing
  • Technology roadmaps and development program planning
  • Cross-functional decision support and executive synthesis
  • Recovery plans for stalled or high-risk initiatives

Delivery style

Engagements built for difficult technical decisions.

Rapid framing of the true problem, constraints, unknowns, and consequences.

Analysis and testing targeted at the decisions that reduce risk fastest.

Clear recommendations backed by evidence and ready for technical review.