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Hardware & Firmware Consultancy · Mar del Plata, Argentina

FOXIO
DESIGN.

We help mechanical, product, and NPI teams get unstuck when electronics becomes the bottleneck; bring-up, debug, DFM/DFT, EMI/noise, full re-design. No panic re-spins.

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Your mechanical team is ahead. Your firmware is behind. Your EMS is asking questions nobody can answer. No vendor relay-race, just one partner that sticks with you when things get tricky.

// ENGAGEMENT MODELS

HOW
WE
WORK.

Three engagement models designed to match where your project is stuck. Fixed scope and price upfront, no open-ended invoices, no retainer pressure.

If none of these fit, reach out anyway. Most real problems don't fit neatly into a model.

01
LOW RISK · FIXED SCOPE
DESIGN
REVIEW
PACK

"Your board is almost ready. We'll find what your team hasn't found yet."

  • Schematic + layout full audit
  • BOM robustness, second sources, EOL risk, MOQ traps
  • DFM/DFT assessment for your EMS
  • EMI, thermal, and power integrity flags
  • Annotated report + 1h debrief call
Best for: pre-spin sanity check · EMS handoff · investor demo board
02
TIME-BOXED · ON DEMAND
SPRINT
SUPPORT

"Your board is on the bench and nobody knows why it's not working."

  • Board bring-up & debug (remote or on-site)
  • Firmware triage, bare-metal, FreeRTOS, peripheral init
  • EMI/noise troubleshooting with bench equipment
  • NPI support and EMS coordination
  • Test fixture and strategy guidance
Best for: stuck bring-up · engineer OOO · pre-production fire drill
03
FULL SCOPE · CUSTOM
CUSTOM
DESIGN

"You have a spec and a deadline. I deliver Gerbers and firmware."

  • Full schematic design from requirements
  • Multi-layer PCB layout, analog, RF, high-speed, power
  • Embedded firmware in bare-metal C or RTOS based
  • Vendor/EMS handoff package
  • Bring-up support through first articles
Best for: IoT · sensor-heavy · power-heavy · MCU-centric products
// PROCESS

FOUR
STEPS. NO
SURPRISES.

01
Alignment

Starts with a call. You describe the problem, we ask the questions your team stopped asking. If it takes a follow-up message or a second call to get there, that's fine, we move when the picture is clear, not before.

02
Scope & Quote

Fixed deliverables, fixed timeline. We quote both fixed-price and hourly in the same document, you pick what fits your situation. You know what you're buying before you sign anything.

03
Execution

We work. You get updates at agreed checkpoints, no daily standups. We use the tools your EMS and team already have.

04
Handoff & Beyond

Documented, transferable, yours. No black boxes, no lock-in. If you need manufacturing support, bring-up, EVT/DVT, or ongoing maintenance after handoff, we're still here.

// WHAT CLIENTS SAY

REAL
WORDS.

"Veriqube Canada worked with Foxio in early 2026 for an urgent IoT project. The goal was to complete a whole design, including embedded, low-power and RF within just a couple of weeks. There were a number of additional constraints, a special mechanical enclosure, existing firmware and other such. Foxio has delivered the project on time to everyone's satisfaction. These days, we are preparing to order another IoT design to Foxio."
Gregory Kornblum
Founder · Veriqube Canada
"Simon was our first contractor and hardware engineer. He took our prototype L-band radiometer from a connectorized scientific prototype through multiple PCB iterations into a production-ready RF circuit. He then designed and brought up the remaining hardware and firmware that became the foundation of turfRad, now deployed at PGA Tour venues and top golf courses world-wide. Simon owned RF and digital PCB design end-to-end, managed fabrication and bring-up across multiple spins, helped scale our engineering team in Argentina, and navigated vendor issues and supply chain blockers for us. He delivered under aggressive timelines without compromising scientific rigor, exactly the profile we needed to take research hardware into the field. Foxio Design is the natural extension of that work."
Derek Houtz, Ph.D.
CEO and Co-Founder · TerraRad Tech
"We needed to validate a new board revision. Simon set up in our office with his own gear, ran the validations, measured RF power, and delivered a clear technical report. He got it done without any fuss, and we've recently reached out to him again for another project of strategic value to our company."
Iñaki Albisu
COO & Co-founder · Ponce AgTech
"We brought Simon in to support our hardware lead on a mesh-transceiver redesign and the first PCB iterations of our smart meter for Amiar, work that touched metering ICs, IRAM 2420 compliance, and on-site reviews with our utility customer. He delivered clean designs, integrated seamlessly with the team, and is someone we still trust years later. Foxio Design is the natural continuation of that work"
Bernardo Martínez Sáenz
CEO & Co-Founder · Deitres
"Simon was responsive, attentive, and designed a pretty complex custom power supply for us. Glad we got to work together on that project. Would love to do it again in the future!"
Jordan Danko
Founder · FC Design Services
// TECHNICAL DEPTH

WHAT'S
IN THE
LAB.

PCB Design & Simulation
Altium Designer / 365 KiCad Orcad / Allegro NL5 LTSpice Multi-layer layout High-speed signals Analog front-end RF layout Power integrity Signal Integrity Grounding Strategy Power electronics
Embedded Firmware
Microcontrollers FreeRTOS Embedded C/C++ ESP32/STM32 Version Control PlatformIO Unit Testing CI/CD Python Git Static Analysis Signal Acquisition Telemetry Signal Processing Device Drivers
Test & Lab Equipment
Automated PCB Testing FCT Rig Design Oscilloscope Spectrum Analyzer VNA LCR Meter DC Loads Logic Analyzer Multimeter Bench PSU Current probe Hi-Voltage diff probe Power profiling
Standards & Process
DFM / DFT BOM robustness EMI / EMC IEC 61000 IEC 61010 UL / CE IRAM 2420 NPI coordination EMS handoff Vendor negotiation Scrum Waterfall V-model
Software & Systems Integration
IoT Architecture MQTT REST APIs Web Dashboards Node.js Python InfluxDB / SQLite BLE / WiFi / LoRa OTA Updates Device Telemetry Cloud Backends Data Visualization Standalone Desktop Apps Serial / USB / CAN
// FOXIO GAMES

60-SEC
HARDWARE
WAR
STORIES.

Real bugs from real projects — turned into 60-second decision games. You play the engineer, burn through runway, and find out how your call compares to what actually happened on the bench.

Cases include: noisy ADC everyone wanted to re-spin (they didn't), DDR bring-up with a delayered board, tooling locked before interfaces were defined, and more.

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FOXIO GAMES // CASE 001
THE NOISY ADC
ADC reads garbage. Client wants a full re-spin. Ship date: next week. What's your move?
RUNWAY 72%
DECISION 02 // EMI DIAGNOSIS
A Probe the ADC pin. Scope the noise signature before any recommendation.
B Add a 100nF cap at the input and call it fixed.
C Agree to the re-spin. Scope is scope.
BRINGUP · EMI · CASE 001 SENIOR ENGINEER
// BACKGROUND

13 YEARS
IN THE
LAB.

PRESENT
Foxio Design
Mar del Plata, ARG
Founder / Lead Engineer
  • Boutique consultancy, PCB design/reviews and embedded firmware for sensor-heavy products
  • Prototype → production pipeline: bring-up, debug, EMI/noise, DFM/DFT, test fixtures, EMS handoff
  • Work with design studios and manufacturers on production readiness and manufacturing handoff
2021 – 2025
TerraRad Tech AG
Lead Embedded & PCB Engineer
  • Developed main embedded application in bare-metal C for STM32F4 MCU, version-controlled in Git, validated with Unity unit tests, migrated to RTOS
  • Led full hardware lifecycle: logic, power, and RF PCB design from schematic through production
2017 – 2021
Freelance
Embedded & PCB Engineering Consultant
  • ATM90E26-based smart-meter PCB for Amiar, Argentina — IRAM 2420 compliance
  • Isolated 110–240 VAC → 140 VDC flyback converter (LM5023) for miniPCR Boston — IEC 61010 safety, DFM, local bring-up
2013 – 2016
Lyrtron
Power Electronics PCB Designer
  • 240 W grid-tie inverter: 6-layer PCB layout with thermal, EMC, efficiency, and THD lab testing, UL/CE 60950 safety
  • 200 W, 48 V solar MPPT charger: repurposed inverter design, firmware on ATxmega64, flyback topology
  • NL5 simulations to fine-tune control loops
2015
UNMDP
Mar del Plata, ARG
Electronics Engineer — Degree
  • Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
// THE STUDIO

BOUTIQUE.
PRECISE.
CONNECTED.

Foxio Design is a hardware and firmware consultancy built around one principle: the client's problem gets solved correctly, not quickly papered over.

We operate as a tight network of engineers, each engagement is led hands-on, with the right specialists brought in when the scope demands it. No account managers, no hand-offs to juniors, no surprises.

For larger or multi-discipline projects, we scale through a trusted network of hardware, firmware, and manufacturing engineers.

Simon Bourguigne
Simon Bourguigne
Founder & Principal Engineer
Electrical Engineer with 13+ years as electrical design engineer doing hardware, firmware, and everything in between. I built Foxio Design to do the work I actually like: take complicated hardware problems off the desk of product teams who need to ship.
Mar del Plata, ARG ES / EN UNMDP · 2015
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// LET'S TALK

YOUR
BOARD
ISN'T
MAGIC.

Electronics problems look mysterious until the right people with the right bench equipment sit down with them. We've seen most of it before.

Best intro: 30 minutes, describe the situation, no commitment. If we can help, you'll know by the end of the call.

EMAIL contact@foxiodesign.com ↗ LINKEDIN linkedin.com/in/simonbour ↗ WHATSAPP +54 9 223 696-0190 ↗ GAMES Foxio Games — Play a case ↗

NOT SURE IF THIS IS
YOUR PROBLEM?

Describe where you're stuck. We'll tell you in 24h whether it's something we can help with — no sales call, no proposal, just a straight answer.