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You shouldn’t have to build a new engineering team before you can take a product to market.

You know what you can sell.

The challenge is getting it built.

Engineering and product development

Most businesses don't need an R&D team all year.

New products come in cycles, so keeping a full engineering team between launches rarely makes sense. Instead the work gets split – mechanical from one supplier, software from another, prototypes from a third – and your best people spend their time managing them instead of doing their day job.

Mechanical-to-software, problem-to-production: every discipline and every stage under one roof, so your team can get back to what they do best.

selected projects

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Products and programmes we’ve helped deliver.

We’ve had the privilege of working alongside some ground-breaking companies and have contributed to some powerful innovations. A selection of technical products, venture programmes and commercial builds shaped with our partners across advanced engineering sectors.

£25k–£2m

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Typical engagement scope ranges from £25k to £2m, depending on stage, complexity and delivery requirements.

Start your product journey

You've seen some of our selected past projects, now tell us about the product you want to develop.

Meet your engineering team

how we help

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Engineering support at every stage.

Start with an idea, a prototype or a product already in development. We’ll help you define the work needed and bring together the right engineering capability for the next stage.

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Set the product direction.

define / design

Clarify requirements, explore concepts and establish a practical development plan.

Develop and prove the product.

prototype / test

Resolve the engineering, build working prototypes and test the design against its requirements.

Prepare for production.

industrialise / manufacture

Develop the manufacturing approach, work with suppliers and support the move into production.

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Year in review

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A place to design, build and test.

Our headquarters and development lab near Buckingham bring engineering design, prototyping and testing into the same working environment. Here, our engineers move between digital models, physical builds and test results as products take shape.

That close connection helps the team investigate technical challenges, refine designs and carry what they learn into the next stage of development.

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HQ/LOC

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about hooper quinn

our team

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Meet the people behind the work.

Hooper Quinn brings together mechanical, electronics and software expertise, shaped by experience in Formula One and other demanding engineering programmes.

Our engineers work across disciplines and alongside your team, sharing knowledge and working through the decisions that shape your product. You get to know the people doing the work, understand the trade-offs and stay involved as the project develops.

From global names to the organisations shaping everyday life.

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From Mercedes-Benz to the Canal & River Trust, our work spans very different organisations, industries and engineering challenges. We support established manufacturers, ambitious new ventures and specialist teams with products to develop and technical problems to solve.

Your challenge may be specific, but the experience needed to solve it rarely comes from one discipline alone. We bring mechanical, electronics and software engineering together, drawing on lessons from across our work to help your team find a practical way forward.

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