New Product Development Consulting

Unlocking the future by helping transform today’s product concepts into tomorrow’s real world solutions.

Driving Innovation Through Expert Engineering Solutions

Reach out and learn how we can help your business innovate by helping your team focus on strategic innovation, not spending their time dragged down by paperwork and commodity development.

Process Engineering

We assist you to find the right balance of process and development work for your team. From small team best practices to compliance with the latest industry standards for product development, such as ASPICE and Functional Safety.

Product Design and Analysis

We help to build design documents that explain what, why, and how a product functions.

Our aim is to ensure teams are focused around product objectives, can prove it achieves the claims, and that there is enough common understanding to maintain the product long term.

Embedded Firmware Development

We specialize in building products that scale. Let us help you by analyzing and enhancing your software architecture, testing strategies, automation processes, and code quality to build sustainable software.

About Joel

Joel Key is a seasoned engineering leader with over 13 years of experience developing embedded firmware products in the automotive and tech industries, specializing in firmware development, system integration, and their supporting processes. He is passionate about helping businesses innovate quickly and efficiently.

Some of his past products include:

  • IoT and Vehicle Radar Sensors
  • Coolant Valves & Actuators
  • Automotive Electric Motor Control Firmware
  • Flow Meters

With expertise in Systems, Software, and Process Engineering, Joel has successfully built a product and processes receiving ISO 61508 Functional Safety certification, has delivered multiple products into commercial production, and has had the opportunity to establish multiple high performing embedded product development teams. His broad range of experiences, both technical and with companies of all sizes, allow him to identify the correct sized solution for your challenges.

If you’re looking for a trusted advisor to help navigate Functional Safety, Embedded System Design, or Engineering Process improvement you are invited to reach out. Let’s discuss how we can be the “Key” to unlock your business success!

Streamlining Engineering for Lasting Results

Based in Novi, Michigan

info@keyengineering.com