Possible uses
Depending on the project and its needs, the work may help a team brief development partners, approach potential investors, recruit engineers or begin building. These are possible uses, not guaranteed outcomes.
KERNAXIS FLAGSHIP · AGREED SCOPE
Product Concept & Systems Architecture
Product Concept & Systems Architecture
For founders, startups, product owners and engineering teams who need independent technical direction before committing substantial development capital.
This is a substantial engagement with an agreed scope. The work can give a client a clear technical direction before committing substantial development capital.
Enquire about Product ConceptKERNAXIS · SYSTEMS01—04
- 01
Idea, ambition, problem or requirement
The agreed starting point
- 02
Product concept and functions
Define what the system must do
- 03
Subsystem architecture
Hardware · firmware · software
- 04
Development plan
Stages · roadmap · indicative effort
Flagship service
Architecture across the whole system
Starting from an idea, product ambition, technical problem or requirement, KERNAXIS defines a product concept and its functions, decomposes the system into subsystems, and selects suitable technologies, platforms, components, interfaces and communication approaches across hardware, firmware and software. The work compares alternatives and trade-offs; considers power, performance, scalability, reliability, risks and constraints; and sets out development stages, a roadmap, and indicative effort, complexity and cost. It creates a new technical direction rather than limiting the engagement to a review of an existing design.
The scope is agreed before work begins. The engagement develops a new technical direction; it is distinct from reviewing an existing design.
For founders, startups, product owners and engineering teams that need independent technical direction before committing substantial development capital.
Product concept and functional definition
System architecture and decomposition into subsystems
Technology and platform selection
Hardware, firmware and software architecture
Key components, interfaces and communication technologies
Technical alternatives and trade-offs
Power, performance, scalability and reliability considerations
Technical risks and development constraints
Development stages, strategy and roadmap
Indicative development effort, complexity and cost considerations
DELIVERABLE AND USE
Deliverable
A product architecture and practical technical development plan, defined for the agreed scope.
Engagement boundary
This advisory engagement does not include full product implementation or manufacturing. Implementation and development support are separately scoped and quoted.
INDICATIVE GUIDANCE
Indicative price ranges
These proposed KERNAXIS price ranges are indicative guidance, not verified market averages or fixed fees. Actual quotations depend on scope and complexity.
- Initial product concept and feasibility
- CHF 3,000–5,000
- Product concept and systems architecture
- CHF 8,000–15,000
- Complex multidisciplinary product architecture
- CHF 15,000–30,000+
- Extended technical strategy and development planning
- CHF 20,000–40,000+
End-to-end product systems architecture
For genuinely integrated, multidisciplinary products spanning hardware and software, including embedded electronics, firmware, wireless connectivity, cloud infrastructure and software, mechanical integration, and safety considerations.
From CHF 50,000, quoted on request. The actual quotation depends on scope and complexity.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
Illustrative CHF 10,000 engagement
CHF 10,000 may serve as a starting quotation for a substantial, properly scoped engagement, subject to scope and complexity. It is not a blanket fixed-price promise. The items below are examples of possible scope, not an automatically included package.
- Initial requirements and concept workshops
- Technical investigation and technology selection
- System architecture and architecture diagrams
- Key component and platform recommendations
- Development roadmap and risk assessment
- Final technical architecture report and presentation
TECHNICAL AUTHORITY
Senior systems judgement across disciplines
The founder is Senior Systems Engineer, Founder and Principal Engineer, and is the final technical authority for KERNAXIS assessments.
- Senior Systems Engineer
- Founder
- Principal Engineer
- Final technical authority and reviewer
Supplied experience
The following experience was supplied by the founder. It describes areas of experience, not certifications, formal approvals or a promise to accept every engagement.
Embedded software and platforms
- Embedded software
- Embedded C/C++
- Linux and RTOS
Electronics, connectivity and control
- Electronics and wireless systems
- Communications and control systems
- Hardware/software integration
Systems and product engineering
- Software and systems architecture
- Automotive systems
- Medical-device software
- Multidisciplinary engineering
Separate fixed-scope offers
Defined offers within the service areas
Architecture Review sits within Architecture & Engineering Review; Technical Due Diligence sits within Technical Feasibility & Due Diligence; and Engineering Triage is the entry offer within Engineering Intelligence & Problem Solving. Each fee covers its stated scope; further work is separately scoped and quoted.
Architecture & Engineering Review
Architecture Review
CHF 1,250The material and assessment questions are agreed for the CHF 1,250 scope. The review provides prioritized actions and a written assessment; extra work, document analysis or revisions are separately scoped and quoted.
Explore the Product Concept engagementTechnical Feasibility & Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence
CHF 2,500The CHF 2,500 fee applies to the agreed Technical Due Diligence scope; other feasibility work is quoted to scope. Scope, information access and assessment questions are agreed for each engagement. Analysis and revisions are bounded by that scope; extra work is separately scoped and quoted.
Explore the Product Concept engagementEngineering Intelligence & Problem Solving
Engineering Triage
CHF 350CHF 350 buys an initial assessment, not a complete engineering solution. The consultation and information review are limited to the agreed question and supplied material. Further solution work is separately scoped and quoted.
Explore the Product Concept engagementAll prices are stated in CHF. No VAT is currently charged.
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This is a substantial engagement with an agreed scope. The work can give a client a clear technical direction before committing substantial development capital.