Optimal Design, a Deloitte business, is an award-winning innovation, product development, and internet of things (IoT) solutions firm offering services from technology R&D, industrial design, mechanical engineering, hardware engineering, embedded software, and rapid prototyping of physical products. The team focuses on serving cross-industry leaders and innovators in consumer products, technology, automotive, medical, industrial and aerospace & defense. Optimal Design has an office in Chicago, with a cross-functional creative staff of designers, engineers, and prototype makers to assist clients in delivering innovative smart, connected devices. Combining this knowledge with Deloitte’s extended global product engineering services teams, including Dextra Technologies and HashedIn, provides clients with an opportunity to unlock innovation and achieve their product development goals. Optimal Design has won numerous industrial design awards and has co-invented products that have obtained hundreds of patents for their clients. Services: Industrial Design: Styling, User experience, Human factors, User Interface Design, Concept development, Advanced research, Visual brand language, Photorealistic renderings Mechanical Engineering: Ultra-thin & miniaturized electronics design, Design for low & high-volume production, RFI and EMI shielding, Water-resistant & ruggedized designs, Mechanism design, Touch Panel/ LCD Integration, Mil-STD-810, ATEX, NEMA, IP Rated Electrical Engineering: Sensor development, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design, PCB prototyping, Mixed-mode circuit simulation, Digital circuit design, Bluetooth and BLE integration, NFC, Cellular, and ZigBee, LabVIEW Software Engineering: Embedded firmware, Software/firmware integrations, Linux and RTOS Software Platforms, Communications/control protocols, Camera module/ imaging, Android and iOS App development Prototyping: Rapid prototyping, 3D printing/models, Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machining