Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/design-to-product Getting hardware teams from designs to manufactured products. In this interview series, we host hardware manufacturing professionals, hardware founders, and engineers to talk about the journeys of people who build products, product design principles, DFM guidelines, new materials and processes, working with manufacturers, common mistakes, and much more! © Jiga, Inc. 2022 70ac050c-214b-5ca6-b933-c314e07ef3f8 no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:34:56 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:22:43 -0800 https://jiga.io/ https://img.transistor.fm/pn_TdridQf--o9b-adiDyqH8eUoEKqis-yX-nRU5nwY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxOTMxLzE2NTU4/MDI4MjAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg https://jiga.io/ episodic Jiga, Inc. Getting hardware teams from designs to manufactured products. In this interview series, we host hardware manufacturing professionals, hardware founders, and engineers to talk about the journeys of people who build products, product design principles, DFM guidelines, new materials and processes, working with manufacturers, common mistakes, and much more! Getting hardware teams from designs to manufactured products. SHEMMA No No 12 12 #12 Matching Technologies to Supply Chain Needs full e8f1981b-9125-4430-9d49-fe617624f814 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7e7fbe42 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:56:22 -0800 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1539 Supply chains benefit from digital technologies. But with all the tools in the market, it’s confusing to match them with practical needs. How can you know what’s relevant, without making it your second job? In this episode, we discussed these challenges and ways to overcome them. Supply chains benefit from digital technologies. But with all the tools in the market, it’s confusing to match them with practical needs. How can you know what’s relevant, without making it your second job? In this episode, we discussed these ch supply chain, Dyci Sfregola, digital transformation, manufacturing, innovation No 11 11 #11 Finding Product-Market fit in Hardware full 4ebee8bc-1e64-47d5-a97a-9e9b55d7482c https://share.transistor.fm/s/21d4268e Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:18:53 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1184 Understanding what product to build is hard, and in hardware, it's even harder. Nohtal pivoted his hardware startup and made big bets on an entirely different market, which paid off. Nohtal explained how they identified what product to build, and analyzed the lessons they learned along the way. Understanding what product to build is hard, and in hardware, it's even harder. Nohtal pivoted his hardware startup and made big bets on an entirely different market, which paid off. Nohtal explained how they identified what product to build, and analyzed startups, yc, sorting robotics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, hardware No 10 10 #10 Manufacturing Digital Transformation, Done Light full ef7f5bed-784b-4f0d-91b5-4e6c728ad8ac https://share.transistor.fm/s/2fba5d74 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:57:43 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1434 Chris Luecke is a podcaster and founder at Manufacturing Happy Hour and Business Leader at Fiix software. We talked about driving digital transformation in the manufacturing industry and overcoming challenges in making it happen, how can companies lnow what to focus on, and more. Chris Luecke is a podcaster and founder at Manufacturing Happy Hour and Business Leader at Fiix software. We talked about driving digital transformation in the manufacturing industry and overcoming challenges in making it happen, how can companies lnow wh manufacturing, digital transformation, chris luecke, jiga No 9 9 #9 Applying Key Hardware Design Considerations full 5498e477-e533-4fab-8ff9-c0d15caac70e https://share.transistor.fm/s/3e1b8cac Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:53:46 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1124 Nicholas Nadeau is the CTO of Halodi Robotics, a company that builds humanoid robots for different purposes like safety or medical treatment. We talked about different considerations that they needed to take into account and how they applied them while designing robots that should operate among humans and interact with them. Nicholas Nadeau is the CTO of Halodi Robotics, a company that builds humanoid robots for different purposes like safety or medical treatment. We talked about different considerations that they needed to take into account and how they applied them while de hardware, design, engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, humanoid, halodi robotics, nicholas nadeau No 8 8 #8 How to Benefit from Metal Additive Manufacturing full 37b9f1be-26d0-44a2-91f5-a1fb42ab89bf https://share.transistor.fm/s/41153aee Thu, 04 Aug 2022 02:03:31 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1483 How can additive manufacturing (3D printing) change the manufacturing world? Yash Bandari is the Business Development Manager at Additive Technologies and Co-founder of Meltio. We talked about the actual applications of additive manufacturing, specifically about metal and large-scale additive manufacturing, where you should consider additive over traditional technologies and where you shouldn't. How can additive manufacturing (3D printing) change the manufacturing world? Yash Bandari is the Business Development Manager at Additive Technologies and Co-founder of Meltio. We talked about the actual applications of additive manufacturing, specificall 3d printing, additive manufacturing, hardware, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, metal additive manufacturing, Additive Technologies, yash bandari No 7 7 #7 How Supply Chain Disruptions Affect Product Design full 24897926-d7e0-48fb-a978-e0d05b7fd0f8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b876a6b1 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 06:29:22 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1432 Niels Jul Jacobsen is the CEO of Capra Robotics. Niels has tens of years of industry experience, so it was particularly interesting to hear his perspective on how recent supply chain disruptions deeply affect hardware businesses. Niels sees unique ways in which supply chain challenges affect product design and manufacturing today, and tells how he and his company, Capra Robotics, adapt to them. Niels Jul Jacobsen is the CEO of Capra Robotics. Niels has tens of years of industry experience, so it was particularly interesting to hear his perspective on how recent supply chain disruptions deeply affect hardware businesses. Niels sees unique ways in Robotics, engineering, procurement, supply chain, hardware, startups, manufacturing, design, Niels Jul Jacobsen, capra robotics, mechanical engineering No 6 6 #6 Capturing Carbon from Semi Trucks full e961028d-ac46-46ab-adfc-a204309e7010 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ecdd41a3 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:08:13 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1422 Eric Harding is the Co-Founder of Remora, a company that builds a device that captures carbon emissions from semi trucks. We listened to their incredible story that started from academic research, the engineering challenges and considerations and the take on carbon emission reduction and EVs. Eric Harding is the Co-Founder of Remora, a company that builds a device that captures carbon emissions from semi trucks. We listened to their incredible story that started from academic research, the engineering challenges and considerations and the take remora, emissions, hardware, manufacturing, Jiga, product, design, design to product No 5 5 #5 This Device Can Save Humanity from Wildfires full f5eea372-11f5-4e5a-bad0-01a0ffe53cf1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4b1eac85 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 01:04:01 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1240 Hall is the co-founder and CTO of Gridware, a startup that builds a fascinating device that can prevent wildfires by early detection. We talked about the challenges of building such a device, dealing with supply chain shortages, domestic vs offshoring, how the device works, the different technologies they use, and more. Hall is the co-founder and CTO of Gridware, a startup that builds a fascinating device that can prevent wildfires by early detection. We talked about the challenges of building such a device, dealing with supply chain shortages, domestic vs offshoring, ho manufacturing, suply chain, engineering, electrical, mechanical, hardware, product design, cnc machining, injection molding, artificial intelligence, 3d printing, sustainability No 4 4 #4 Saving Cost and Time on Outsourced Manufacturing full 2a349978-7d28-41e7-8bf7-ad7c290b9342 https://share.transistor.fm/s/18a74916 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 02:23:01 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1314 Dylan is the founder and president of Cortex Design, a product design + manufacturing firm. Dylan talked about common mistakes of product builders and innovators that drive up timelines and costs, and tactics to avoid them. We also talked about building strong relationships with suppliers and getting the best results from your manufacturing partners. Dylan is the founder and president of Cortex Design, a product design + manufacturing firm. Dylan talked about common mistakes of product builders and innovators that drive up timelines and costs, and tactics to avoid them. We also talked about building s manufacturing, suply chain, engineering, mechanical, hardware, product design, cnc machining, injection molding, 3d printing No 3 3 #3 Building an Automated Pizza Preperation System full 9f0e850b-4192-430f-9a6c-759649be8371 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c304b101 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:49:02 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1298 Picnic is a 6-year-old startup that automates custom pizza preparation. The team faced many challenges in their journey from prototyping to production: lots of integration of different skillsets, supply chain challenges, getting the product to market, making it manufacturable and more. We talked about the challenges and lessons learned from getting their system to production. Picnic is a 6-year-old startup that automates custom pizza preparation. The team faced many challenges in their journey from prototyping to production: lots of integration of different skillsets, supply chain challenges, getting the product to market, mak picnic, hardware, startups, manufacturing No 2 2 #2 Global Sourcing Tactics and Tips full 83694db5-b7d4-4701-a4d3-1137c3efccaa https://share.transistor.fm/s/33a83e6c Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:52:23 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1462 Thiefaine Magre is the co-founder and COO of PROUDUCT, which helps entrepreneurs go from idea to market with full-service global sourcing and an end-to-end supply chain. In this episode we learned different tactics for working with suppliers, dealing with supply chain issues and aligning different teams to get our products faster to market. Get the free gift mentioned on the episode here: https://www.thiefainemagre.com/secretgiveaway Thiefaine Magre is the co-founder and COO of PROUDUCT, which helps entrepreneurs go from idea to market with full-service global sourcing and an end-to-end supply chain. In this episode we learned different tactics for working with suppliers, dealing with sourcing, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, hardware No 1 1 #1 Kickstarter Launch & Hardware Founders Mistakes full 388b1cc6-8c5a-485f-a25c-ff627cbb1dc0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/13658cce Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:23:58 -0700 Jiga, Inc. Jiga, Inc. 1203 Bill Cowles is a Hardware Product Developer at Fiftyswiss, an industrial design and mechanical engineering consultancy. Bill launched successfully on Kickstarter multiple times and shares some of his insights, as well as some mistakes and lessons that hardware founders make when it comes to getting their products to market. Bill Cowles is a Hardware Product Developer at Fiftyswiss, an industrial design and mechanical engineering consultancy. Bill launched successfully on Kickstarter multiple times and shares some of his insights, as well as some mistakes and lessons that har kickstarter, hardware, manufacturing, design for manufacturing, No