I was hired by my graduate advisor to develop a product prototype for his new company NeuZeo, LLC. The device was a smart sleep monitoring device intended to give the most scientifically accurate assessment of sleep. Actually, as far as I know, we developed the only scientifically accurate consumer sleep device prototype ever made.
I did all aspects of the prototype development including:
Printed Circuit Board Design
SMD Device Sourcing
Assembly and soldering under stereo microscope
Microcontroller programming
Linux application programming
GUI design, programming, and testing with Qt
Hiring and management of engineers
Wireless communication programming
Battery management system design and testing
Project management and resource allocation
In a short 6 months we took a device from idea to fully fleshed out prototype using Angel funds from Tech Launch Arizona.