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Methodology

Quality

FirstPass will provide customers with excellent engineering design services and products that are developed using state of the art technologies and processes, defect free and created in an environment of continuous improvement.

FirstPass has passed multiple ISO-based quality audits by some of our most demanding customers, including Atmel Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation and Honeywell.

Design Tools

FirstPass has contracts with all the major EDA tool vendors, including Cadence, Mentor, and Synopsys. Our engineers have substantial experience with, and access to, a complete tool suite required to support your design. FirstPass will gladly utilize customer's preferred EDA vendor and design flow.

Engineering Practices

Proven Design Methodologies
Over the years, we have developed methods that allow us to maintain synchronization with the customer's workflow, including revision control, bug tracking, and status reporting.

Seamless Integration
Based on our years of experience in the subcontract engineering services, we have developed the ability to plug seamlessly into our customer's organizations. We pride ourselves on being able to ramp up quickly, and to be a contributing member of our customer's development team with a minimal amount of time or distraction.

Responsive
Our engineers have a broad range of skills and capabilities. As a result, we can be very responsive to customer's priority staffing needs. In most cases, we are able to begin work on a high-priority project within a day or two.

ITAR Compliant
Our facility has the necessary controls, procedures, and personnel to contract ITAR-restricted projects.

Business Engagement Models

FirstPass has extremely flexible engagement models that fit every development need, business model, and budget.

Engagement Models

Turn-Key Designs

Block Level Design

Independent (Adversarial) Design Verification

An extra resource on your team

Consultation

No job too big, no job too small

Business Terms

Time & Materials (hourly contracts)

Firm-Fixed Price Contracts

Deferred payment terms (Royalty/Licensing-based)

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