Outsource
Engineering
Management

We lead the systems engineering process for projects and standalone products, from requirements and architecture through product design, integration, qualification, and delivery. With specialist expertise in RF systems, we assemble the right engineering disciplines at each stage to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.

Open-pit mine with haul trucks and a communications tower
01Understand
02Assemble
03Engineer
04Deliver

Reality engineering

Engineering leadership for projects of every scale

A compact permanent team leads each project, drawing on specialist contractors and partner companies as the work requires.

We define requirements, manage interfaces and risks, coordinate the right disciplines and verify the result. Our role can span the full programme or a focused technical challenge.

Core capabilities

Multidisciplinary product development

Systems engineering, RF, hardware, firmware, software and test are coordinated through one engineering interface, from requirements to project delivery.

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01

Systems & Engineering Management

  • Systems engineering, requirements & interfaces
  • Engineering plans, risk & verification
  • Contractor and specialist coordination
  • Integration and delivery support
  • Investigations & viability studies
Brochure illustration of RF and telemetry engineering
02

RF, IoT & Telemetry Engineering

  • EMC Consultation
  • RF qualification support and corrective engineering
  • Telemetry, gateways, tracking
  • LoRa, Sigfox, sub-GHz & proprietary RF
  • GPS/GNSS
  • Mobile communications: NB-IoT, LTE and 5G
Brochure illustration of a hardware and PCB design review
03

Hardware & PCB Engineering

  • Schematic & PCB CAD design
  • Analogue, digital, RF & power electronics
  • Technology selection, obsolete redesign & troubleshooting
Brochure illustration of embedded firmware development
04

Firmware & Embedded Systems

  • Embedded C and C++ development
  • ST, Microchip, ESP32 & other platforms
  • Drivers, communications, control & diagnostics
  • Digital Signal Processing
Brochure illustration of software and application development
05

Software & Applications

  • C#, C++, Python and Blazor
  • Qt, Android & cross-platform applications
  • Engineering, configuration & diagnostic tools
  • Architecture Design
  • Backend Systems
  • Simulation
Brochure illustration of production testing
06

Test, Production & Industrialisation

  • Custom test jigs and automated production
  • Programming, calibration, logging & reports
  • Prototype support, manufacturing data packs

Selected experience

Representative project work

Providing the skills needed to move a problem from concept through to a practical, working product.

Three handheld remote control designs
Remote control systems
RF electronics circuit board with two antenna connectors
RF electronics example
Green embedded control circuit board
Custom embedded edge computing hardware
  • IoT device and connected-product development
  • RF qualification, troubleshooting and corrective engineering for non-compliant products
  • Remote control systems, handheld controllers and customer-specific RF control solutions
  • Electronic initiation systems and embedded control electronics
  • Tracking, recovery and supporting network infrastructure products
  • Geyser power-management systems
  • Access-control systems
  • Boom-gate and barrier control systems
  • Automotive electronic product development
  • Custom embedded computing hardware, including single-board computer designs
  • Battery charging and power management systems
  • Specialised power supply design
  • Custom electronics and control systems for advertising, display and promotional products
  • Custom test jigs and automated production

Electronics design example

From concept to product

Providing the skills needed to move a problem from concept through to a practical, working product.

Electronic schematic design
01Schematic design
Detailed PCB layout
02PCB layout
Three-dimensional PCB model
033D PCB model

Software & Applications

Engineering, configuration & diagnostic tools

C#, C++, Python and Blazor

Backend workflow prototype screen
Backend Prototyping
Test jig GUI with operator and barcode inputs, a Start control, and a test checklist
Test Jig GUI
Software code editor screen
Coding

Test jig engineering

Custom test jigs and diagnostic software

A purpose-built station combines a secure device fixture with a diagnostics view for checking and recording test outcomes.

Black production test jig on a bench beside its control computer
Test station
Close view of a device secured in the transparent test fixture
Device fixture
CM Jig Diagnostics dashboard showing a test log with pass and fail results
Diagnostics dashboard

Test, Production & Industrialisation

Test, Production & Industrialisation

Integration, risk, verification & support

Powered control PCB under test with connected wiring and indicator lights
01Prototype support
RF anechoic chamber with antenna test equipment
02RF qualification support and corrective engineering
Module test workstation showing measurement and diagnostic screens
03Integration, risk, verification & support

Our approach

From concept to product

We bring systems thinking, RF expertise and engineering management to ideas, difficult problems and technical requirements, delivering practical solutions that can be verified, built and supported.

Visual flow from understanding a requirement through assembling specialists and engineering to delivery
01

Understand

Clarify the real requirement and end goal.

02

Assemble

Bring in the right skills and specialists.

03

Engineer

Design, integrate, test and solve pragmatically.

04

Deliver

Reach a practical, working project outcome.

Reality OEM (Pty) Ltd

Let us discuss the problem, the required outcome and the simplest realistic path to get there.

info@realityoem.co.za
Outsource Engineering Managementrealityoem.co.zainfo@realityoem.co.za012 753 8176083 428 1302
Address
77 Adriana Crescent
Gateway Industrial Park
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