Company
Electronics, software and IoT cloud from a single team.
Since 2014, querdenker engineering has developed electronics, embedded software and cloud connectivity for manufacturers in industry and medical technology. We work as a development partner on customer projects and as a product house with our own platform modules. The core team works at one site in Offenburg, Germany.
What we do
Development partner and product house
Development on your behalf
Circuit design and layout, firmware, application software and IoT cloud for devices that need regulatory approval and then stay in the field for years. Our customers are manufacturers with their own product responsibility, mostly in industry and medical technology.
Our own platform modules for a faster time to market
The qdHardware Platform with qdGate and qdSBC, qdCloud for operating connected devices, and qdTest for testing in manufacturing. When a platform module fits, part of the development is already done; otherwise we develop to your specification.
From enquiry to operation
Seven phases, and each ends with something you can check: requirements, architecture, test reports, manufacturing documents. The last phase runs for as long as the device is in use: updates, vulnerability handling, spare parts.
Working together
How we work
One team, one site
System design, circuitry, firmware, update mechanisms and the IoT cloud are built by the same core team. We work at one site in Offenburg and have lunch at the same table. That is where we settle interface questions before they turn into meetings.
Handover and independence
What we develop for you becomes yours: schematics, layout, source code, manufacturing data and documentation. For our own products, documentation and manufacturing data are held in escrow with an independent party. If we can no longer deliver, you gain access to them.
Three development domains, one team
An industrial device needs different evidence from a medical device or a safety function. We run all three processes: industrial projects iteratively with sprint reviews, medical devices to IEC 62304 with risk management to ISO 14971, safety-related systems with a safety plan to IEC 61508 or ISO 13849. The evidence is produced alongside development and is ready when the audit comes.
Transparent project status
Requirements, architecture, estimates and test cases are open to you from day one. Requirements and tests are versioned and released. Every one to two weeks, a short meeting covers status, open technical questions and organisation.
Workplace democracy
How we decide
Everyone votes on strategy and budget
Once a year, all employees vote on strategy, budgets and the salary model by simple majority. The people on your project therefore know the numbers and the direction of the company. In many cases that removes the need to check upstairs.
The team picks the team
All employees vote on hires and on who fills which role. The colleagues on your project chose each other. Day to day, each role decides for itself; anything that changes processes or strategy goes to a vote.
Commitments hold
Votes cover strategy, budget and staffing; a project in progress continues unaffected. Internally we decide by vote; the GmbH stands behind what we commit to you.
Manufacturers we have developed with
Your contact
You speak with the managing director.
Florian Seibold leads the first conversation personally. Tell us about your product and your schedule. You get an assessment of how we would approach the project and where we see risks. Up to an indicative price, this costs you nothing.
