Ben J.
Ex Dyson Chartered Engineer | Product Design, Engineering and DFM, Idea to Shelf
United Kingdom
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About
Most hardware products die in the gaps where a handoff occurs.
You hire a designer, then an engineering firm, then a tooling vendor, then a factory. Months disappear into translating between them, and the money goes with it. I have watched it happen to good founders with good ideas.
I spent 13 years in product design and engineering, seven of them at Dyson, taking complex consumer products from concept to production. I saw the same thing at Ruroc and with founders coming to Gembah for help when I worked there. Founders losing momentum, not because the idea was wrong, but because the process was fragmented.
So I built Enki Product Development to close the gaps.
One unified team of ex Dyson engineers, taking ambitious consumer brands from idea to shelf. No handoffs. No translation losses. No moments where your product falls between the cracks.
Around 90% of our engineers came from Dyson, with over 100 combined years of experience there. They have led product categories, developed entire ranges and delivered complex products at scale. The people who shape your concept are the same people who engineer it, design it for manufacture and place it with the factory. We spot the expensive mistakes before they happen, not after the steel is cut.
Five stages, one roof:
1. Discover: market, design and technology research leading to a product definition
2. Define: concept sketches, models and working prototypes
3. Design: engineering it to actually work
4. Develop: design for manufacture and cost engineering
5. Deliver: factory selection and supply chain
80+ products to date, for clients including HexClad, Rorra, Airbotx and AromaTech. Categories: home and kitchen appliances, consumer electronics, wellness, baby products and personal care devices.
Chartered Engineer (CEng MIMechE). BSc Product Design, 1st Class Hons, Nottingham Trent University.
If you have a product or a range heading towards manufacture, message me here on Cad Crowd to book a free 30 minute call.
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You hire a designer, then an engineering firm, then a tooling vendor, then a factory. Months disappear into translating between them, and the money goes with it. I have watched it happen to good founders with good ideas.
I spent 13 years in product design and engineering, seven of them at Dyson, taking complex consumer products from concept to production. I saw the same thing at Ruroc and with founders coming to Gembah for help when I worked there. Founders losing momentum, not because the idea was wrong, but because the process was fragmented.
So I built Enki Product Development to close the gaps.
One unified team of ex Dyson engineers, taking ambitious consumer brands from idea to shelf. No handoffs. No translation losses. No moments where your product falls between the cracks.
Around 90% of our engineers came from Dyson, with over 100 combined years of experience there. They have led product categories, developed entire ranges and delivered complex products at scale. The people who shape your concept are the same people who engineer it, design it for manufacture and place it with the factory. We spot the expensive mistakes before they happen, not after the steel is cut.
Five stages, one roof:
1. Discover: market, design and technology research leading to a product definition
2. Define: concept sketches, models and working prototypes
3. Design: engineering it to actually work
4. Develop: design for manufacture and cost engineering
5. Deliver: factory selection and supply chain
80+ products to date, for clients including HexClad, Rorra, Airbotx and AromaTech. Categories: home and kitchen appliances, consumer electronics, wellness, baby products and personal care devices.
Chartered Engineer (CEng MIMechE). BSc Product Design, 1st Class Hons, Nottingham Trent University.
If you have a product or a range heading towards manufacture, message me here on Cad Crowd to book a free 30 minute call.
Experience
- Founder and Director Enki Product Development · Self-employed May 2024 – Present 2 yrs 4 mos Swindon, UK Founded Enki Product Development, a UK product design and engineering consultancy built from ex Dyson engineers. We take consumer hardware from concept through industrial design, mechanical engineering, DFM, prototyping and factory handover as one team. 80+ products delivered for clients including HexClad, Rorra, Airbotx and AromaTech, across kitchen appliances, consumer electronics, wellness and baby products.
- Design Director and Design Manager Gembah · Full-time Jan 2022 – May 2024 2 yrs 4 mos Austin, Texas, USA Led design at Gembah, a US product development marketplace connecting consumer brands with designers, engineers and factories. Progressed from Design Manager to Senior Category Lead Manager to Design Director, overseeing product development programmes across home, kitchen and consumer goods categories from concept through to manufacture.
- Senior Design Engineer Ruroc · Full-time Aug 2020 – Jan 2022 1 yrs 5 mos Gloucester, UK Senior Design Engineer at Ruroc, the premium motorcycle and snow helmet brand. Led design engineering of helmet systems, working across complex surfacing, impact performance, materials and factory development to take products from concept into production.
- Senior Design Engineer, NPI Design Engineer, Design Engineer Dyson · Full-time Oct 2013 – Aug 2020 6 yrs 10 mos Malmesbury, UK Seven years at Dyson in Malmesbury, progressing from Design Engineer to NPI Design Engineer to Senior Design Engineer. Took complex consumer products from concept through new product introduction and into mass production, covering mechanism design, DFM for injection moulded and metal parts, tolerance analysis, reliability testing and factory ramp up.
Education
- Nottingham Trent University BSc (Hons), Product Design, First Class Honours 2009 – 2013 Industrial diploma sandwich course, including a placement year in industry.
Licenses & Certifications
- Chartered Engineer (CEng MIMechE) Nov 2020 – Present
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Joined: September 27, 2026
Last seen: September 27, 2026
Area of Expertise
Industrial Design Services
Concept Design
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
New Invention Development
Electronic Devices
Homeware Design
Wearables Design
Rapid Prototyping
Injection Molding and Casting
Pet Product Design
Tool Design Services
Prototype Design Services
FEA Finite Element Analysis
Design Engineering Services
Prototype Design Engineering
Product Engineering Services
Design for Assembly Services
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Design for Manufacturability (DFM Services)
Electronic Enclosures Design
Languages
English Native or bilingual proficiency
Location
United Kingdom