SKY LAU
Writing

Notes from 19 years on the factory floor and the CAD screen.

I write about the parts of product design and automation that founders and engineering leads actually need to know — not theory, but what I've learned shipping consumer electronics at Sony and architecting medtech lines for Intuitive Surgical, Illumina and Roche. New posts every two weeks.

Topic clusters

Five things I keep getting asked about.

01
For founders & startups with a physical product idea

Product Design

19 years of DFM experience at Sony, Schneider Electric and IFM, distilled into what actually matters before you commit to tooling.

02
For operations & engineering leads at manufacturing companies

Automation Systems

Architecture-level lessons from medtech automation lines built for Intuitive Surgical, Illumina and Roche.

03
For pre-seed & seed-stage hardware founders

Startup Hardware Guide

End-to-end product realisation — from idea to manufacturer — for teams without in-house engineering.

04
For medical device companies, engineering & ops leads

Medtech Manufacturing Operations

Direct experience with Intuitive Surgical, Illumina, Roche and ResMed lines, written for regulated environments.

05
For engineers, engineering managers & industry peers

Career and Craft Insights

A personal perspective from 19 years across consumer, industrial and medtech engineering.

Publishing cadence

A new article every two weeks — 26 a year — built from real project work, not theory.