Built to build. Since 2004.
Embedded systems ODM — from concept to shipped product.
20+
Years in business
30+
Products shipped
100%
Full vertical stack
One team. Full stack. Total accountability.
ARG started with a simple conviction: hardware startups shouldn’t have to choose between moving fast and building it right.
Most companies bringing a new hardware product to market face the same problem — they have to stitch together a design firm, a firmware team, a mechanical shop, and a contract manufacturer, then somehow manage all of them while also trying to build a business. The result is slow, expensive, and full of gaps no one owns.
We built ARG to be the alternative. One team. Full stack. Total accountability.
20 years. 30+ products shipped.
We’ve been doing this since 2004 — long before “hardware startup” was a common phrase. The founder holds a PhD in electrical and mechanical engineering and has spent two decades solving embedded systems problems across automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and consumer markets.
That depth of experience is what lets us move fast without cutting corners.
We’ve seen what breaks.
We know what to build.
What working with ARG looks like
You bring us an idea — a napkin sketch, a working prototype, a failing design that needs rescuing. We take it from there.
- Electronics Design — Mixed signal, power electronics, wireless, FPGA
- Firmware & Embedded Software — Bare metal to RTOS to cloud
- Mechanical Design — Enclosures, gantry systems, motion control
- Manufacturing & Test — In-house PCBA & mechanical, EOL testing, calibration, fulfilment
We take care of your product from start to finish and manage the entire lifecycle — freeing you up to innovate without getting bogged down in running a product line.
Philadelphia. Pennovation Works.
We’re based at Pennovation Works — the University of Pennsylvania’s innovation campus in Philadelphia — alongside some of the most interesting startups and research groups in the region.
Our facility is fully equipped for electronics prototyping, PCBA assembly, mechanical fabrication, and end-of-line testing — everything needed to take a design from breadboard to box.