Engineering
Design, requirements and revisions in one authoritative place. Every change tracked from first schematic to sign off.
For hardware product teams
S3Suite is a product lifecycle platform for hardware product teams, made for humans and AI. Replaces spreadsheets, shared drives, and disconnected tools with one system covering engineering, manufacturing, and field operations.
S3Suite is a product lifecycle platform built by RnD Square for hardware teams. It replaces spreadsheets, shared drives, and disconnected tools with a single system that covers engineering documentation, manufacturing tracking, and field operations. Every device gets full traceability from first schematic to last firmware update.
Built from the patterns observed across 50+ real product deployments since 2018. We kept solving the same problems manually: lost firmware binaries, untraceable serial numbers, manual RMA tracking, and zero visibility into devices after deployment. So we built S3Suite.
Sound familiar?
Firmware binaries live on a shared drive named FINAL_v3_REAL.bin. Nobody's sure which version shipped last quarter.
Two hours digging through emails to find the lot number, firmware version, and who tested it. Then someone asks for the test report.
The RMA tracker is a Google Sheet that three people update inconsistently. Returns pile up. Root causes stay unknown.
No remote update path. No health monitoring. A $2 sensor failure becomes a $2,000 truck roll.
500 devices were manageable. 5,000 breaks everything. Serial numbers collide, test records go missing, lot traceability is a myth.
FCC, CE, UL compliance dates live in someone's calendar. One missed renewal and an entire product line is at risk.
One platform. Three suites.
Design, requirements and revisions in one authoritative place. Every change tracked from first schematic to sign off.
Variants, lots and production kept in step with what engineering shipped.
Support, warranty and field health flowing back into the record.
Engineering, manufacturing and operations in one connected record. PLM made for humans and AI.
Explore the suitesPlatform + Services
S3Suite is the platform. On top of it, we offer managed services on a recurring basis. Your team uses the tool. We handle the operations you do not want to staff for.
Product workspaces for hardware lifecycle context
Design file browser, activity, and commit history
Lifecycle Map and Timeline tabs, plus per-BOM Analysis
Health scoring, lifecycle tracking, BOM analysis, alternatives
Structured verification records tied to the product record
Lot detail, devices, and production review context
Fleet table connected to production and field workflows
Search and review component stock context
Engineering, manufacturing, and operational risk register
Phase-by-phase Shape, Scale, Sustain rollout guide
Atlas R2 walkthrough from kickoff to field fix
Engineering defect tracker tied to design commits
Variant config + signed tokens for factory lines
Customer and team feature board with kanban
NPI gates, line audits, field service preflight
No-login production-line UI for test and provisioning
Push updates, rollback, deployment tracking
Search, analyze, troubleshoot across project data
Your vendors + RnD Square approved directory
Claims, root cause analysis, monthly recurring
Intake, diagnosis, repair, replacement tracking
L1/L2 device support, escalation, knowledge base
Custom test fixtures for factory testing
Self-hosting, customization, training, and process setup
S3 Protocol
A lightweight communication layer. Provision at the factory. Get health metrics in real-time. Push firmware remotely. Secure per-device authentication via signed tokens.
SDKs for ESP32, STM32, Zephyr RTOS, Linux/Yocto, and Android.
POST /protocol/health
Authorization: Bearer <device-token>
{
"metrics": {
"temperature": 38.5,
"firmwareVersion": "2.1.0",
"uptime": 84200,
"signal": -67,
"battery": 82
}
}How It Works
Organize by product. Every document, BOM, and firmware build belongs to a project.
Version schematics, track firmware builds, manage certifications, set up test templates.
Define variants, create lots, generate devices with auto serial numbers. Test against templates.
Integrate S3 Protocol, push OTA updates, monitor device health, process RMAs.
Who It's For
Firmware versioning, device health monitoring, OTA updates, fleet traceability across multiple SKUs.
Safety-critical traceability, OCPP compliance, remote charger monitoring, warranty tracking at scale.
Long product lifecycles, regulatory compliance (CE/UL), field service operations, complex BOM management.
FDA/CE audit trail, rigorous testing enforcement, immutable traceability from component to deployed device.
High variant count (regional SKUs), rapid iteration cycles, production scaling, certification tracking.
Why S3Suite
A product lifecycle platform your team and AI agents can both operate.
From BOM to deployed firmware. Every change linked, every event timestamped.
HTTP, MQTT, TCP. Pick what fits your device architecture.
Engineering depth refined across years of real product work.
Identify, score, and resolve product risks across engineering, manufacturing, and operations.
Works on the factory floor. No WiFi required.
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