CAD, FEA, and professional engineering services. From concept sketch to manufacturing-ready deliverable.
Shaun Kavanagh — Founder. 30 years of CAD engineering experience beginning in 1996. Five patent filings including first-named inventor on US20190344686A1 — a rotating seating system for General Motors. Former GM Global Technical Operations. Tools: SOLIDWORKS, NX/UG, AutoCAD, CATIA, Pro/E. Your project is reviewed by the person who spent three decades in the seat.
Not a manufacturer? We also offer AI setup, web presence builds, and sovereign backup for local small businesses across Macomb County.
See Small Business Services →AI compresses engineering work. A task that took 160 hours in 2019 takes 25 to 35 hours today. If we billed hourly, you would pay less but receive less — and we would have no incentive to be efficient. Fixed-scope pricing aligns the incentive correctly. You know the cost before we start. We have every reason to deliver the best result as efficiently as possible. The deliverable is the contract. Time is not.
You receive a written scope of work before any billing begins. The scope defines the deliverable, the format, and the acceptance criteria.
The project price does not change because a task took longer than estimated. That risk is ours, not yours.
AI compresses the research, generation, and iteration phases. The expertise is still human. The efficiency is not.
“Thirty years of iron. Every deliverable is a traceable artifact, not a line item for time.”
RigidEngineering delivers professional engineering services you can commission today. Every project is stored in RigidVault with full version control and provenance tracking.
Software-agnostic. NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, Creo, Fusion 360, ANSYS, NASTRAN — we work in whatever platform you use.
3D scan to production-ready digital twin. Full engineering package — scan, CAD model, drawings, manufacturing notes. Stored in RigidVault.
AI-assisted cost reduction. Material substitution, feature optimization, manufacturability improvements. Typical savings 15–40%.
Forensic failure investigation backed by RigidSense data, RigidVault records, and RigidTrust chain of custody. Legally admissible reports.
Design for Manufacturability review. Catch tolerance stacking, undercuts, and material conflicts before the first cut.
Engineering failure litigation, product liability, insurance disputes. Premium testimony backed by RigidTrust forensic records.
Entry-level CMMC 2.0 assessment for Tier 1/2 DoD suppliers. Gap analysis against NIST 800-171, SPRS scoring, and a clear roadmap to Level 2. We are 8 km (5 mi) from TACOM — no local firm combines CNC manufacturing expertise with CMMC prep.
Plan and commission a RigidPulse Node or SE retrofit on your existing CNC. Machine assessment, BOM scoping, wiring review, and commissioning support. Direct path to hardware — leads naturally into a Node or SE kit purchase.
Point cloud to compliant engineering drawings. PE review included.
2.5-axis milling, turning, and drilling operations programmed directly from SOLIDWORKS geometry. Machine simulation with collision detection before any code runs. G-code output for Fanuc, Haas, Mazak, Okuma, and Siemens controllers. Fixed scope — Simple, Standard, or Complex.
Production-quality 4K renders and turntable animations from SOLIDWORKS, STEP, or OBJ files. RTX GPU-accelerated iRay rendering. Hero images, marketing visuals, exploded view animations, configurator shots. 2–3 business day turnaround.
Contact for pricing. Fractional engineering department for startups and small manufacturers who need expert access without full-time headcount.
Convert subtractive designs to additive-optimized. Topology optimization, lattice structures, TPMS gyroid integration. Contact for pricing.
Map your data flows from design through manufacturing through end-of-life. Identify gaps. Design integration architecture. Contact for pricing.
Professional Engineer stamped structural, thermal, or dynamic analysis reports. Legally binding certification for insurance, permitting, and compliance.
FEA-validated structural capacity reports for insurance underwriters. RigidSense monitoring data included. Long-term carrier relationships become referral partners.
Outsourced engineering department for early-stage hardware companies. CAD, FEA, prototyping, DFM — all under one retainer. Natural pipeline to full ecosystem adoption.
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Beyond CAD and FEA — Kavanagh Industries brings the same AI discipline that powers our CNC systems directly to your shop floor. Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute discovery call. No commitment. No pitch. Just answers.
RigidPulse Node retrofit advisory, AI readiness roadmap, heritage digitization. Start here.
Sweet spot in Macomb County — hundreds of these within 15 miles. Predictive maintenance, AI workflow, fleet telemetry.
Floor management, QC, production scheduling. Predictive maintenance and AI feed-rate optimization are high ROI here.
CMMC 2.0 compliance is the wedge. Sovereign AI, zero foreign cloud, NIST 800-171 alignment. Contact for custom scope.
HVAC, dental, legal, electrical contractors — same discipline, different workflow. AI Audit $299 flat → AI Setup from $499 → Retainer from $249/mo.
Shaun turned around a complete DXF package for a custom extrusion die in 72 hours. The FEA he included would have cost us three weeks and a consultant fee at our previous vendor. We use RigidEngineering for anything that needs to move fast without sacrificing rigor.
We needed reverse engineering on a legacy pump housing — no drawings, no CAD, nothing. Liam scanned it, Shaun modeled it in NX, and we had a fully toleranced drawing set in four days. I've paid three times as much for half that quality at other firms.
RigidEngineering helped us get a bracket design through FEA that we'd been pushing to a third-party firm for months. Fast, technical, they actually explain their assumptions. We're now on a retainer.
The first revenue pillar — billable today. Every engagement feeds intelligence back into the ecosystem.
Every pillar in the KI ecosystem is interconnected. No product works alone.
View Full Ecosystem Map →Beyond hourly consulting and project work, RigidEngineering connects to two dedicated platforms — AI-accelerated modules for any CAD workflow, and a parametric standards library built on FMVSS, ASME, SAE, and MIL-SPEC.
Managed retainer tiers from $499/mo. Sprint projects with no retainer required. AI-accelerated DFM, FEA, scan-to-CAD, DFMEA, and more — delivered as fixed-scope deliverables, not hourly billing.
Explore the platform →Parametric CAD templates built on FMVSS, ASME Y14.5, SAE J-series, MIL-SPEC, and AGMA. Input your parameters — receive standards-compliant geometry with the governing clause cited automatically.
View FMVSS template library →Some projects require more than competent engineering — they require a licensed Professional Engineer’s stamp. KI is actively building the PE review pathway, enabling defense contractors, government agencies, and regulated industry clients to receive fully stamped engineering packages from a single engagement.
AIAG-FMEA and AIAG-VDA aligned failure mode and effects analysis with PE review pathway. Severity, occurrence, and detection ratings from design data with structured audit trail.
Design compliance documentation against applicable MIL-DTL and MIL-PRF specifications. Formatted for defense procurement submission. PE review available.
FEA results, safety factor reports, and PE-stamp-ready certification packages. Full load case documentation with result interpretation in plain language.
Complete engineering documentation formatted for agency submission. Includes drawing package, material callouts, tolerance specifications, and compliance checklist.
PE licensure pathway active — engineering staff actively pursuing licensure. KI covering exam fees. PE-reviewed deliverables available through coordinated review. Contact for project scope.
Every consulting engagement at RigidEngineering has access to the RigidStandards parametric template library. FMVSS, ASME Y14.5, SAE J-specs, and MIL-SPEC envelope generators — input the parameters, receive compliant geometry with a full provenance record.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard parametric geometry generators.
GD&T annotation checking against the 2018 standard before drawing release.
Defense-specification compliant design boundaries linked to MIL-DTL and MIL-PRF families.
Every template output carries an immutable record from standard selection through geometry to RigidVault filing.
For defense contractors and government facilities near TACOM — MIL-SPEC compliance documentation, DFMEA packages, structural analysis, and PE-reviewed engineering deliverables. ITAR awareness. Fixed-scope pricing. Michigan-based. 5 miles from the Detroit Arsenal.
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