IDOFig. 02 — Office Topology

The IDO Concept

The Intellectual Design Office

A traditional engineering office is a pyramid: one senior engineer, a layer of specialized line engineers, and underneath them a fleet of junior operators driving CAD tools. IDO collapses the bottom three layers — line engineer, operator, and tool — into a single platform. Click IDO on any engineer below to watch the merge.

Directorx1

Senior Engineer

Running the Engineering Design Office. Owns intent, architecture and final sign-off.

ArchitectureIntentReviewSign-off

01 — Electronics Section

Line Engineer

FPGA Engineer — Verilog / SystemVerilog

Operators / Junior Engineers

Junior HDL writers running testbenches

follow lead · no architectural authority

Tools

VivadoQuartusModelSimVerilatorSynopsys VCS

Line Engineer

PCB Board Design Engineer

Operators / Junior Engineers

Junior layout drafters routing traces

follow lead · no architectural authority

Tools

Altium DesignerKiCadEagleOrCADLTspice

Line Engineer

Control Systems Engineer

Operators / Junior Engineers

Junior engineers tuning PID loops

follow lead · no architectural authority

Tools

MATLAB / SimulinkLabVIEWROS 2PX4dSPACE

02 — Mechanical Section

Line Engineer

Mechanism Design Engineer

Operators / Junior Engineers

Junior CAD drafters iterating linkages

follow lead · no architectural authority

Tools

SolidWorksFusion 360CATIAANSYSCreo

Result · 1 senior engineer + N IDO platforms = the whole office