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Second Order Effects Inc

El Segundo, CA

The engineer's engineer

Services
10
Offices
2
Projects
19

Overview

Second Order Effects partners with organizations confronting technically rigorous and socially impactful challenges. Operating across multiple industries and engineering disciplines, it unlocks technical capabilities for partners to empower them to achieve their missions. The practice focuses as much on defining core problems and developing individuals as on delivering robust solutions.

Services

Design and Analysis

High-fidelity engineering analysis, system modeling, and technical reviews to mitigate risks in mission-critical systems.

Strategy and Consulting

Expert technical consulting, intellectual property development, and engineering team capacity building.

Product Development

End-to-end engineering, prototyping, and deployment of customized hardware and software systems.

Industries

Firm type

Projects

Avionics development for a microgravity manufacturing spacecraft

Varda Space Industries | Space

Avionics development for a microgravity manufacturing spacecraft.

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Bare-die RF electronics for JPL's drone-based megadrought monitoring system

JPL | Aerospace

Bare-die RF electronics developed for Jet Propulsion Laboratory's drone-based megadrought monitoring system.

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Bare-die RF electronics for JPL's water-hunting spectrometer

JPL | Aerospace

Bare-die RF electronics engineered for Jet Propulsion Laboratory's water-hunting spectrometer.

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Bare-die RF test hardware for JPL's atmospheric water-sensing missions

JPL | Aerospace

Bare-die RF test hardware for Jet Propulsion Laboratory's atmospheric water-sensing missions.

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Critical design updates enabling market expansion of a mobile gaming controller

Gamevice | Consumer Products

Critical design updates enabling market expansion of a mobile gaming controller.

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Cryogenic pump control for a second-stage launch vehicle engine

Confidential Space Client | Space

Cryogenic pump control developed for a second-stage launch vehicle engine.

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Custom sensing technology for wide-temperature semiconductor calibration

Confidential Automation Client | Automation & Controls

Custom sensing technology engineered for wide-temperature semiconductor calibration.

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Development of a compact device for rapid eye health diagnostics

Envision Diagnostics | Medical Devices

Development of a compact medical device for rapid eye health diagnostics.

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Embedded systems and firmware for a smartphone gaming controller

Gamevice | Consumer Products

Embedded systems and firmware development for a smartphone gaming controller.

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Engine control systems for an oxidizer-rich staged combustion rocket engine

Ursa Major | Space

Engine control systems developed for an oxidizer-rich staged combustion rocket engine.

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High-gain RF signal conversion for satellite communications

Confidential Space Client | Space

High-gain RF signal conversion designed for satellite communications.

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Mechanical dolly-and-lift for a pizza-making robot

Stellar Pizza | Robotics

Mechanical dolly-and-lift mechanism for a pizza-making robot.

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Modular motor controllers for the FLEX planetary exploration rover

Astrolab | Space

Modular motor controllers developed for the FLEX planetary exploration rover.

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Power conversion electronics for advanced RF plasma satellite propulsion

Phase Four | Space

Power conversion electronics for advanced RF plasma satellite propulsion systems.

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Power distribution infrastructure for sustained operations on the Moon

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation | Space

Power distribution infrastructure designed for sustained operations on the Moon.

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Power electronics development for a metal plasma thruster

AASC | Space

Power electronics development engineered for a metal plasma thruster.

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Prototype development of a micro-electrokinetic cell separation platform

Triton Bio | Medical Devices

Prototype development of a micro-electrokinetic cell separation platform.

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Software-free thermal control system for satellite avionics

Confidential Space Client | Space

Software-free thermal control system designed for satellite avionics.

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Systems engineering for a last-mile food delivery robot

Coco Robotics | Robotics

Systems engineering for a last-mile food delivery robot.

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Offices

El Segundo Office

Headquarters

711 Hawaii Street

El Segundo, CA 90245

United States

(424) 290-0617

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Redmond Office

14700 NE 95th Street, Suite 100

Redmond, WA 98052

United States

(424) 290-0617

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