Capabilities for embedded products, industrial equipment, and boardroom-ready technical diligence.
Headquartered in downtown Milwaukee with a sales office in Madison, Aurora helps teams move from technical uncertainty to working software, clearer decisions, and executive-ready technical risk visibility: firmware, Linux platforms, Qt/HMI applications, ag-tech and field-equipment systems, packaging and converting equipment, oil and gas systems, diagnostics, device communication, test automation, hardware/software integration, and M&A technical due diligence.
Technical lanes built around real embedded, industrial, ag-tech, and diligence needs.
The capability set is broad across the embedded stack, but focused on outcomes: bring up hardware, integrate platforms, diagnose problems, improve maintainability, support production equipment, and make technical risk visible.
Firmware & Embedded Software
C/C++ firmware and embedded software for microcontroller-based products, custom devices, and hardware-interfacing applications.
- Microcontroller firmware and peripheral drivers
- SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, RS-232, RS-485, GPIO, ADC/DAC, PWM
- Bootloaders, update paths, communication protocols, and diagnostics
- Board bring-up, timing issues, hardware/software debugging, and safe legacy cleanup
Embedded Linux & BSP Support
Support for Linux-based products where board support, build systems, boot behavior, device integration, and deployment all matter.
- Yocto and custom embedded Linux images
- Kernel, driver, bootloader, userspace, and service integration
- Networking, storage, update workflows, startup behavior, and field diagnostics
- Debugging across hardware, OS, application, and build layers
Qt, HMI & Engineering Applications
Technical user interfaces and engineering tools that connect people to embedded systems clearly and reliably.
- Qt / QML / C++ applications
- Touchscreen HMIs, desktop tools, diagnostic utilities, and production workflows
- OpenGL, visualization, data acquisition, logging, and reporting workflows
- UI performance, maintainability, workflow correctness, and device interaction
Ag-Tech, Field Equipment & Controls
Embedded engineering support for agricultural technology and field equipment where sensors, controls, telemetry, operators, agricultural operations, and rugged conditions all shape the product.
- Sensor integration, data acquisition, telemetry, GPS/RFID, and wireless field workflows
- Controls, diagnostics, service tools, agricultural automation, and equipment-facing software
- Rugged device behavior, environmental assumptions, operator workflows, and maintainability
- Hardware/software integration for products that need to work in real field conditions
Agricultural Automation
Practical automation support for agricultural operations where the right embedded system has to improve real work instead of simply adding technology.
- Sensor, control, telemetry, and equipment-workflow planning for agricultural operations
- Automation concepts that respect operators, weather, maintenance, uptime, and ROI
- Data acquisition, logging, diagnostics, and visibility for field equipment
- Hardware/software integration for systems that need to survive dust, vibration, seasons, and daily use
Packaging & Converting Industry Systems
Embedded and industrial software support for packaging and converting equipment where uptime, operator workflows, motion, sensors, controls, and diagnostics matter.
- Equipment-facing software, HMIs, service utilities, and production support tools
- Sensor, control, motion, data acquisition, and diagnostic workflows
- Maintainability improvements for systems that are already on production floors
- Software support for packaging lines, converting equipment, and industrial machinery workflows
Oil & Gas Embedded and Industrial Systems
Support for oil and gas product environments where telemetry, rugged device behavior, diagnostics, reliability, field support, and data flows are central.
- Telemetry, device communication, logging, and remote diagnostic workflows
- Rugged embedded systems, field equipment, data acquisition, and controls-adjacent software
- Connectivity and reliability troubleshooting across device, network, and application layers
- Maintainable tooling and documentation for long-lived industrial products
M&A Technical Due Diligence
Engineering diligence for mergers, acquisitions, investments, and strategic decisions involving embedded products, industrial platforms, or hardware-connected software businesses.
- Codebase, architecture, build, test, release, deployment, and maintainability review
- Firmware, embedded Linux, HMI, connectivity, hardware/software interface, and toolchain risk assessment
- Technical debt, staffing dependency, documentation, roadmap, scalability, operational exposure, enterprise-value implications, and post-close integration drag
- Board-ready diligence notes that connect engineering reality to business decisions, enterprise-value exposure, and risk-adjusted roadmap choices without hiding the technical details
IoT, Telemetry & Connected Devices
Connectivity and data-flow support for embedded products that communicate with other devices, tools, production systems, or cloud workflows.
- Wireless communication, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular, RFID, GPS, ISM-band systems, ag-tech telemetry, and rugged device communication
- Device-to-application data exchange and reliability troubleshooting
- Telemetry paths, logs, service tools, and support workflows
- Integration with manufacturing, diagnostics, and field-service needs
FPGA-Aware Hardware/Software Integration
Support for embedded projects where software must coordinate with programmable logic, specialized hardware, or custom electronics.
- Register maps and hardware/software interface planning
- Driver-level integration with FPGA or custom logic interfaces
- Bring-up support, observability, diagnostics, and hardware-team coordination
- Build/test workflows that connect firmware, software, and hardware assumptions
Test, Diagnostic & Production Utilities
Tools and automation that make embedded products easier to validate, manufacture, debug, support, diligence-review, transfer, and maintain.
- Python scripting, automation, logging, and data-processing utilities
- Manufacturing, service, and production-support tools
- Validation/verification helpers, traceability support, and repeatable test workflows
- Diagnostics that help teams understand what the product is doing in the field, plant, or support environment
Enough depth to speak engineer-to-engineer.
This list is intentionally scannable. The real value is knowing how these pieces interact inside a product, a production environment, or a diligence review.
Work products that move an engineering team, operator, investor, or board decision forward.
Working code
Firmware, Linux integration, UI, automation, diagnostic, or production tooling delivered in reviewable increments.
Debug evidence
Reproduction steps, traces, logs, timing notes, field observations, and clear reasoning behind root-cause conclusions.
Integration notes
Build notes, assumptions, configuration details, handoff documentation, and next-step recommendations.
Diligence findings
Clear technical-risk notes about architecture, code quality, maintainability, dependencies, tooling, roadmap realism, valuation exposure, and post-close priorities.
Board-ready summary
Plain-language takeaways for leadership and boards, backed by engineering evidence, governance-ready risk framing, and practical recommendations.
Good embedded work makes hidden technical, operational, and enterprise risks visible.
Whether the job is implementation or diligence, Aurora looks for the practical risks that affect shipping, operating, supporting, acquiring, integrating, scaling, or defending the enterprise value of a hardware product.
Ag-tech system, field-equipment-style agricultural automation workflow, packaging line, converting equipment, oil and gas product, firmware feature, Linux issue, HMI workflow, board diligence question, or stubborn embedded bug?
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