Hugo Richardson




_ABOUT

I am an innovator, driven to make a positive impact to society. As Co-founder and CTO, of an award winning cleantech startup, I developed our technology from moonshot to reality. Raising over £3 million and securing partnerships with automotive industry leaders Rivian and Volvo. I thrive when faced with a challenge. My roots in engineering and passion for design are constantly colliding, leading me to take an interdisciplinary approach to the complex and nuanced challenges we face.




_The Tyre Collective

1 Overview
2 Opportunity From Ambiguity
3 Manufacturing
4 Tech Stack
5 Partnerships
6 Entrepreneurship




_Design & Engineering

1 Dyson
2 Camper Monster
3 Human Centred Design
4 Canopy
5 Superform




_Personal Projects

1 Red Bull Soapbox 🏆
2 Offcut Toys

3 Parakeet Mobile

4 Periplus Project



MANUFACTURING
In-Depth Experience of Fabrication Methods


>    CAD fluency (Autodesk & NX)  
>    Injection moulding tooling design at volume
>    Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
>    Effective technical discussions with suppliers





Fig. 1   Experiments with capture plate material and geometry


Manufacturing is my passion. I can communicate initial ideas quickly through sketching or develop detailed CAD designs (Autodesk and NX). I am comfortable producing functional prototypes from one offs to mass manufacture - effectively selecting materials, processes and tools to meet budget and volume demands. From hand tools to rapid digital fabrication I can adapt quickly to new processes and am eager to push them to their limits.



Fig. 2   Injection moulding tools on a visit to Shenzhen


I have first hand experience manufacturing for production (DFMA), from designing tooling for jewellery atrisans to injection moulding for Dyson - with a focus on quality control including tolerance stacks and GD&T. I have visited factories in China that specialise in medium to high volumes and have cultivated a personal network of trusted manufacturers in the UK and overseas. I am experienced in building strong supplier relationships to support timely, cost-effective, and manufacturable solutions.