Pipeline Design & Engineering

Pipeline Design & Engineering Product design and engineering services including consumer products, medical devices, and machine design | Producer of Being an Engineer Podcast

Pipeline Design & Engineering provides product design and mechanical engineering services to engineering companies needing to supplement their existing product design teams on an as-needed basis. We also offer design services to individual inventors. Our focus is on consumer products, medical devices, and heavy machinery.

Engineering leadership is about more than solving technical problems. Jordan's career has taken him from engineering and...
06/01/2026

Engineering leadership is about more than solving technical problems.

Jordan's career has taken him from engineering and quality leadership roles at Bison Gear & Engineering, G&W Electric, and tmax Group to co-founding CoForge Technologies and coaching professionals through Thinking Kap.

What's the best lesson you've learned from someone on the shop floor?

S7E23 Jordan Kapitanoff | Screw Manufacturing, LEAN Processes, and Investing for EngineersListen to the full episode her...
05/29/2026

S7E23 Jordan Kapitanoff | Screw Manufacturing, LEAN Processes, and Investing for Engineers

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Jordan Kapitanoff is a mechanical engineer by training and a transformation leader by practice. A graduate of Kettering University with a BSME and an MBA from Aurora University, Jordan built his career at the intersection of engineering, operations, and culture change. Over the years, he has consistently stepped into roles where systems, teams, and processes needed elevation — and delivered measurable results.

At Bison Gear & Engineering, Jordan moved from Application Engineer to Innovator, and later to Supervisor of Quality Innovation and Sustainability Engineering Manager. There, he led initiatives grounded in A3 problem solving, DMAIC, and lean thinking — not just to fix problems, but to transform how teams approached quality and continuous improvement. He also launched a new innovation and product development consulting division inside the organization, demonstrating an entrepreneurial drive even within established companies.
His leadership continued to evolve at G&W Electric and later at tmax Group, where he served in operations excellence and operations management roles. Across these organizations, Jordan focused on production management, lean process improvement, and aligning communication across departments — recognizing that operational excellence is just as much about people as it is about process.

Today, Jordan is channeling that experience into entrepreneurship. As Co-Founder of CoForge Technologies LLC and Head Coach at Thinking Kap Personal and Career Coaching, he works at the convergence of operational performance and personal leadership development. With a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Villanova University and service as a board member of The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Jordan continues to advocate for systems thinking, continuous improvement, and empowering professionals to take ownership of their growth.

05/27/2026

Medical device startups need more than great engineers.

Amelia Howe shares lessons from helping bring multiple medical devices from concept to commercialization.

The challenge isn’t just developing the product.

It’s building the systems, communication, and structure needed to actually launch it.

Watch the latest Being an Engineer episode.

05/26/2026

Amelia Howe explains why great engineering teams document their work clearly and communicate constantly.

The goal isn’t more meetings.

It’s making sure progress survives after the meeting ends.

Meet this week’s guest: Amelia Howe.Amelia is a biomedical engineer, R&D project manager, and founder of Chrysalis Busin...
05/25/2026

Meet this week’s guest: Amelia Howe.

Amelia is a biomedical engineer, R&D project manager, and founder of Chrysalis Business Consulting. Her career spans startups, medical device development, quality systems, and cross-functional engineering leadership.

Today, she leads cross-functional medical device programs at while helping startups navigate product development, project management, and commercialization challenges.

Her background combines:
• Biomedical engineering
• Medical device R&D
• Quality systems
• ISO 13485 environments
• Startup operations
• Product launches
• Project management

We also discuss:
• translating engineering work into business value
• managing technical teams
• startup lessons
• engineering communication
• how strong project management accelerates innovation

Engineering teams don’t stall because people lack talent. A reminder that ex*****on depends on clarity, ownership, and c...
05/23/2026

Engineering teams don’t stall because people lack talent. A reminder that ex*****on depends on clarity, ownership, and communication. Not just technical skill.

Most engineering bottlenecks aren’t technical.

They come from:
• unclear ownership
• missing follow-through
• undocumented decisions
• disconnected communication

Amelia shares how strong project management systems help engineering teams actually move ideas forward instead of endlessly discussing them.

Watch the latest Being an Engineer episode with Amelia Howe.

05/23/2026

My brother-in-law’s favorite water cup has a built-in chapstick holder which is great in theory, but only fits standard-sized chapsticks. He prefers the larger, plus-sized tubes… which don’t come close to fitting. So I fired up CAD, spent a few hours designing an adapter, and 3D printed a slick solution that lets him use the chapstick he actually likes.

This quick design project reminded me how useful it is to have access to engineering tools like CAD software and a 3D printer. With just a little time and effort, we can turn small annoyances into genuinely satisfying solutions.

🔧 Made with:
– Solidworks (CAD)
– FDM 3D printer (Prusa)
– A healthy dose of maker curiosity

👋 Got your own everyday engineering fix? Share it in the comments. I’d love to hear what others are building to improve real life in small but meaningful ways.

Technical skill alone doesn’t grow engineering careers. Engineers often undersell the impact of their work.A CAD update ...
05/22/2026

Technical skill alone doesn’t grow engineering careers.

Engineers often undersell the impact of their work.

A CAD update might:
• reduce manufacturing defects
• improve quality
• prevent complaints
• save thousands in production costs

The engineers who can explain why the work matters become trusted leaders across teams.

That’s especially true in medical device development, where engineering, regulatory, quality, and business teams must constantly align.

Watch the latest Being an Engineer episode with Amelia Howe.

S7E22 Amelia Howe | Developing Medical Device Injectrodes for Pain Reduction, & Project Management Best PracticesListen ...
05/22/2026

S7E22 Amelia Howe | Developing Medical Device Injectrodes for Pain Reduction, & Project Management Best Practices

Listen to the full episode here 🎧: https://teampipeline.us/being-an-engineer-podcast/

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Amelia Howe is a biomedical engineer and R&D project manager with experience across startups, research labs, and established medical device companies. She currently leads cross-functional development programs at COLTENE, managing engineering, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing teams to bring medical devices from concept to global launch.

She began her career in nursing before shifting to biomedical engineering at the University of Akron, where she worked in biomechanics research under Dr. Brian Davis. After graduating summa cm laude, she became the first employee at Neuronoff, Inc., where she helped develop neuromodulation technology (including the Injectrode), contributed to patents, and helped establish ISO 13485 quality systems.

She later transitioned into project management, overseeing multiple complex technical programs and aligning cross-functional teams. Alongside her role at COLTENE, she is launching Chrysalis Business Consulting to support medical device startups with project management and business development, combining her engineering expertise with an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.

05/19/2026

Engineering mistakes rarely start with software. A real example of how one overlooked math error led to a massive product recall and how careful engineering uncovered it.

A divide-by-two error.

That’s all it took.

In this clip, Rod Scholl shares how reviewing fatigue calculations uncovered a mistake that had propagated through an entire product analysis process.

What’s fascinating:
The “inferior” material the company was worried about actually improved fatigue life.

A reminder that:
• assumptions matter
• verification matters
• engineering judgment matters

Watch the latest Being an Engineer episode.

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