How Our Experts Can Help Get to Market Faster

Design, engineer, and deliver better products faster with a team that spans UI, industrial design, and full product development.

On-Demand Engineering Expertise

No matter what you’re creating, you have a single partner to make product development simpler, faster, and more connected.

 

Leveraging our deep expertise in embedded UI development and world-class product engineering services, we can support your entire product development journey — from initial concept to final production.

 

Expert Support for Your Embedded GUI Development Needs

With decades of experience across both software and physical product development, we help teams move beyond fragmented workflows and toward a single, fully integrated development experience.

 

We work alongside your team across GUI design, development, integration, and validation, adapting to your workflow to reduce complexity, speed up delivery, and ensure your product is ready for deployment.

Crank Software has Merged with Creaform Engineering 


This isn’t just a merger — it’s a seamless way for customers to build products!

By uniting our embedded GUI expertise with Creaform Engineering's world-class mechanical, industrial design, and simulation capabilities, we now offer a fully integrated product engineering services workflow that is built for speed, precision, and exceptional product development experiences.  

As part of the Creaform Engineering family, we can support your product journey from concept to product development, including software development, industrial design, mechanical and electronic engineering, and numerical simulation.

Learn about the different engineering services we can provide your organization with:

 

Why Work With Our Engineering Services Team

We help embedded teams move from concept to production faster through parallel workflows, integrated tooling, and hands‑on support tailored to how your team works.

Embedded‑First Expertise

We specialize in embedded GUIs, not repurposed desktop or mobile patterns.
 

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Proven Tools & Workflows 

Direct access to the teams behind Storyboard and Validator.
 

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Faster Time to Market 

Parallel design and development workflows reduce iteration cycles.
 

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Flexible Engagement Models 

Project‑based, ongoing support, or staff augmentation.
 

Industries We Support

From devices as small as a watch to large commercial and industrial devices, Storyboard's advanced embedded GUI development software solutions are here to help!

When we build our next product, we will be using Crank's professional services without hesitation. Crank provided the best 3rd party development team I've ever worked with. They delivered on their promises, and ensured our product launched on time. "
Rishi Siravuri
Chief Engineer, Emerson
It has been a joy to work with the folks in Crank's professional services team. The team has done a great job in preparing us for the eventual transition of the project. Plus, the project would not be where it is today without the team's contribution. "
Dan Wells
Development Manager
Crank's team of experts helped us to develop a medical device demo. Their software not only provided a great touch screen experience for the users, but it also showcased our demo’s ability to integrate multiple data streams into a single cohesive design.  "
Marten L. Smith
Business Development Manager, Medical Products Group
Creaform engineering

Extended Design and Engineering Support

Explore Our Industrial Design & Engineering Services

Discover what’s possible with industrial design done right!
We turn ideas into manufacturable, market-ready products. From concept and industrial design to engineering and simulation, our integrated team supports every stage.


We help you balance innovation, usability, and performance—so your product delivers in the real world. Whether you're refining an existing concept or starting from scratch, our team is here to help you explore what’s possible — and bring it to life.

Explore Our Expertise

Explore how our Embedded GUI Experts bring embedded GUIs to life

Watch how we support teams from early design through deployment, helping reduce complexity, improve performance, and deliver reliable embedded user interfaces.

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Talk to an Embedded GUI Expert

Speak with our team to explore how Storyboard can support your embedded GUI goals.

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Stay up to date on cutting-edge technology and innovations in the embedded GUI design company and industry.