When the product roadmap grows faster than the team, adding more execution capacity is not enough. You need experienced leadership, the right specialists, and one accountable system to carry each opportunity into production.
Forge works as your internal product development function: bringing experienced senior leadership, specialist capability when it matters, and manufacturing thinking into one coordinated team.
WHAT WE DO02
One product. Or the whole roadmap.
01
Find the right next move
Turn reviews, returns, cost pressure, supplier friction, and a crowded roadmap into a clear product brief and a buildable plan.
Gen 2 product sprints
Production readiness audits
Requirements + risk mapping
02
Build the product
Run the work from architecture and industrial design through engineering, prototypes, validation, and production release.
Managed product development
Mechanical + electronics engineering
DFM, testing + NPI
03
Build the capability
Add a senior product lead and the right specialists to your business without hiring a complete multidisciplinary team.
Embedded product department
Flexible specialist bench
Manufacturing integration
WHY FORGEBuilt as a department, not a vendor list.
Less handoff. More ownership.
One accountable lead
A senior product leader owns the technical outcome and keeps every discipline moving in the same direction.
Capability on demand
Bring in industrial design, mechanical, electrical, firmware, quality, sourcing, and test expertise only when the program needs it.
Built for the factory
Manufacturing is part of the product strategy from the start, not a handoff after the design is “done.”
Engineer accountable
AI accelerates the operating system. Experienced engineers remain responsible for judgment, verification, and release.
THE WORK03
From useful idea to production reality.
01
Frame
Align on the customer, product opportunity, requirements, economics, and the risks worth retiring first.
02
Make
Design, engineer, prototype, and learn in disciplined loops with the right specialists at each stage.
03
Prove
Verify performance, cost, quality, and usability before expensive tooling and commitments.
04
Launch
Carry the design through DFM, suppliers, tooling, NPI, and a production-ready release.
THE FOUNDER
JUDD NUTTING / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LEADER
Engineering judgment earned where products get real.
Judd has spent roughly two decades turning physical-product opportunities into products people can use, buy, and trust.
His career spans medical devices at Medtronic, early-stage robotics at Sphero, building and leading an electronics engineering team at PopSockets, and next-generation wearables at Meta. Along the way, he has worked across design, engineering, suppliers, DFM, testing, NPI, and global manufacturing.
Forge Product Works brings that experience to growing brands whose roadmaps have outgrown their internal product teams, with senior leadership, a flexible specialist bench, and a practical system for getting the work done.
