Engagement flow
A predictable path from your first email to a findings document your engineers can act on—without handing us production keys or customer data fields.
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Intake
You share MCU family, approximate LOC, toolchain, and deadline via contact. We reply with clarifying questions—usually about which directories matter and whether assembly is in scope.
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Scope letter
We send a written scope: directories included, out-of-scope items (web portals, mobile apps), deliverable format, reviewer names, and calendar hold. You sign NDA and pay deposit to confirm.
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Repository access
Read-only access to a tagged commit or encrypted archive. We do not require VPN into your factory network unless you explicitly arrange it for on-site days.
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Review window
Reviewers work sequentially through drivers, startup, and application layers, logging findings in a shared severity rubric. Mid-window questions go through a single technical contact on your side.
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Delivery & readout
PDF and spreadsheet exports land before the readout call. We walk through severity-1 and disputed items, then destroy working copies unless extended retention is agreed.
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Optional follow-up
After you merge fixes, a shorter pass verifies closures. See rates for follow-up day pricing.