Agile Systems Engineering, with Pari Singh (Flow Engineering)

Pathfinder

Modern engineering teams need to look radically different, at least according to Pari Singh, Founder and CEO of Flow Engineering. Flow, a London and LA-based startup, aims to overhaul traditional engineering approaches with its collaboration platform, specifically tailored for 'new age' hardware teams.

Flow provides a collaborative platform for hardware and software teams, streamlining requirements management, integrating with key design tools, and offering advanced visualization for efficient design and compliance.

Mo and Pari’s conversations covers a wide array of topics, including:

• The Flow origin story
• The stagnation of hardware innovation
• How systems engineering has evolved
• The ideal modern engineering team
• Building in London

And much more…

This episode is brought to you by SpiderOak, a US-based software company that builds space cybersecurity products and solutions for civilian, military, and commercial space operations. Learn more at https://spideroak.com/

• Chapters •

00:00 - Intro & SpiderOak ad

01:11 - Flow: from rockets to software

06:48 - Was the intention always software?

08:12 - Hardware innovation stagnation

09:32 - Flow's products today

10:32 - New engineering management tools

12:38 - Scaling space companies

13:55 - Flow's business model

14:39 - Other markets Flow is targeting

15:40 - The go-to market strategy

16:45 - How do you convince clients to adopt a new engineering process?

19:29 - Flow's philosophy

22:30 - SpiderOak ad break

23:14 - Who makes up Flow's customer base?

24:06 - The ideal Flow customer

25:32 - How has systems engineering changed since the Apollo era?

28:48 - What does a modern engineering team look like?

33:12 - Will specialization create big enough markets?

35:44 - Flow's financing round

37:10 - Finance landscape for software companies building for hardware

39:15 - What's it like building a team in London?

39:58 - What does the world look like if every company is using Flow?

42:10 - If Pari wasn't building Flow, what would he be building?

42:55 - Companies that excite Pari

44:20 - What London football team does Pari support?

• Show notes •

Flow's website — https://flowengineering.com/

Flow's socials — https://twitter.com/flow_engineer

Pari's socials — https://twitter.com/paritheengineer

Mo's socials — https://twitter.com/itsmoislam

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