I love that they are so open to working together as we move through our process of bringing something new into existence! They have been able to help us understand what it takes from an engineering standpoint; how do you make this product? How can we test/validate your assumptions about its use case or market fit before moving forward too far down any path? Their team has worked very hard at understanding where their strengths lie - which helps them guide me towards my own areas of strength while also helping build out mine when needed.
It's great having someone who understands both sides of manufacturing development work alongside engineers like myself whose only experience might be building websites / webapps. We've had some really productive conversations around testing methods within prototypes vs final products.