About

My name is Miguel Martins.

I founded QZM to pursue my love for engineering and to take on new challenges. With over a decade of experience in highly regulated industries like the marine energy and oil & gas sectors, I've honed my skills in a diverse range of areas, from conceptual design to project management.

As an IMechE Chartered Engineer, with a deep understanding of both classical and advanced engineering principles, I offer a comprehensive range of mechanical engineering services.

My goal is to leverage my expertise to provide practical, cost-effective, and innovative solutions to meet my clients' engineering challenges. I believe in building strong relationships and I'm committed to open communication and collaboration.

Whether you need assistance with a specific project or ongoing engineering support, I'm here to help.

QZM's approach

QZM's design Christmas Tree represents the systematic workflow QZM uses to tackle each project.

Each scope of work starts with a set of Requirements and definitions, we view this as a starting point from which the project arrow begins. At this stage, there can be many solutions available and this lack of specificity is represented by how far our project arrow is from the center axis.

Each time a sphere is crossed, the solutions are assessed respectively:

Constraints: does the solution respect mass, size and environmental restrictions? Is it code compliant?

Material selection: is the material chosen adequate?

Interfaces: does the solution need to integrate with other systems and can it do so?

Bill Of Materials (BOM): What is the list of items required?

Cost: When considering all costs (including testing, fabrication and implementation), is the solution still under budget?

The project evolves as more information is captured: design and simulations verify the solutions; these can be confirmed with testing campaigns; and close relationships with fabrication facilities bring in invaluable input to optimise the solution.

The project continues up the tree, constantly being reassessed against each sphere. This methodical process reaches its destination with a honed-in solution with the natural consequence of raising the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the project.

We've put together this page to dive into the inspiration behind this graphic.