We are passionate about creating real.

Inova Design is a product design and engineering services firm based in San Diego County, California. We have been in business for 30 years, focusing on extreme pressure and harsh environments.

Who We Serve

Wherever you are in the product development process, and however much support you need, we can help. From idea to concept to design, we provide comprehensive engineering services, and when it’s time to manufacture, we’ll help you select and manage the right vendors for underwater product manufacturing.

Design Philosophy

Never compare an idea to a concept or to a design. Never compare a concept to a design.

Why? Because abstract ideas always have more promise than concrete reality. Once you’ve locked in on a design, be wary of the temptation of pie-in-the-sky thinking that is more exciting than staying the course with a real design.

Looks matter. At every level. On every part. At every detail.

And everyone knows it.

Las cosas baratas salen caras.

(Cheap stuff is costly.) We’ve seen too many projects die because of a poor decision to use cheap parts, skip testing to save money, or ignore recommendations that have long-term implications. Spending wisely protects the long-term viability of a product.

Working with Us

Working with Inova means you will interact directly with the engineers who are designing your product, and will have access to our international vendor network who also specialize in underwater product manufacturing and distribution.

Jim Peña, Chief Engineer

Ken Afan, Engineer

Why Manufacturing Support?

Many products fall apart at the finish line, when the design is transferred to manufacturing and the client (that’s you) finds out the DFM drawings are insufficient. Inova provides exact specs to our underwater product manufacturers. We know exactly what they need–and everything they need–so you go straight to production with no downtime.