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Embedded firmware
- ESP32, STM32, Arduino
- FreeRTOS · I²C · SPI · UART
- MTConnect · Modbus · CAN
- OTA update systems
A small shop solving large industrial problems.
Polymath Industrial is a Montana-based engineering shop building hardware, firmware, and software for the people who run the world's machines.
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Disciplines under one roof
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Built in Mineral County
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Polymath Industrial LLC
01 / WHAT WE DO
Six disciplines. One shop. End-to-end ownership.
Most industrial problems don't fit cleanly inside one trade. Polymath spans embedded firmware, full-stack software, electronics, machining, welding, and CAD — so we can take a problem from blank page to deployed system without handing it off five times.
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Full-stack software
- FastAPI · Flask · PostgreSQL
- Vanilla JS / React PWAs
- Linux server ops · systemd
- Nginx · Caddy reverse proxy
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Electronics & PCB
- Schematic capture · PCB layout
- Sensor integration
- RS-232/485 · cellular gateways
- UL / FCC / CE certification path
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Industrial IoT
- CNC machine monitoring
- Edge collectors · MQTT
- Time-series telemetry
- Plant-floor dashboards
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Fabrication
- Welding · machining
- Mechanical assembly
- Prototyping · iteration
- Field-ready enclosures
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CAD & design
- Mechanical CAD
- 3D printing · rapid prototype
- Drawings · manufacturing docs
- Tolerance analysis
02 / FOR CLIENTS
If it's an industrial problem with code and steel involved, we'd like to talk.
We take on contract engineering work for industrial customers who need more than a consultant and less than a 50-person firm. We do best when the problem is concrete, the goal is operational, and the customer wants the result deployed — not a slide deck.
GOOD FIT
- You operate or build industrial equipment.
- Off-the-shelf software doesn't quite work for your operation.
- You want the people building it to also be the people maintaining it.
- You need hardware and firmware and software done together.
03 / FOR CONTRIBUTORS
If you live in western Montana and you make things, we want to know you.
Polymath runs lean by working with local contractors when the project warrants it. We're building a roster of people we can call — welders, machinists, programmers, electronics techs, CAD designers — who do good work and live close enough to show up.
- Programming & software
- Electronics & firmware
- Welding & machining
- CAD & mechanical design
- Field installation & service
04 / PRODUCTS
Polymath ships its own products too.
Alongside contract work, Polymath develops in-house industrial products.
CRASHAXIS · PATENT PENDING
CrashAxis
An industrial door safety interlock system for bifold and hydraulic doors. ESP32-based, tilt-monitored, with a multi-tenant SaaS portal for operators and installers.
crashaxis.com →05 / ABOUT
A polymath is someone whose knowledge spans many subjects.
Polymath Industrial LLC was founded on the idea that the boundaries between trades — programming, electronics, machining, welding — are an organizational accident, not a feature of the work itself. The problems that show up in real industry don't respect those lines, and the customers paying to solve them shouldn't have to either.
Polymath is based in Superior, Montana, in the Bitterroot range of Mineral County. The shop sits at 30 Mullan Road. Customers and contributors are within an hour of Missoula and a day's drive of most of the Northwest.
The company is led by David Grillot, a full-stack engineer with two decades of work across embedded systems, industrial software, and manufacturing operations.
06 / CONTACT
Send an email. Real one. Read by a person.
No forms, no triage bots, no portal logins. Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll write back.
PRIMARY · DAVID GRILLOT
david@polymathindustrial.com
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