# S6E28 Paul Vizzio | Engineering Naval Submarines, Pet Products, & Elite Sports Training Machines

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2025-07-11
- Length: 50m
- Episode: 28
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin

## Summary

Paul Vizzio, Director of Hardware Engineering at Proteus Motion, explains how he led a small team to redesign the V1 fitness machine into the V2 in under a year, focusing on manufacturability and cost reduction. He details the transition from complex cable-driven systems to optimized structural designs, the challenges of validating 3D resistance through subjective human testing, and his experience scaling production with contract manufacturers. Vizzio also discusses his consulting firm Vizeng, his D2C pet product brand RemieDog, and his role co-organizing the New York Hardware Meetup to build community.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=0) Introduction and Proteus Motion Overview
- [8:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=489) Redesigning V1 to V2: DFM and Cost Reduction
- [14:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=853) Team Structure and Rapid Execution
- [18:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=1115) Naval Undersea Warfare and Technology Bureaucracy
- [22:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=1327) Testing 3D Resistance and Subjective Validation
- [28:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=1712) Vizeng Consulting and RemieDog D2C Brand
- [39:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=2361) New York Hardware Meetup and Community Building
- [46:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-07-11-s6e28-paul-vizzio-engineering-naval-submarines-pet-products-elite-sports-trainin#t=2815) Advice for Junior Engineers and Career Growth

## Topics

- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Proteus Motion (company)
- Vizeng (company)
- RemieDog (product)
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center (company)
- SolidWorks (tool)
- Rivian (company)
- R1T (product)
- New York Hardware Meetup (other)
- Adafruit (company)

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