Engineering Tradeoffs — question 10 of 10
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Assume the product is a small handheld electronic device, tooling lock is irreversible without significant cost, and you have a small budget for prototype units to sacrifice in testing.
You're told an enclosure 'must be rugged enough for field use.' You have budget for exactly one round of drop testing before the mechanical tooling is locked in and further changes become expensive. Walk me through how you'd turn 'rugged' into a testable spec, and then how you'd decide what to actually test given you can't test every possible drop height, angle, and surface.