MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Innovation realised

We help engineering teams turn challenging technical problems into working hardware solutions.

We Develop your
engineering concept
through to
Proven hardware

Blackfish is a UK-based engineering consultancy specialising in complex hardware design and development for the energy transition. Founded in 2016, our team brings decades of practical engineering development experience from a variety of sectors to help our clients achieve their goals. We are happy to help clients with a specific work package, but we can also become an extension of your team as an embedded partner.

With our hands-on experience from sectors including offshore renewables, clean tech, aerospace, rail, and consumer products, we take projects from early concept through to verified, real-world solutions, increasing the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to gain investor confidence.

What We Do

End-to-End
Mechanical Engineering Consultancy

From initial concept to a verified, working solution, we help clients move faster, reduce risk and get the confidence they need to go to market.

Turn your idea into a design concept
Prove viability before you commit to build
Take a concept through to manufactured hardware and test
Get an independent second opinion when it matters

Engineering Design

Turning your ideas into practical, buildable engineering solutions.

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Modeling & Simulation

Using modelling & simulation to reduce technical risk before anything is built.

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Turnkey Delivery

Managing projects from concept through to testing, manufacture and deployment.

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Technical Advisory

Providing independent engineering expertise to support your technical decisions.

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Discuss Your Challenge With Our Engineers

We're passionate about solving challenging engineering problems. If your organisation has a problem that needs solving, we would love to discuss it with you.

Why Blackfish Engineering?

We don't just design on paper. Our team has built, tested and delivered the hardware we design, and we bring that experience to every project.

Multidisciplinary Capability

Mechanical design, simulation, manufacturing, and testing sit under one roof, so you have a single point of contact.

Bespoke Problem Solving

We take on the problems that don't fit a standard approach, because that's the work we're built for.

Practical Manufacturing Experience

Hands-on engineering experience across offshore renewables, industrial equipment and emerging hardware technologies.

Embedded Partnerships

As an agile, flexible consultancy, we work as part of your team from day one, with communications at all levels.

Agile Delivery

We adapt as a project develops, rather than locking you into a fixed scope from day one.

Passion For Challenge

We're motivated by finding solutions to unique, difficult challenges.

Recent Projects

A selection of projects showcasing our engineering solutions.

Mocean Blue X Wave Energy Converter

Blackfish have been working with Mocean Energy since 2017, helping them design, fabricate, assemble and
commission their Blue X Wave Energy Converter that was installed in Orkney in the summer of 2021. Blackfish were
responsible for almost the entire mechanical design, structural assessment, system integration and assembly
planning.

Fatigue assessment for Offshore Wind Turbine secondary steel-work

Blackfish have developed a test rig to allow Airbus to test hydrogen fuel cells suitability for the aerospace industry.
The electrification of aeroplanes is a key target to reduce emissions, particularly damaging at altitude. The test table
is able to pitch and roll a 500kg fuel cells to angles up to 50 degrees, demonstrating functionality prior to flight
testing.

Fatigue assessment for Offshore Wind Turbine secondary steel-work

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SECTORS

The same rigorous engineering, applied across Marine & Offshore, Renewable Energy, Industrial Engineering, Emerging Technologies.

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Robust design and delivery for plant, process and heavy industrial equipment. We bring the same rigour to industrial systems as we do to complex offshore hardware.

MARINE & OFFSHORE

Engineering for vessels, platforms and subsea systems built to work in the harshest environments. From mooring systems to offshore charging hardware, we can design for the realities of operating at sea because we understand it

Emerging Technologies

Engineering support for the next generation of the latest technology, from early concept onward. We help innovators turn their early-stage ideas into real hardware solutions

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Practical engineering for wind, wave and tidal grid-connected power, from concept through to deployment. We've taken tidal and wave energy concepts from blank sheet through to tested hardware in some of the most arduous and exposed offshore environments

TESTIMONIALS

What our Clients Say

We are proud of the reputation we've built for practical, innovative engineering and for delivering solutions that work in the real world.

“We worked closely with Blackfish since 2017 through front-end engineering, detailed design, build and commissioning of our 40-tonne prototype Wave Energy Converter “BlueX”.

Blackfish proved to be first class structural and mechanical designers with absolute attention to detail – and beyond design, they provided valuable practical support during fabrication, assembly and commissioning of the device."

“We set Blackfish the tough challenge of designing, fabricating and commissioning a bespoke unit capable of generating precision measurements in a demanding marine field site. The team delivered superbly, which kept our customer happy. We are now working on our next proposal with Blackfish.”

“Blackfish have a great team of engineers with broad experience covering many aspects of tidal turbine design and development, and in particular have brought expert knowledge of rotor modelling and pitch control systems to our project.”

"We came to Blackfish Engineering with a complex challenge involving the load calculations for a specialised shaft system for the power take-off system of our wave energy converter.

The cooperation was very pleasant and professional, and we were very satisfied with the work delivered. I look forward to working with Blackfish Engineering again in the future."