Most technology breaks on first contact with the physical world.
We make that transition easier.
Field testing, data collection, and integration for sensors, robotics, and hardware moving into operational environments.
Most technology breaks on first contact with the physical world.
Field testing, data collection, and integration for sensors, robotics, and hardware moving into operational environments.
The problem
The instinct is to send the development team out in the field. This can pull your best people off the roadmap for weeks, burn them out with travel, and introduces new stress that may lead to failure of your test objectives. Physical AI system builders are in a similar predicament - a new model is only as good as the data behind it. That data may live in conditions that your team is not equipped to reach. Customer demos are the most expensive place to learn that "it works for us" does not mean it works.
TerrainEval is not deterred by the stress and unique challenges of working in remote environments. Long days, extreme temperatures, high altitudes, dynamic weather, and hard to access terrain - this is where our team thrives. These characteristics are earned over time and cannot be easily transferred.
Why us
Our engineers know how to deploy technology in the field when conditions are constantly changing. We stop defects in operations before they occur. Built from discipline and attention to detail, our processes are repeatable and testable. We evolve your technical requirements for any environment and craft a plan to ensure they can be validated. Our transparent approach educates your engineers and documents lessons learned so your team maintains field performance as the technology matures.
What We Do
We provide technology characterization so that you know where you stand and what is needed to level up. We evaluate both the quality of your product in achieving its mission as well as its usability by your customer. Our process does not aim to break things or fault-find; we know that you have the skills and vision to achieve success in the field - we get you there faster.
Any sensor: EO/IR cameras, RADAR, LiDAR, RF, PNT, magnetic, photonic, chemical, etc. We capture measurements in operation and curate datasets for your model. From conditions your technology must face and returned ready to support your development. Field collection requires a unique attention to detail under stress. We thrive in this environment and guarantee that details are not missed.
Not ready to be in the field yet? We help you prepare. We offer operational test support ahead of your technology deployment, including plans for data collection, flight profiles, test requirements, and safety considerations. We create the checklists so that you can execute effectively in the field. Our goal is to prevent you from learning the hard lessons yourself through wasted time and effort.
We support sensor and network integrations as needed to ensure you are ready for operations. Solutions are tailored for you with custom features to support customer demos. Our annotation and curation services allow your team to quickly ingest returned datasets. We reduce the burden on your team so they can focus energy on new development efforts.
How We Work
We start with a call to understand your objective. We go over the performance you need to prove or the data you need to capture, select the conditions, and define what success looks like. You hear straight whether we are the right team for the job.
Your objective becomes a usable plan: test requirements, mission profiles, collection targets, sensor configuration, and safety considerations. You see exactly what we will do before anyone goes to the field.
Our engineers deploy into the conditions that matter and capture what you came for: performance characterization, a curated dataset, or both. You stay on your roadmap. We handle the terrain.
You get the deliverable, characterization results or a curated dataset, along with the lessons learned, all diligently documented so that your team can build on the work as the technology matures.
What We Bring
Our internal software tooling captures raw sensor data alongside control interfaces, 3D maps, measurement and analysis tooling. This time-synchronized, georeferenced multi-sensor software platform allows for high-resolution data capture of your component in operation. Our internal fleet of vehicles and sensors support dataset collection and bespoke integrations to save you money and time on the purchase of new hardware.
About
Trust in technology is only earned in the operational environment. What may work in controlled settings often falls apart when conditions get real. TerrainEval closes that capability gap and hands back the proof. Founder Alex Day has spent his career on both sides of deployed technology: a combat veteran who went on to build and deploy field-critical software systems. After more than 15 years watching technology stumble in the field, sometimes in the hands of an operator who lacked the engineering depth and sometimes in the hands of an engineer who lacked the discipline to test where it counts, he decided to carve out a different path. TerrainEval delivers an expert on both fronts to field and integrate systems for customers directly.
We accelerate your development in the operational environment. Our engineers have done the job in conditions that do not forgive. When you work with us, you get principal-level engineers with serious field judgment.
Who we work for
IP & trust
Our customers are protecting something they have spent years building, so we treat it that way. We hold a clean line between your IP and ours and we never build products that compete with yours. We do not productize our own stack. Our internal software allows us to accelerate your component fielding - it is not a platform we are selling into the market. You are hiring a highly capable field team, not opening your designs to a future rival.
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We want to hear what you are building and where it is headed. Pick a time, or send a note and we will get back to you.