Engineering and Verification Considerations
Review focuses on the interfaces that affect assembly repeatability and finished-unit behavior. Requirements are not inferred from the product category — they must be defined by the drawings, specifications and customer-approved acceptance plan.
Layout, clearance, sealing and environment
The design should identify electrical clearances and creepage, grounding and bonding points, ventilation or thermal paths, the ingress-protection rating and sealing for indoor or outdoor use, orientation, mounting method and any environmental constraints. Product-level safety and EV charging certification — for example the type approval and standards that govern the charger itself — remain the customer's responsibility and are separate from assembly verification; they should be assigned in the responsibility matrix.
Finished-unit test
A project may require defined power-up behavior, voltage and continuity observations, grounding checks, indicators, controls, communications or selected I/O checks. The functional-test package must state setup conditions, fixtures, limits, expected responses, pass or fail rules, data capture and the process for failures, rework and retest.
For a new or changed design, an NPI or pilot build can expose access, routing, sealing, sequence and test issues before repeat production. Approved findings feed back into the BOM, drawings, work instructions and verification package.
What to Include in the RFQ
Send the current product definition and mark preliminary information clearly. The most useful package explains both the physical build and the evidence required at handover.
Product and material definition
BOM, approved sources, quantities, variants, assembly drawings, enclosure CAD, environmental rating, panel details and a list of customer-supplied items.
Electrical and software inputs
Connection diagrams, power and PCBA and harness revisions, conductor sizing, grounding and bonding requirements, firmware, configuration values and programming access.
Verification and compliance boundary
Inspection criteria, functional-test procedure, fixtures, acceptance limits, required records and clear ownership of product-level and certification activities.
Identity and delivery
Serial rules, label artwork, accessories, manuals, packaging, delivery condition, build quantity, forecast and requested timing.
Use the complete Box Build RFQ checklist or return to all product types.