Bespoke engineering for scientific & medical research
Design, prototyping, and delivery of custom laboratory devices and experimental hardware — supporting research teams from concept to test-ready equipment.
What is VK Engineering?
VK Engineering is a technical partner for research laboratories and early-stage innovators that delivers bepoke one-off and low-volume laboratory devices, fixtures, and test rigs. We specialise in turning experimental ideas into reliable physical hardware, coordinating precision manufacturing where required and delivering clear, well-documented solutions aligned with research timelines. Our partners include university research laboratories, laboratory managers and technical officers, PhD and postdoctoral researchers, early-stage medical & biotech startups. Projects are one-off or low-volume, aligned with research timelines.
Our specialities
- Custom experimental devices that don’t exist off-the-shelf
- Adaptations to existing laboratory equipment
- Housings & enclosures for scientific devices
- Jigs, fixtures & precision tooling for research environments
- Clear documentation for safe and repeatable use
- Reliable hardware delivery when internal capacity is limited
- Collaborative & NDA-friendly project workflow
Our Mission Statement
“Deliver highly capable and reliable laboratory tools that allow scientists to research efficiently and safely to spark the next scientific breakthrough”
Services we offer
Honed over years of experience
Product Design
Engineering
Engineering testing equipment, devices, rigs, to empower the next great scientific discovery
Device manufacturing
and delivery
Managing the manufacturing, procurement and delivery of the final assembly to your institution.
Validation &
Commissioning
Ensuring the delievered device is setup and ready for immediate use at your centre.
Our previous projects
Honed over years of experience
Artery-in-a-Box: device to innovative cancer treatment methods using nanoparticles
Cambridge University
High pressure vessel to study hydrogen spray propagation
University College London
Covid-19 CPAP treatment device
- Proof of concept and simulations
UCL Ventura
Our previous partners and clients
