Senior Quality Engineering · By the Engagement

Independent quality engineering for the products that cannot get recalled.

QESaaS is the senior-engineer review most consumer-product, medical-device, and litigation teams need before launch — productized into fixed-scope engagements that ship the deliverable in days, not quarters. Practitioner-led. Tooling supports the labor; the engineer carries the verdict.

20+ years across medical devices, aerospace, consumer goods
ISO 9001 / 13485 / 14001 / OHSAS 18001 auditor
Fixed scope, fixed price — no hourly, no creep
Practice At a Glance

Productized services. Senior engineering judgment. Engineer-led delivery.

Lead engagement$1,500
Pre-Launch QA Audit turnaround7 days
QMS & Compliance gap report1 business day
Worked examples3 case studies
20+ years of recall experienceCFORRS · 20yr
How QESaaS Works

Three tracks. Nothing else.

A productized senior-engineering practice runs on a small surface area, deliberately. Each of the three tracks below carries the same practitioner-led discipline.

Productized Services

Eight fixed-scope, fixed-price services with published deliverable shapes. No discovery phase, no hourly billing, no scope creep.

  • Pre-Launch QA Audit · $1,500 · 7 days
  • QMS Document Review · $750 / $2,000 · 1 day
  • Process Audit · $750 · 2 days
  • ISO Audit Prep · external mock + gap report
  • FDA 483 Response · 30-day structured package
  • Expert Witness · litigation engagements (conflict-checked)
  • Pre-Launch China CM Audit · $3,500 / $5,500 + travel
  • Post-Launch China CM Audit · urgency-priced + travel
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Free Tools

Open methodology demonstrations so you can see the deliverable shape before you book a scoping call. No signup. No email capture.

  • Pre-Launch QA Audit Case Studies — three engineer-reviewed reports
  • QA Audit Methodology — 10-point framework, fully published
  • FDA Classification Quick-Check — coming soon
View case studies →

Reference Library

Long-form reference material on the regulatory frameworks consumer-product and medical-device founders run into. Educational, not gated.

  • FDA Device Classification Matrix (DTC products)
  • ISO 10993 Evidence Package Checklist
  • Cp / Cpk Explainer for Founders
  • Industry Pricing Benchmarks
Browse the library →
Frameworks We Cover

The regulations and standards QESaaS engagements address.

Every engagement maps to specific frameworks. Below are the standards QESaaS is calibrated for — covering consumer products, medical devices, and quality management systems across U.S. and international regimes.

ISO 9001:2015
General quality management system — every QESaaS engagement
All Engagements
ISO 13485:2016
Medical device quality systems — Part 820 harmonized
ISO Audit Prep
ISO 14001:2015
Environmental management systems — manufacturing operations
ISO Audit Prep
ISO 10993
Biological evaluation — body-contact / mucosal / implant
Pre-Launch QA
21 CFR 820
FDA Quality System Regulation — medical device
FDA 483 Response
21 CFR 884
FDA OB-GYN device classification (510(k) pathways)
Pre-Launch QA
21 CFR 211
cGMP for finished pharmaceuticals — Quality Unit oversight
FDA 483 Response
FDA 510(k)
Premarket notification pathway — Class II devices
Pre-Launch QA
CPSIA / 16 CFR 1303
Children's product certification + lead surface coatings
Pre-Launch QA
ASTM F963-23
Toy safety — mechanical, small parts, labeling
Pre-Launch QA
UL 4200A
Reese's Law — button-cell battery accessibility
Pre-Launch QA
16 CFR 1610
Flammability of clothing textiles — Class 1 standard
Pre-Launch QA
ANSI Z21.97 / CSA 2.41
Outdoor decorative gas appliances — fire features
Pre-Launch QA
ASTM F2960
Wood-burning chimineas / outdoor fire-pits
Pre-Launch QA
OHSAS 18001
Occupational health & safety management (legacy)
ISO Audit Prep
ASTM F2057
Furniture stability — tip-over hazard testing
Pre-Launch QA
Free Resources

Methodology, tools, and worked examples — open to read before you commit.

No signup. No email capture. The point is for you to see how QESaaS thinks before you decide whether to engage.

Live Tool

Pre-Launch QA Audit Case Studies

Three engineer-reviewed sample reports across consumer-product categories — children's electronics with a battery hazard, medical-adjacent device classification, outdoor fire furniture. See the QESaaS deliverable shape before booking the paid audit.

View case studies →
Methodology

The QA Audit — 10-Point Framework

Full published methodology behind every Pre-Launch QA Audit. Reviewable in advance of any engagement. Practitioner-led reviewer discipline documented in detail.

Read the methodology →
Reference

Reference Library

Long-form explainers on FDA device classification, ISO 10993 evidence packaging, Cp/Cpk for non-statisticians, and consultant-pricing benchmarks. Built up over time, free to read.

Browse the library →
Services

Eight productized services. Fixed scope. Fixed price.

Each engagement has a published deliverable shape and a fixed turnaround. No discovery phase, no hourly billing, no surprise add-ons after. Grouped by where they fit: pre-launch prevention, post-launch root-cause, and quality-management-system reviews.

Pre-Launch Services

Before You Ship

A senior independent read on the product and the factory before tooling commits.

  • Pre-Launch CM Audit — China

    $3,500 / $5,500 + travel · 7-day report

    Senior US engineer on the factory floor at your Chinese CM before tooling commits. Tier classification + federal recall-pattern context.

    View details →
Post-Launch Services

After You Ship

When shipped units are failing and you need an independent read at the line — not the CM's narrative.

  • Post-Launch CM Audit — China

    $3,500 / $5,500 + travel · urgency-priced

    Independent root-cause investigation at the line. Defect-rate quantification, stop-sale decision support, backer-shareable findings PDF.

    View details →
QMS & Compliance Services

Quality System & Audit Work

QMS document reviews, process audits, mock audits, FDA response, and litigation engagements.

  • QMS Document Review

    $750 / $2,000 · 1 business day

    Off-site QMS doc review against ISO 9001, 13485, 14001, 45001, or 21 CFR 820. Written gap report in one business day.

    View details →
  • Process Audit

    $750 · 2 business days

    One named process audited against the standard. We read the WIs and the records. Findings tagged Major / Minor / OFI.

    View details →
  • ISO Audit Prep

    Quote · 4–8 weeks · on-site

    External lead-auditor mock audit + gap report + corrective-action plan before your registrar visit.

    View details →
  • FDA 483 Response

    Quote · 30-day structured package

    Response document + CAPA plan + indexed evidence package for FDA Form 483 observations or Warning Letters.

    View details →
  • Expert Witness

    Hourly · retainer-based

    Product liability, recall disputes, quality-system matters. Conflict-check required before any case material is shared.

    View details →
The Practitioner

One engineer on every project.

QESaaS is a solo senior practice. No fictional staff, no rotating contractors, no offshore subcontracting. The name on the deliverable is the name doing the work.

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About the Practitioner

Mark Mayeux

Quality Engineer · Founder, QESaaS

Twenty-plus years in product quality engineering across three categories where the cost of getting it wrong varies from ruined-your-Tuesday to ruined-your-life: medical devices, aerospace, and consumer goods.

Past supplier-quality auditor inside Chinese contract manufacturers — the same factories most consumer-product brands use today. Past Director of Quality at Anatomy Supply Partners (US/China medical device sourcing) and Scotsman Ice Systems. Built the entire quality department at a medical-equipment startup from scratch — hiring, agency documentation, supplier scoreboards — later acquired.

Also the builder behind RecallSentry™, a published iOS and Android app that monitors federal recall feeds across CPSC, FDA, USDA, and NHTSA. The same daily-running data pipelines power the adjacency check inside every Pre-Launch QA Audit — and every output that lands in a delivered report is authored by Mark.

ISO 9001 Auditor ISO 13485 Auditor ISO 14001 Auditor OHSAS 18001 Auditor Quality & Six Sigma Regulatory Affairs Supplier Quality Auditing Practitioner-Led Engagement

Ready to scope an engagement?

Free 30-minute scoping call. If your project fits a productized engagement, you'll get a one-page brief and an invoice. If it doesn't, we'll tell you why before either side commits.