R&D
Research & Development at DLMX Proton
We work with researchers, universities and industry partners on connected, secure and energy-efficient technologies, from the home to the vehicle to healthcare.
Research areas
Five areas, one direction
Tap a card to see the topics we're exploring.
- Matter and Thread interoperability
- Gateways bridging Zigbee, BLE and Modbus
- TinyML and on-device AI for occupancy, anomaly and fall detection
- Energy-aware automation around tariffs and solar output
- Battery-free and ultra-low-power sensor nodes with energy harvesting
- Dynamic load balancing for homes, apartment blocks and fleets
- Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) control
- OCPP 2.0.1 and ISO 15118 (Plug and Charge) implementation and interoperability testing
- Solar and battery-storage coupling, charging scheduled around renewable supply
- Bidirectional AC and DC charger topologies
- SiC and GaN power stages: efficiency, thermal design, reliability
- EMI/EMC-aware PCB layout and DFM/DFT
- Predictive fault detection and remote diagnostics
- Secure boot, signed OTA updates and device identity management
- Privacy-preserving biometrics: encrypted templates, liveness detection, on-device matching
- Biometric access control for homes, charging stations and facilities
- Zero-trust architectures for IoT fleets and post-quantum readiness studies
- Remote patient monitoring wearables and sensors with low-power firmware
- Ambient assisted living for elderly care
- Secure handling of health data from device to cloud
- Firmware workflows aligned with medical-device software practice (IEC 62304)
Unified theme
One theme: secure, interoperable, energy-aware connected devices.
Who can collaborate
Open to curious builders
Academic Researchers
Faculty and research groups exploring applied problems.
Students and Interns
Final-year, master's and PhD projects with real hardware.
Startups
Early teams that need prototyping and engineering depth.
Industry Teams
Companies co-developing or piloting new technology.
How it works
From proposal to collaboration
- 1
Submit Proposal
Send your idea through the form or by email.
- 2
Review
Our team reviews fit and feasibility.
- 3
Discussion
We talk through scope, resources and goals.
- 4
Agreement
Collaboration terms agreed case by case.
- 5
Collaborate
Prototype, pilot or joint research.
Call for proposals
Bring us your idea
We invite proposals from academic researchers, students, startups and industry teams.
A proposal should include
- Project title and research area
- A one-page summary: problem, approach, expected outcome
- Team, with affiliation and experience
- Timeline and resources needed (hardware, lab access, mentoring)
- Preferred collaboration model: joint research, pilot project, internship or prototype support
Proposals are reviewed by our team. Collaboration terms are agreed case by case.
Prefer email? Write to hr@dlmxproton.co.uk