Automation Engineering & R&D

We find the bottlenecks, build the tooling, and make your day shorter. From spreadsheet & file automation to custom Raspberry Pi/ESP32 controllers, dashboards, and data pipelines — plus research into off-grid power and experimental components.

What we automate

Workflow & Office

Cut repetitive admin—remote-friendly, fast wins.

  • Quotes/invoices, timesheets → payroll, approvals
  • Excel/Google Sheets (VBA, Office/Apps Script)
  • Report packs & auto-PDFs

Data & Dashboards

Turn messy files into decisions.

  • CSV/Excel/Sheets cleanup & summaries
  • API ingest; simple web dashboards
  • Weekly roll-ups, health snapshots

Integrations & Glue

Make your tools talk to each other.

  • REST APIs, webhooks, email parsers
  • QuickBooks/Xero, Airtable/Notion hand-offs
  • Zapier/Make where it fits

Scripts & Ops

Small tools that do big work.

  • PowerShell/Robocopy jobs & backups (delta + hash)
  • Excel VBA / Office Scripts / Google Apps Script
  • Python/Node utilities (CLI or lightweight UI)

Outcome over tools. If it doesn’t save time or remove risk, we won’t ship it.

More ideas we can tackle
  • Browser automations (within ToS), email triage & routing
  • Media ingest/rename, client “photo proof pack” PDFs
  • One-off calculators, kiosk dashboards, simple web apps

Start here or email us directly at info@otgrnd.com

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Recent wins (the kind of stuff we love)

Sheet → Invoice pipeline

Auto-creates and emails invoices from a job log. Saves ~5–7 hrs/week for a small contractor.

Pump runtime tracker

ESP32 + vibration sensor logs hours and sends maintenance reminders every 100 hrs.

Photo proof packs

Robocopy + script builds labeled before/after PDFs for each site, ready to send.

Production dashboard

Pi pulls counts from a machine counter and posts a daily graph to a web page.

How it works

1) Quick audit

30–60 minutes to map your process and spot the time sinks.

2) Prototype fast

We build a small proof that solves one pain point first.

3) Deploy & train

Install the tools, document the steps, train your team.

4) Iterate

Tweak and extend as your needs grow.

Engagement options

Fixed-price mini-projects

Defined scope (e.g., “build invoice generator”) with a flat price and clear delivery date.

Day rate

Bring us on for a focused day to automate or streamline a specific workflow.

Monthly support

Ongoing tweaks, monitoring, and enhancements for teams that want steady progress.