Fuel-agnostic distributed power generators using additive manufacturing
Hyliion designs and manufactures distributed power generators via additive manufacturing, targeting commercial and waste-management sectors with fuel flexibility and local deployability. The company's tech stack—Teamcenter, NX, Windchill, MATLAB, Simulink, plus C/C++ and Python—reflects a hardware-centric engineering org managing complex CAD, simulation, and embedded control. Active projects span prototype-to-production transition, NPI acceleration, and facility expansion, while pain points cluster around additive manufacturing scaling (printer capacity, build sequencing, tooling) and production-readiness gaps—consistent with a hardware startup moving from R&D into volume manufacturing.
Hyliion manufactures distributed power generators designed to run on multiple fuel sources, targeting the commercial and waste-management industries. The company's flagship product, the KARNO generator, uses a linear heat generator architecture enabled by additive manufacturing to deliver prime power and energy arbitrage. Beyond stationary applications, Hyliion plans to address mobile uses including vehicles and marine. Headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, with R&D in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company employs 51–200 people and maintains active engineering and manufacturing teams focused on scaling production and accelerating new product introduction.
The KARNO is a fuel-agnostic distributed power generator using additive manufacturing and a linear heat generator architecture. It targets commercial and waste-management sectors with prime power and energy arbitrage capabilities, with future extensions into mobile and marine applications.
Hyliion uses Teamcenter and Windchill for PLM, NX and SolidWorks PDM for CAD, MATLAB and Simulink for simulation, C/C++ and Python for embedded control software, and Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket for development workflows.
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