Our Story
Ratchet & Pawl LLC is a mechanical engineering design service company. We design lab and industrial equipment, test jigs, sockets for electronic chips, thermal equipment, assembly equipment, and perform mechanical, thermal, electro-mechanical, electro-thermal, and multiphysics simulations, including new equation derivation and materials analysis. We develop new processes for robotic and automated equipment assembly lines and different tests, as well as process consulting and improvement, engineering drawings and equipment documentation.
Ratchet & Pawl LLC is located in Gilbert, Arizona and was founded by a husband-and-wife team in 2023. We named the company after a mechanism that is located inside a ratchet wrench. The ratchet is the toothed wheel (gear) that spins the wrench. And the pawl is the piece that wiggles back and forth and makes the ratcheting noise while allowing the wrench to spin only in one direction. In the 19th century this piece was called a “dog”, because it looks like a dog wiggling its tail. Our story is reflected on our logo which shows a gear and a dog with a wiggly tail.
Meet our team
Eli Gurevich
CEO and Chief Engineer
Eli has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has over 24 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, where he worked on mechanical and thermal equipment, simulations, electronic packaging, process development, industrial testers, sockets, PCB design, as well as signal integrity. Eli has published multiple papers and patent disclosures on various subjects in the industry. Outside of work, Eli’s favorite thing to do is to spend time with his family.
Alisa Markitanova
CFO and chief accountant
Alisa is an overachiever. She has three degrees, in Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, and Art. She has over 20 years of experience in corporate accounting, data analysis, management, as well as design. When Alisa is not busy keeping the company and the family afloat, she is painting fine art.