Looking for advice on manufacturing a physical product
sparky: A few exploratory questions:   * What is the nature of the electronic device?  A PCB?  A chip?  One or several PCBs integrated with a case, batteries, buttons, etc (i.e. a finished end product or prototype of one)?
   * Do you need to outsource because you don't know how to put your design in a form industry-standard CAD tools can understand, or because you are not an electronics guy at all and need somebody to design the thing themselves?
   * What kind of volume do you need?  1 prototype, a small run of prototypes, a production run of an existing prototype?
   * Similar to #1: Is it electronics only, or do you also need molded plastic, machined metal parts, etc?



In most cases, it is definitely possible given a little knowledge and a lot of tenacity for dealing with (sometimes several) small companies to get the job done.