Feel free to email me, I'll be glad to point you in the right direction. I'll need quite a bit more information though before I'd be able to give you the correct advice. If it's really good and appropriate I'll even make some intros.

Just answered a similar question in another post, take a look a my manufacturing guide. There is a big difference between being engineered well and being mass producible.

As an aside, I've moved from hardware to web/mobile software (taught myself iOS, php, and rails) because I got tired of dealing with all the new regulations and hurdles. So be warned before starting a project.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1840896.

PS: if you are looking to get it out this year you only have a month or two at most to act.