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Rory Nordeen
Electrical product engineering

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Independent engineering consultant · San Francisco

Bring the
physical product
into focus.

I help product teams make ambitious connected devices real—from the first engineering decisions through a production-ready design.

Talk about your project
Fellow Opus 2 coffee grinder

Selected client experience

Selected work

Designed for the
real world.

Fellow Opus 2 coffee grinder

Fellow Opus 2

Heinz REMIX sauce dispenser

Heinz REMIX

PAX vaporizer product

PAX 3

Amazon smart cart

Amazon Smart Cart

Square Stand point-of-sale terminal in a restaurant

Square Stand

Basis Peak wearable devices

Intel · Basis Peak

How I help

Useful at the
hard parts.

  1. Architecture & feasibility

    Frame the technical decisions early, find the risks, and define a path that a team can execute.

  2. Prototype & validation

    Build the proof that makes a product direction credible—quickly enough to keep momentum.

  3. Electronics through production

    Develop robust hardware for power, connectivity, and real-world constraints, with a practical eye on manufacturing.

Rory Nordeen

About Rory

A senior engineering partner for teams building tangible things.

I work directly with startups, established product teams, and design houses that need experienced electrical-product engineering capacity. The goal is straightforward: make good technical decisions, move with intent, and deliver a product worth standing behind.

Have a product in mind?

Let’s make it
real.