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This position is a hands-on technical role with substantial multi-disciplinary product development experience along with a strong project management experience that provides a single point of contact for clients to discuss technical, budget/financial and schedule information.\nAcorn Product Development is a top innovator in product design and engineering for global manufacturability. Acorn has offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, Denver and China.\nEach year, key Fortune 100 and 500 companies - as well as numerous hot start-ups -- hire Acorn to participate in the design of their latest product offerings. Our design talents are focused on consumer products, robotics, industrial, communications, and medical devices.\nWorking at Acorn is an engineer’s dream. You will learn more, grow faster, work with an excellent team and be appreciated for your contributions. 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