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Join Impinj and help us realize our vision of boundless IoT—trillions of things connected to the Internet. We're inventing ways to bring all things online—including apparel, automobile parts, medical supplies, and luggage. With over 75 billion things connected to date, our platform has been used around the world. Together with our partners and customers, we solve for a better understanding of our world and how things move through it. If it's a thing, we're working to connect it.
Team Overview: The Advanced Technology group works with engineers, technologists, product managers, and external partners to define the future of RAIN RFID systems in emerging markets.
Role Overview: Unlock new business opportunities by investigating and identifying advanced technologies that solve emerging market needs and enable the next generation of RAIN RFID products.
What you will do:
- Define how RAIN RFID enables the sustainability both pre-purchase, for businesses and supply chains, and post-purchase, through consumer re-use and recycling of everyday items
- Investigate textile apparel item lifecycle from manufacture through consumer use and end-of-life (reuse and recycling)
- Conceptualize and design future technology and product proposals through individual research and collaborative partnerships
- Develop partnerships with internal and external collaborators, such as suppliers, consultants, procurement, technical program managers, and engineers for researching unique business opportunities
- Define system-level requirements and derive product requirements for how the Impinj products and the Impinj Platform can enable to circular economy/sustainability and recyclability of RAIN RFID-tagged textile apparel items
- Rapidly identify resources and efficiently learn cutting-edge technologies in RFID industry
- Communicate technical opportunities, challenges, and progress to broad audiences
What you will bring:
- Extensive research experience demonstrated as a post-doc, PhD, or Masters candidate
- Background in textiles engineering, electrical engineering, or similar engineering field
- Experience with textile innovation, textile re-use/recycling, wearable/smart textile devices, and/or IOT sensors/embedded devices
- Knowledge of the performance characteristics of passive RF components/systems and communication protocols (RFID-specific knowledge is a plus)
- Demonstrated experience working independently in a fast-paced environment and ability to self-manage sophisticated program delivery
- Experience with data management, critical analysis, and attention to detail
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including ability to work and communicate effectively with diverse individuals and teams within and outside of the company, ranging from engineers and scientists, to product managers and executives
*Remote can be an option for this internship.
Know you're making a difference. Competitive benefits. Support for remote work or a desk with a view. Weekly Q&A sessions with our executive team. Impinj provides an environment that fosters openness and innovation and is developing technology that delivers a positive impact on the world. Collaboration and teamwork are highly valued, and accomplishments are duly celebrated. We have an open paid time-off policy paired with a respect for work/life balance. Our headquarters is located in Seattle with spectacular views of the Olympics, Lake Union, and Mt Baker, which can be enjoyed from our rooftop deck. Our Brazilian site is in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, at "Tecnopuc," a technology park that offers a very nice workplace for the development of groundbreaking technologies. Impinj is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
