What are the responsibilities and job description for the RF Test Development Engineer Intern position at Impinj?
Impinj is a leading RAIN RFID provider and Internet of Things pioneer. We're inventing ways to connect every thing to the Internet — including retail apparel, retail general merchandise, healthcare items, automobile parts, airline baggage, food and much more. With more than 100 billion items connected to date, and multiple Fortune 500 enterprises around the world using our platform, we solve for a better understanding of our world. If it's a thing, we're working to connect it. Join Impinj and help us realize our vision of a boundless IoT— connecting trillions of everyday items to the Internet.
Radio Frequency (RF) Test Engineering Intern
Impinj is a leading RAIN RFID provider and Internet of Things pioneer. We're inventing ways to connect every thing to the Internet — including retail apparel, retail general merchandise, healthcare items, automobile parts, airline baggage, food and much more. With more than 100 billion items connected to date, and multiple Fortune 500 enterprises around the world using our platform, we solve for a better understanding of our world. If it's a thing, we're working to connect it. Join Impinj and help us realize our vision of a boundless IoT— connecting trillions of everyday items to the Internet.
Team Overview:
The Product Realization team works on new RAIN RFID reader product introductions and maintains existing products through: DfX review, reliability evaluation testing, in-depth testing of hardware and firmware, document release to manufacturing, worldwide regulatory approvals, factory process optimization, functional test systems, factory yield improvement, customer return analysis, and alternate component selection. Our goals are to deliver high-quality products to customers and to drive continuous improvement with our contract manufacturer. Our team of product engineers, regulatory engineers, test engineers, and lab technicians directly impact the Impinj financial bottom line.
Your role:
This is an outstanding opportunity to develop antenna testing code for Impinj's brand new anechoic chamber. You will own and build the code from the ground up. You will have some guidance from the team's senior engineers. Product realization and design team engineers will use your code regularly to test antennas. You will create a valued asset for Impinj.
What you will do:
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.
Radio Frequency (RF) Test Engineering Intern
Impinj is a leading RAIN RFID provider and Internet of Things pioneer. We're inventing ways to connect every thing to the Internet — including retail apparel, retail general merchandise, healthcare items, automobile parts, airline baggage, food and much more. With more than 100 billion items connected to date, and multiple Fortune 500 enterprises around the world using our platform, we solve for a better understanding of our world. If it's a thing, we're working to connect it. Join Impinj and help us realize our vision of a boundless IoT— connecting trillions of everyday items to the Internet.
Team Overview:
The Product Realization team works on new RAIN RFID reader product introductions and maintains existing products through: DfX review, reliability evaluation testing, in-depth testing of hardware and firmware, document release to manufacturing, worldwide regulatory approvals, factory process optimization, functional test systems, factory yield improvement, customer return analysis, and alternate component selection. Our goals are to deliver high-quality products to customers and to drive continuous improvement with our contract manufacturer. Our team of product engineers, regulatory engineers, test engineers, and lab technicians directly impact the Impinj financial bottom line.
Your role:
This is an outstanding opportunity to develop antenna testing code for Impinj's brand new anechoic chamber. You will own and build the code from the ground up. You will have some guidance from the team's senior engineers. Product realization and design team engineers will use your code regularly to test antennas. You will create a valued asset for Impinj.
What you will do:
- Collaborate and partner with cross-functional teams to understand and document test requirements for the anechoic chamber.
- Develop python code to test antennas in the anechoic chamber.
- Develop python code to organize, process, transform, and visualize data.
- Create standard test routines for several of Impinj's antenna products.
- Test and verify your code as you develop it.
- Must be working towards a bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering or scientific field, preferably with focus on Radio Frequency (RF) or electromagnetics.
- Must be able to work on-site at Impinj's Beacon Hill office location at least 3 days per week.
- Must have some experience coding in Python.
- Experience with scikit-rf, data visualization, and large data manipulation is a plus.
- Understanding of complex number math, the Smith chart, scattering parameters, and antenna basics like gain, polarization, etc.
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.
