Principal Product Engineer

The posting, as Impinj wrote it

Impinj delivers the Physical Intelligence that connects the physical world to the AI-powered digital world, fueling automated workflows and improving consumer experiences. From retail merchandise and groceries to packages and shipping pallets, Impinj products and solutions identify and track tens of billions of everyday items, providing real-time operational insights about every item enterprises make, move and sell. We are, quite literally, the eyes and ears of smart enterprise systems. Come help us build technology and solutions that enable businesses to visualize everything, waste nothing and act instantly.

Team Overview

The Product Engineering team drives new RFID reader products from concept to market, owning the full introduction lifecycle. We run DfX and reliability reviews, test hardware and firmware to their limits, secure regulatory approvals worldwide, and hand off to manufacturing. Then we stay with the product: tuning factory yield, building and maintaining functional test systems, analyzing customer returns, and qualifying alternate components when supply shifts.

What You Will Do

• Lead the technical strategy for RF product engineering across an entire product family, test methodology, yield optimization, and production scaling
• Drive cross‑organization initiatives partnering with hardware, firmware, test, systems, customer support, IT, operations, and executive leadership
• Qualify new product hardware, firmware, and functional test approaches for production
• Serve as the primary technical leader and point-of-contact with contract manufacturers for troubleshooting and resolving production, yield, NPI, RMA, and test issues
• Mentor senior engineers, elevating technical decision‑making, and strengthening engineering leadership across the organization
• Design and lead complex experiments to deepen understanding of product performance and test system operations, resolving yield and product performance issues
• Continuously improve products and processes using statistical process control, pareto analysis, 8D (eight disciplines), trend charts, and histogram analysis
• Travel to Asia once per year to meet with our contract manufacturers or as required based on business need

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, computer engineering or related technical field with 15+ years of experience
• Demonstrated experience in product engineering with wireless, RF, and/or network products
• Prior experience with RF, analog, and digital circuits
• Demonstrated proficiency with PLM, database, and data analysis tools
• Experience partnering with manufacturing operations teams and contract manufacturers
• Expertise analyzing circuits and debugging complex circuit problems using equipment such as spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer, signal generator, and power meter
• Expertise with Spotfire or other statistical analysis tools
• Deep expertise with Python or other scripting tools
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Why work at Impinj:

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.