Principal Product Engineer Impinj Seattle, United States

RFID Softwares; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Impinj is seeking a Principal Product Engineer focused on RAIN / UHF RFID Protocols, Readers & Firmware. You will drive the technical strategy for an entire product family, oversee validation, and partner with contract manufacturers to resolve production challenges, yield improvements, and production readiness.

The role emphasizes high‑throughput supply chain tracking, automated item identification, and next‑gen wireless IoT infrastructure, with engagement across hardware, firmware, and IT teams.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in RF product engineering for a product family.
• Experience shaping test methodology and reliability reviews.
• Ability to scale production and coordinate cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy for RF product engineering across a product family.
• Drive cross‑organization initiatives with hardware, firmware, tests, and operations.
• Qualify new hardware, firmware, and test approaches for production.
• Serve as the primary technical leader with contract manufacturers for production issues.
• Tune yield, build test systems, analyze returns, and select components during supply shifts.

Skills

Technical leadership

RFID engineering

Yield optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Test methodology

Tools

OpenRFID Middleware

Reader drivers (Impinj)

ERP connectors (SAP/Tally)

Job description

Company Standing & Tier

Public Enterprise (NASDAQ: PI) • 1,000+ employees

Rating

4.3 / 5.0 (Glassdoor Score)

Seattle, Washington, USA

Scope: Global Footprint

Work Setup

In-Office

United States

RFID Purity Score

100/100 (Pure RFID)

Verification Source

Impinj Greenhouse

Primary Technical Focus Areas

Required / Compatible Reader & Hardware Ecosystem

Impinj is hiring a Principal Product Engineer dedicated to RAIN / UHF RFID Protocols, RFID Readers & Firmware. 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

This role at Impinj focuses on RAIN / UHF RFID Protocols, RFID Readers & Firmware, implementing automated radio tracking solutions that give businesses real-time visibility into physical assets without manual scanning.

As Principal Product Engineer at Impinj, you will focus on RAIN / UHF RFID Protocols, RFID Readers & Firmware, directly supporting high-throughput supply chain tracking, automated item identification, and next-generation wireless IoT infrastructure.

• 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.
• 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

Required RFID Protocols & Technical Architecture

• Impinj RAIN RFID (R700 / E710 / Speedway)
• Location: Seattle, United States
• Work Model: Remote
• Hiring Scope: Verified enterprise opening with career advancement in wireless IoT engineering.

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