ThingMagic is adding an embedded software engineer to our team to further develop our market-leading embedded module products. The successful candidate will be part of a team focused on the development and integration of leading-edge physical/MAC layer interfaces to RFID protocols. ThingMagic provides excellent benefits and a competitive salary.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, integration and testing of radio interfaces at the physical layer.
• Involved with low level hardware bring-up and debugging of the firmware and drivers.
• Investigating and resolving integration and performance related issues for the mixed signal RF hardware.

Key Requirements:

The following skills and experience are essential:

• Good understanding of and demonstrated experience with radio physical/MAC layer control, baseband signal processing, and interaction between the physical layer and upper layers.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded software development in C.
• Experience in developing physical layer software, signal processing and interfacing to RF hardware.

The following skills and qualifications are definite assets:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• Multifaceted, flexible, and able to learn new skills.
• Modular, layered software design experience either on DSP or MCU.
• Experience in simulation, test tools and languages such as Matlab and Labview.
• Experience in embedded software development with assembly language.
• Familiarity with wireless standards, particularly those related to radio protocols.
• Experience in protocol stack integration, lab and field testing of physical/MAC layer.
• Experience with RFID and RFID RF ASICs.
• Ability to work with the validation team for designing validation tests.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).

About ThingMagic:

ThingMagic is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in RFID (radio frequency identification) readers, sensors, and other embedded and low cost computing technologies. We believe in open standards, multiple sources, and the power of partnerships. Our standards-based products are available worldwide from a growing number of OEM partners, resellers, and integrators.

ThingMagic is an equal opportunity employer.

ThingMagic is adding a software engineer to our team to further develop our market-leading products. The successful candidate will be part of a team focused on the development and integration of customer-facing APIs and applications with our products. ThingMagic provides excellent benefits and a competitive salary.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, and testing of public APIs for our products.
• Interfacing with ThingMagic reader platforms to ensure compatibility, reliability and high performance.
• Interfacing with subcontractors for subcomponents of our interface/application strategy.

Key Requirements:

The following skills and experience are essential:

• Understanding of how to design and implement strong, maintainable APIs.
• 5+ years of experience in application programming interfaces in C (C#/.NET and/or Java).
• Experience in networking protocols and stacks.

The following skills and qualifications are definite assets:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Multifaceted, flexible, and able to learn new skills.
• Experience in developing web-based applications using AJAX, Javascript and related server-side technologies.
• Modular, layered software design experience.
• Experience in developing automated test tools.
• Experience in working with embedded, real-time products where timing is critical.
• Experience in developing Windows drivers, in particular USB drivers.
• Experience in developing graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
• Experience with RFID.
• Ability to work with the validation team for designing validation tests.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).

About ThingMagic:

ThingMagic is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in RFID (radio frequency identification) readers, sensors, and other embedded and low cost computing technologies. We believe in open standards, multiple sources, and the power of partnerships. Our standards-based products are available worldwide from a growing number of OEM partners, resellers, and integrators.

ThingMagic is an equal opportunity employer.

Reports To: VP of Advanced Development

The Nature and Scope of the Position

ThingMagic's Advanced Development Group develops cutting-edge systems based on ThingMagic’s portfolio of RFID products and solves challenging RFID system optimization problems for its customers. The Program Manager will be responsible for managing the conception, planning, execution, and delivery of these systems to customers. These systems typically require hardware, software, and mechanical components, as well as on-site installation. The successful candidate should be able to coordinate ThingMagic's internal resource pool as well as contractors to ensure on-time delivery of high-performance RFID systems. This position requires frequent travel.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop project proposals for complex RFID systems. This includes the development of program schedules, budgets, and customer-facing documents to communicate project scope.
• Present project proposals to customers both remotely and on-site. Assist with negotiations of project proposals.
• Create and maintain a web-based collaboration infrastructure (e.g., using wikis) that allows all stakeholders to create and view shared content generated during the project.
• Create and maintain a web-based collaboration infrastructure (e.g., using wikis) that allows all stakeholders to create and view shared content generated during the project.
• Design and implement best practices (e.g., document revision control) for project-related documentation. This includes internal as well as customer-facing documents.
• Interface with engineering management to manage project resource allocation and scope changes.
• Interface with the finance department to manage program budgets and billing.
• Run periodic program reviews with all stakeholders and maintain meeting minutes and action items. Generate weekly reports for ThingMagic management.
• Present program reviews to customers remotely and on-site as necessary.
• Assist in identifying opportunities for new business development with existing customers.

Required Skills and Qualities

• Strong written communication skills: We are looking for someone with a demonstrated ability to communicate exceptionally well. This requires fluency with a variety of tools - Gantt Charts, presentations etc. - as well as the ability to think clearly and organize lots of information for consumption by a variety of audiences. We expect written communication output to be in the form of proposals, memos, and reports. The successful candidate will present examples of past work. Submitting these examples with the resume or pointing us to a web site along with the resume is highly encouraged.
• Strong oral communication skills: The candidate should have the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively one-on-one, in small groups, as well with larger audiences. We might require a short presentation on a pre-defined topic to a small group during the interview process.
• Intellectual flexibility: We are looking for a person who can maintain the state of several projects. This implies catering to the needs of different customers and working with different groups of stakeholders simultaneously. Many times, this means creating ad-hoc methods of getting groups of people together to make decisons on the fly. The successful candidate has mastered all modern ways of collaboration so as to achieve this goal.
• Comfort with ambiguity: Some of our projects are closer to research than development. At the very least, this means that outcomes may not be well-defined at the beginning of the project, and might require continuous adjustment as the project progresses. The successful candidate has experience dealing with this kind of ambiguity and has developed strategies to minimize risk in such situations.
• Creativity: We frequently operate in resource-constrained situations, where the ideal solution to a problem is infeasible owing to time, money, or human resource constraints. We are looking for a candidate who can develop creative methods to solve the problem given such constraints.
• Education: A degree in engineering, the sciences, or technical management is highly desirable.
• Experience: The successful candidate has 5-10 years of demonstrable experience in technical program management with successful outcomes. Hands-on engineering experience is a plus, as is experience with RFID or other wireless technologies.

About ThingMagic

ThingMagic is a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, with broad experience in applying RFID in a wide range of industrial and consumer applications. We:

• Designed the reader that read the world’s first Electronic Product Code (EPC);
• Have RFID-enabled everything including planes, trains, and automobiles;
• Have built and deployed the world’s highest performing RFID readers worldwide.

ThingMagic's customers include some of the world's largest retailers, consumer companies, automotive firms, manufacturers and industrial automation firms. ThingMagic products include fixed and integrated RFID readers and antennas, embedded and OEM RFID technology, and professional services to facilitate the integration of RFID into a wide range of industrial and consumer products. ThingMagic is "The Engine in RFID™".

We are based in Cambridge, MA and are an equal-opportunity employer.

The ideal candidate for this position has obtained an electrical engineering degree and has at least 2 years of professional experience. The candidate will primarily be responsible for test and optimization of ThingMagic products in application scenarios and development projects. This activity involves working and interfacing directly with the customers and partners of ThingMagic.

A solid understanding of RF fundamentals and measurement techniques is required. It is expected that the candidate is able to travel on company business between 10 and 50% of his/her time. Excellent documentation and communication skills are required. This position may be located in either Cambridge, MA or Orlando, FL.

Required Skills:

• The ability to independently execute on a set of technical tasks, both in a lab and in a field application environment.
• The ability to design a test plan for a given validation or optimization goal.
• Proficiency using and or all of the following test and measurement equipment: RF Power Meter, Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, RF Signal Generator.
• Proficiency with a scripting language such as Python, PHP, LabVIEW or Ruby is required.
• Ability to work independently in a small, entrepreneurial environment and team.
• Ability to work on multiple projects within set deadlines.

Bonus Skills:

• Hardware Design Experience.
• General Software development experience.
• Multifaceted, flexible, and able to learn new skills.
• Experience with the design or deployment of RFID systems.
• Mechanical design or fabrication skills.

About ThingMagic:

ThingMagic is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in RFID (radio frequency identification) readers, sensors, and other embedded and low cost computing technologies. We believe in open standards, multiple sources, and the power of partnerships. Our standards-based products are available worldwide from a growing number of OEM partners, resellers, and integrators.

ThingMagic is an equal opportunity employer.