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RFID Engineer

Company Description

About Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.
About Avery Dennison Smartrac
Built on a legacy of innovation and materials science, Avery Dennison Smartrac has embarked on a new era of opportunity - for every item to have a unique digital identity. Our technology has the capability to enable a world of connectivity - connecting both products and people. A world where the 'who, what and where of every product, become points of irrefutable fact and absolute visibility. Traceability, transparency, provenance, authenticity, raw material tracing, real-time inventory, and personalization are guaranteed for businesses and consumers throughout the entire supply chain, cradle to cradle. At its most simple, we are a leading Fortune 500 company making the Internet of Things a positive, transformative, worldwide reality for all of us. And we want you to be part of our journey! 
 

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
This engineering position provides an engaging environment, working in a fast-paced, global, cross-functional team to influence product development and customer use case decisions. The position works with RFID technology which is a critical link for enabling the Internet of Things, Block chain and Omni-Channel fulfillment.
  • The RFID Engineer designs and performs tests to ensure our RFID products meet customer requirements
  • Responsible for clear focused scientific rigor in evaluating RFID inlays with measurement equipment, various readers, printers and other RFID systems 
  • Provides actionable data on new product development samples, prototypes and factory builds
  • The RFID Engineer will will optimize test processes including automating with software scripting as needed
  • Responsible for creating and updating test processes and softwares for accuracy and usefulness
  • Responsible for documenting and following written procedures
  • Ensures test processes meet cross-functional team members needs in a timely manner
  • The RFID Engineer is accountable for product tests to develop strong value propositions 
  • Evaluate new product samples, accept or reject based on data collected and requirements
  • Conduct hands on applications testing creating test plans collecting data and articulating value and benefit of products across various market segments
  • Generate customer facing and internal reports and presentations with clear messaging 
  • This role will ensure data integrity by characterizing RFID product in RFID encoding systems and developing encode parameters
  • Formatting RFID media integration into RFID encoding systems collaborating with media design and printer engineering groups 
  • Collaborate closely with other Avery Dennison groups including platform team system integrators and printer engineering
  • Work with document control systems responsible for updating critical spec documents for internal and customer use 
  • This position has direct customer interaction to understand use cases and tagging requirements 
  • Translate customer requirements into design of experiments to define and recommend RFID tagging solutions
  • Consult with market development managers sales team and customers with application testing and product recommendation 
  • Responsible for the collection and analysis of customer and partner feedback on product samples 
  • Conduct training on product performance to our marketing and product line management teams 
  • The RFID Engineer works directly with several RFID hardware systems including readers printers handheld etc to ensure our products meet specifications 
  • Scientific evaluation of RFID systems reporting on fitforuse and capabilities 
  • Create a market view of systems and how our tags and competitors perform

Qualifications

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM: 
  • Avery Dennison has a long history of being a market leader. Your history is important to us. It should include the following: 
  • Bachelor's degree with 1+ years engineering research scientific or related experience 
  • Software engineering or development experience is preferred
  • Experience with application engineering processes: collect data interpret data translate to real world benefits and outcomes 
  • Experience with scripting test protocols using Python is preferred
  • Experience with C, C++, C# .NET, Java, or similar as pertains to software and application development. 
  • Experience with barcode scanner or controls equipment (PLCs) is preferred.
  • Experience with RFID Wireless Communications protocols analog and power circuits and computer programming
  • Excellent analytical capability with the expertise to research and apply logical and scientific thinking to a wide range of technical problems 
  • Previous experience with system hardware/software setup and integration 
  • Experience with roll to roll manufacturing industrial printing and RFID manufacturing is preferred
  •  Experience with RF (radio frequency) or antenna theory and experience in high frequency ultra high frequency or microwave frequency is preferred
  • Experience with Six Sigma Lean and other manufacturing improvement methods 
  • Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive on a cross-functional team 
  • Skilled with applicable computer systems such as Google Applications, Microsoft Office and function specific software 
  • Strong math skills
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills 
  • Keen interest in new technologies and their applications
  • Strong written and oral communication skills and relationship building, to work as an advisor to clients 
 

Additional Information

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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