
Solutions Engineer, United States
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 Solutions Engineering team transforms IoT connectivity into scalable, enterprise-wide solutions for retail, distribution, and operations. Our mission: serve as the technical backbone for customer engagement and enablement at scale—delivering tools, documentation, training, and reference software stacks—while leading innovation through benchmarking and reference design for key verticals.
In this role, you will lead resource management, performance monitoring, solution lifecycle oversight, and coordinate subject-matter experts to resolve high-impact customer challenges.
What You Will Do:
- Develop and deploy innovative RAIN RFID solution architecture to address critical business challenges and drive successful outcomes for enterprise clients based on insights from enterprise sales teams
- Drive structured discovery with US-based accounts; translate business objectives into actionable technical solutions and architectures
- Act as the technical trusted advisor during the sales cycle—conduct discovery sessions, lead winning product demonstrations tailored to business-specific problems, and address complex objections to move deals forward
- Provide end-to-end technical support to ecosystem partners—implementing technical best practices and offering onsite or remote support for deployment, testing, and optimization of RFID/IoT solutions
- Identify and relay customer requirements, feature requests, and market needs—including competitive insights and deployment blockers—to product management and engineering for continued platform evolution
- Contribute to the team’s Center of Excellence by building standardized templates, contributing to shared resource libraries, and helping develop best practices that scale across US accounts
What You Will Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field
- 5+ years in RAIN RFID, IoT, or adjacent fields, with hands-on experience in solutions commissioning, field testing, and customer-facing troubleshooting
- Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to both business and engineering audiences, actively listen to customer needs, and build long-term trust
- Deep understanding of RF principles: link budget, antenna performance, interference control, and optimization; skilled with relevant test equipment and validation workflows
- Experience with data pipelines and API/SDK integration; ability to standardize telemetry collection, monitoring, and KPI tracking as part of production IoT environments
- Proficient in Python, C/C++, or JavaScript, with demonstrated ability to develop sample code, tools, and data analysis resources for diagnostics and partner enablement
- Adept at leading customer discovery, presenting solution architectures, documenting technical steps, and aligning cross-functional teams to clear acceptance criteria
- Collaborative spirit—work effectively across sales, marketing, engineering, and partner teams to drive results and continuously improve solution delivery
- Willingness and ability to travel 25–50% nationwide for onsite discovery, pilots, and production support
Compensation & Benefits:
The benefits listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Impinj and the country where you work.
The typical base pay range for this role across the US is $126,100 - $189,200. Individual base pay depends on various factors such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties, requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Both market wage data and the mid-point of the pay range is reviewed and used as the starting point for all new hire offers. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.
At Impinj certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. US based employees have access to healthcare benefits; a 401(k) plan and company match among others.
For a more comprehensive list of US employment benefits, click here.
US Export Controls:
This position has access to technologies or data subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these laws, the release or transfer of export-controlled items or information to individuals who are not classified as "U.S. persons" (as defined by Immigration & Nationality Act) may require prior authorization from the U.S. government. We may require additional documentation related to national identity to determine whether an export compliance license is required for any export-controlled items. This information is requested solely for the purpose of complying with U.S. export control laws and will not be used for other purposes. Learn more about export compliance here.
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.
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