RFID Engineer

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience.

Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at

• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and paid holidays

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. This role would work in the food, general retail, and logistics industries.

• 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 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 fit for use and capabilities
  • Create a market view of systems and how our tags and competitors perform

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:

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