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New York City - Thingi (working title) Fulltime Hardware and Software Positions in NYC (Chelsea/Flatiron) Be the one of the first engineers at a Samsung-backed hardware startup Thingi is a startup at The Samsung Accelerator in NYC and we are hiring full-time engineers. This is an opportunity to jump in at the start of a project and do influential, fun, and rewarding work, which will get noticed quickly. You want this job if you are after a non-trivial technical challenge, a startup environment and the ability to help shape and deliver a new consumer product. You'll be working with a small team of product designers and software engineers and hardware engineers to build a reliable, elegant and clever mobile accessory from scratch. As a team we need to prototype and take to production a system that involves consumer hardware, signal processing, data analytics and user interface. We don't have any boring jobs and if I could clone myself and simultaneously become a tech genius, I would apply. Samsung Accelerator is a place for entrepreneurs and inventors to do good work in an aesthetically pleasing, friendly and respectful environment. You will be around a lot of other bright people working on many other products. It's a collaborative place to work where you'll get exposed to all kinds of ideas. And there are snacks. On the software side, we like Python, Go, C and Clojure. We think that well-tested code is better code. We understand that Objective-C, Javascript and Java are the tools of the trade on certain platforms and do are best to create elegant and reliable high-performance software with them. On the hardware side we are likely using Bluetooth Low Energy and UWB in ultra-portable form factors. We are concerned with power consumption, size, wireless range and durability. We’d prefer to hire you as a full-time employee (with benefits) but we can also hire you as a contractor if you’d prefer. Specifically we are looking for first engineer in each of the following areas: - Electrical Engineering/Hardware Design and Prototyping You'll perform system architecture, specify parts, layout the circuits, work on firmware and oversee production. - Mechanical Engineering/Design and Prototyping You'll perform design for mechanical packaging, power and work with electrical engineers to oversee production. - Software Engineering/Signal Processing You'll perform software architecture, algorithm development, rapid prototyping and production code. - Software Engineering/UX Development You'll perform rapid prototyping, web development, mobile app development and production code. Please send inquiries to jobs@thingi.co and include a résumé, references and descriptions of any relevant projects.