Hardware Meetup Newsletter (Nov 2024)
Global updates for events, hiring, and community open mic features.
Hello Fellow Hardware Pros!
You are receiving this email because you’ve recently attended a Hardware Meetup event. With so much going on across 30+ cities and 25,000 members, we want to better connect cities with a monthly newsletter. If this isn’t for you, feel free to unsubscribe below.
In this newsletter you’ll find:
Sponsor Spotlight: MFG database by informal
Recap of Last Month’s Events
Hardware Hiring Features
Community Open Mic
Upcoming Events
We’re grateful for you helping make this community the best hardware community for professionals!
Enjoy!
1. Sponsor Spotlight: MFG database by informal
Frustrated by complex manufacturing decisions? informal built the MFG database for the community to simplify your production choices. From CNC machining for simple geometries to 3D printing for complex parts, the tool analyzes your material, design, and cost requirements to find your perfect manufacturing match.
informal matches world class freelancers with companies of all sizes.
2. Recent Meetup Recaps
This month had so many meetups! Below are some recaps in case you missed it.
118th SF Hardware Meetup brought together the National Autonomous Lab for Material Discovery, Olden Labs, Scribe Therapeutics, and Cephla to discuss and demo robotics in biotech at Future House.
102nd NY Hardware Meetup gathered over consumer hardware with a focus on Industrial Design hosted at Smart Design.
53rd Boston Hardware Meetup focused on life science with co-founders of 908 Devices (also venue host!) and Embr Labs.
12th Zürich Hardware Meetup had speakers from Spare Energy and Milani to discuss designing sustainable hardware at ETH Project House.
7th San Jose Hardware Meetup at InOrbit’s warehouse had demos of different robots.
4th Burlington Hardware Meetup invited speakers from Beta Technologies (thank you for hosting!) and Rugged MicroPower.
1st Toronto Hardware Meetup 🚀kicked off at Mosaic Manufacturing with speakers from Xanadu quantum computing.
London Hardware Happy Hour gathered at Makerversity Somerset House.
Oakland Hardware Happy Hour included demo night at Port Labs.
Portland Hardware Happy Hour was at Elements Glass with glass blowing!
3. Hardware Hiring Features
(SF/Bay Area) Electrical Engineer @ Atomic Semi.
(SF/Bay Area) Senior Hardware System Design Engineer @ Humane.
(SF/Bay Area) VP of Hardware Engineering @ Fellow.
(SF/Bay Area) Sr. Controls Engineer @ Heirloom.
(SF/Bay Area) Head of Hardware Engineering @ Butlr.
(NY) Firmware Engineer - AirPods @ Apple.
(NY) Embedded Firmware Engineer @ Osmo.
(NY) Senior Firmware Engineer @ Precision Neuroscience.
(Boston) Hardware Manager @ Lumafield.
(Boston Metro) Senior Electrical Engineer @ SharkNinja.
(Boston/SF) Product Manager @ All Spice.
4. Global Community Open Mic
(SF) Vysak is building Biomonadic, which leverages AI to develop longevity and cognition empowering therapeutics.
(SF) Will is working on room temp DNA + RNA sample storage.
(SF) Mario offers cybersecurity services: SOC2 and HIPAA compliance, penetration testing and red team operations.
(NY) Gennady launched Averia Collar for direct sale—offering advanced global tracking, activity monitoring, unmatched durability, and safety features for pets.
(NY) Silja is supporting climate companies scale up manufacturing needs. Apply here.
5. Upcoming Hardware Meetup Events
If you don’t see an event page yet, it will be up shortly. Most are shared a couple weeks prior.
Thanks for joining for this monthly recap!
See you at an upcoming hardware meetup,
Nate + Michael from Hardware Meetup
Ps. If you have feedback on what you’d like to see more of or ideas to improve, send along.