4th Oakland Hardware Meetup hosted at Circuit Launch | Software for Hardware

We’re back with another Hardware Meetup in Oakland! Come meet other hardware professionals and get a chance to share what’s on your desk in the community open mic time.

We’ll be hosted this time by Circuit Launch, a Robotics & Hardware Electronics Community of industry leading Engineers, Suppliers, Manufacturers, and Hardware-Friendly Investors.

Our sponsor for this meetup is Onshape, the professional product design platform for hardware and mechatronic startups, entrepreneurs, engineers, and developers.

We have a great group of guest speakers

• Tyler, Co-founder and Head of Developer Experience of Memfault. Tyler is an embedded engineer with 9 years of industry experience and a passion for developer tools. Prior to Memfault, he worked at Pebble and Fitbit, helping them ship and maintain millions of wearable devices running RTOS-level firmware. Tyler will talk about utilizing monitoring systems to develop and deploy more reliable devices.
• Jonathan, is the CEO and founder of Golioth, an IoT cloud company committed to helping product and hardware engineering teams overcome the challenges of IoT development. Golioth’s IoT platform enables engineers to quickly build secure, scalable, and innovative IoT infrastructure. Prior to starting Golioth, Jonathan had hardware-related roles at Google, Nest, Particle & WeWork.

Agenda
6:00-7:00 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00-7:05 - Welcome and introduction
7:05-8:00 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic

• Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.

8:30-9:00p - Mix + mingle

Thank you to our partners

Onshape, a PTC business, is a professional product design platform with full-featured CAD, rendering, simulation, CAM (coming soon!), built-in PDM, and enterprise analytics in a single cloud-native system. The powerful design tool is similar to google docs, where you can simultaneously collaborate with global teams, access it on any browser or device, and it requires no downloads. Onshape just launched their Startup Program where they are offering FREE professional licenses to those that qualify. Apply here: onshape.pro/hardwaremeetup!

informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. With expertise in diverse projects ranging from consumer electronics to automotive, green tech, and medical devices, informal members work with clients at every stage to design, manufacture, market and ship top-quality physical products, built to succeed.

Circuit Launch, a collaborative community and workspace specifically designed for hardware and mechatronic startups, entrepreneurs, engineers, and developers. Located in Oakland, California, it offers a well-equipped cofacturing space with specialized facilities like electronics labs, prototyping workshops, and event spaces to facilitate innovation and growth. With a strong focus on fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem, Circuit Launch provides hands-on learning experiences, professional mentorship, and numerous networking opportunities to its members.

If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to nate@informal.cc for sponsorship inquiries.

See you soon!