Custom PCB Design for Smart Ring
Worldwide
About the project: I'm developing a smart ring — a wearable with capacitive touch sensing, haptic feedback, BLE connectivity, and a rechargeable battery, all in a ring form factor. I have a fully working breadboard prototype (nRF52840 DK + capacitive touch + DRV2605L haptic driver + LRA motor, with custom firmware) and need an experienced engineer to take it from prototype to a manufacturable ring-sized PCB. Scope of work: Design a miniaturized rigid-flex PCB to fit a ring form factor, integrating: a BLE SoC (nRF52840 or comparable, e.g. a WLCSP package), capacitive touch sensing around the ring's circumference, a haptic driver + LRA motor, a small rechargeable battery + charging circuit, and an antenna. RF/antenna design and tuning for reliable BLE in a compact, body-worn, metal-adjacent environment. Component selection and BOM optimized for size, power efficiency, and manufacturability. Schematic capture, PCB layout, and preparation of manufacturing files (Gerbers, etc.) for a PCBA fab. Design-for-manufacture guidance and support through prototype board bring-up. You should have: Proven experience designing rigid-flex and/or miniaturized wearable PCBs (please share examples). Strong RF/antenna design experience, especially BLE in small/body-worn devices. Experience with nRF52-series or comparable BLE SoCs. Experience taking a design through to a working manufactured prototype. Familiarity with low-power battery-powered wearable design. To apply, please include: Examples of similar wearable / rigid-flex / BLE projects you've shipped. Your approach to the antenna/RF challenge in a compact ring. A rough sense of timeline and how you'd structure the engagement (and milestones). This is a serious product, not a one-off favor — I'm looking for a real partner for the hardware. Firmware exists and is working; I need the hardware engineering expertise to make it real.
- Less than 30 hrs/weekHourly
- < 1 monthDuration
- IntermediateExperience Level
- Remote Job
- One-time projectProject Type
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- United StatesGainesville2:53 PM
- $510 total spent3 hires, 0 active
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