13th Philly Hardware Meetup @ BFTP!

Date: June 3, 2026

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: 1600 Market St. Philadelphia, PA · 19102, PA

Join us for the 13th Philadelphia Hardware Meetup! Come join us to hear from our guest speakers as well as share what’s on your desk. We always have time for an open mic.

Please click here to RSVP on Luma!

​​​This time, we’ll be at Ben Franklin Technology Partners new office at 1600 Market Street. Check in with security to be directed to the event space.
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Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities monthly and help bring together different professionals to connect and meet each other.
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We have a great set of featured speakers for the evening!

• Nicole Macnab is an RF Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineer at Deepwave. Deepwave is developing both software and hardware to deliver real-time RF intelligence at the edge. Nicole assists in hardware development, as well as system-level integration and testing. She has Bachelor’s (C’2017) and Master’s (C’2023) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and Stevens Institute of Technology, respectively, with a minor in Mathematics.
• Arjun Nandakumar is the co-founder and CTO of Scout Robotics. (Bio coming soon!)

​And pizza! Thanks to our host and sponsor, Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Drinks courtesy of Solid Product Design.

​​​Agenda

• ​​​6:00-6:30pm: Arrive, mingle, grab some food and a beverage
• ​​​6:30-6:45pm: Opening remarks
• ​​​6:45-7:30pm: Guest Speakers + Q&A with the audience
• ​​​7:30-8:00pm: Open Mic. Anyone in attendance can give a demo or short presentation on their hardware product, startup, or project.
• ​​​8:00-8:30pm: Mix, mingle, and close out the night.