Similar Jobs
Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.
We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Program Manager to join our Hardware EPM team. This role will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and include in-office collaboration as well as remote collaboration with global teams and suppliers. This role will directly contribute to Oura’s growth and success.
What you will do:
- Coordinate and lead the work of cross-functional hardware teams composed of electrical, mechanical, firmware and test engineers.
- Collaborate effectively with Hardware Engineering stakeholders, with PMO partners, with Product and Design, Science, Software, Supply Chain partners and with other teams across ŌURA .
- Guide the engineering team to identify team level milestones and deliverables (against Program level targets) identifying the critical path and dependencies.
- Scope work and inform program-level milestones including launch targets
- Coordinate NPI build activities. Ensure product maturity and launch readiness throughout Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT builds and validation.
- Contribute to BOM creation and technical specifications
- Drive engineering risk analysis and mitigation planning
- Report out on progress and identify how to accelerate when needed
- Proactively address issues and obstacles that may impact program timelines. Unblock the engineering team, escalating as necessary
- Plan program resourcing together with Hardware team leads
- Oversee engineering change management
- Be an advocate for program excellence, keeping the team focused on what is necessary to deliver on time and in scope
- Address conflict head on, actively working to overcome all adversity
- Foster a collaborative and productive working environment with open communication to all stakeholders
- Lead improvement projects and contributes to refining the existing product development processes
What you may do:
- Onboard and manage external vendors
- Lead Early Field Failure Analysis efforts
Requirements
We would love to have you on our team if you have:
- Knowledge of the entire end-to-end product development process including Electronics, Mechanics, Firmware, System Test, Hardware Regulatory, as well as product manufacturing and supply chain processes.
- Experience working in both CM and JDM models
- Experience leading NPI Hardware builds
- Skills using project management tools such as Jira and SmartSheet
- Knowledge of project management best practices (PMP not required)
- Knowledge of PLM systems such as Team Center or Arena
- Previous experience taking a complex product through NPI phases to mass production including experience leading factory builds
- A desire to learn new things and accept challenges
Travel Requirement: up to 30% global travel
Benefits
At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health and add to our benefits!
What we offer:
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
- Region 1 : $ $172,000 - $203,000
A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.
Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Disclaimer: Beware of fake job offers!
We’ve been alerted to scammers posing as ŌURA recruiters, especially for remote roles. Please note:
- Our jobs are listed only on the ŌURA Careers page and trusted job boards.
- We will never ask for personal information like ID or payment for equipment upfront.
- Official offers are sent through Docusign after a verbal offer, not via text or email.
Stay cautious and protect your personal details.
To all recruitment agencies: Oura does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Oura employees, or any other organization's location. Oura is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Ōura San Francisco, California, USA Office
222 Kearny street , San Francisco, CA, United States, 94133
What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene
Key Facts About San Francisco Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
- Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
- Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
