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.
As the Director of Manufacturing Test, you will lead the Manufacturing Test team, overseeing the test strategy and execution required to ensure high quality product releases at scale from our contract manufacturers. We are looking for a candidate in this leadership role that brings deep technical expertise, excellence in test design and planning, ability to drive teams in multiple regions, and partner with cross-functional leaders to continually improve quality.
What You will do:
- Influence the Global MFG Test strategy with an assessment including writing the forward-looking engagement model with CMs and internal partners
- Managing and developing a team of engineers based in both the US and Asia to execute key projects on the Oura product roadmap
- Hardware test system Development and Implementation, including designing and developing both automated and manual test systems, developing test strategies, developing test plans, procedures, and documentations; and selection and implementation of test equipment
- Production Support and Improvement, including troubleshooting, process improvement, NPI support, First pass yield targets, and training
- Quality Assurance and Compliance, including Ensuring traceability of test results, implementation of preventative measures for quality control, design for testability feedback
- Collaboration and Communication, including cross-functional collaboration, communication, and project management updates on key build progress and technical challenges
- Management and direction of internal and external test capability to troubleshoot current yield issues as well as inform current and future builds
- Own the test capability of the reverse logistics strategy to set-up and support returns testing across future products.
Minimum Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, test engineering, or automation (assembly, inspection, test station design, or factory deployment)
- Experience working with wearables and/or consumer electronics at a large scale
- Experience leading and developing test teams across multiple sites
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
- Experience leading development builds and mass production with global manufacturing partners
- Willingness to travel up to 25% across domestic and international factory sites
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong background working cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, systems, quality, and operations teams
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a global, fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills across cultures and time zones
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.
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
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.
San Francisco Salary Range: $226,100 - $266,000
San Diego Salary Range: $208,250 - $245,000
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.
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Ōura Santa Monica, California, USA Office
501 Santa Monica Blvd - Suite 600, Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401
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