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Staff System Engineering Program Manager

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Los Angeles, CA, USA
169K-233K Annually
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
169K-233K Annually
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The role involves leading hardware engineering teams through the product development process, managing program milestones, addressing issues, and ensuring product launch readiness.
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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 an Engineering Program Manager to join our global Hardware PMO team. We are particularly interested in candidates located on the West Coast to support regular  collaboration with our San Francisco and San Diego team (1+ trip per month). The role will also include global travel to contract manufacturers and other Oura offices as needed.

What you will do:

  • Coordinate and lead the work of hardware engineering teams: electrical, mechanical, firmware, system test and hardware compliance.
  • Lead the engineering team to identify team level milestones and deliverables (against Program level targets) identifying the critical path and dependencies within engineering teams and between engineering and other teams such as Product, Industrial Design, Science, Software and Supply Chain.
  • Scope work and inform program-level milestones including launch targets
  • Interface with hardware engineering leadership both to provide program reporting and receive strategic guidance.
  • Collaborate effectively with other PMO colleagues and program leaders across the company.
  • Proactively address issues and obstacles that may impact program timelines. Unblock the engineering team, escalating as necessary. Identify how to accelerate when needed
  • Lead NPI build activities. Ensure product maturity and launch readiness throughout Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT builds and validation. 
  • Drive third parties to deliver against Statements of Work, when applicable for the program
  • Contribute to BOM creation and technical specifications
  • Drive engineering risk analysis and mitigation planning
  • 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
  • Mentor other team members

We would love to have you on our team if you have:

  • 10+ years of experience with the entire end-to-end product development process including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, System Test, Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
  • Experience working on complex products with new technology and/or challenging technology integration.
  • Knowledge of standard workflows and dependencies within single engineering disciplines and between engineering disciplines (examples: reaching ID Lock, board design and release, mechanical design and tooling start)
  • Previous experience taking a complex product through NPI phases to scaled mass production including experience leading factory builds (SMT and FATP)
  • Experience working in a phase gate development model and developing entry and exit criteria and defining appropriate maturity
  • Experience structuring and executing DOEs
  • Skills using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence and SmartSheet
  • Knowledge of project management best practices (PMP not required) and ability to develop and implement new processes and workflows.
  • Knowledge of PLM systems such as Team Center or Arena
  • A desire to learn new things and accept challenges
  • Travel up to 25-30% time

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.

  • Region 1 $198,050 - $233,000 
  • Region 2 $180,200 - $212,000
  • Region 3 $169,150 - $199,000

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Arkansas (AR), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), Oklahoma (OK), Rhode Island (RI), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI). 

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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  • 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.
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Arena
Confluence
JIRA
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Team Center

Ōura Santa Monica, California, USA Office

501 Santa Monica Blvd - Suite 600, Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401

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