As the holiday season approaches, we want to inform you that response times and the hiring process may be slightly extended due to business team schedules. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding during this period and remain committed to keeping you informed as we review applications. Thank you for considering a role at ŌURA—we look forward to learning more about you!

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. Weve helped 2.5 million 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 have offices in San Francisco and San Diego for those who prefer hybrid or office settings. Oura employees in other major cities (like Boston and New York) occasionally gather informally at local co-working locations.

We are looking for a Supplier Development Engineer who will provide end-to-end manufacturing and process solutions for key design features in OURA’s products. This includes manufacturing process development and capability, selection and qualification of manufacturing equipment, automation development, and process technology R&D.

What you will do:

Define best-in-class processes to meet all OURA design and operational requirements
Develop and document processes, parameters, consumables and secondary operation requirements to meet defined specifications
Work with Sourcing Managers to define and establish supply chain requirements utilizing selected equipment and manufacturing partners
Provide leadership and support at manufacturing sites during development and production ramp
Work with engineering and other cross-functional teams to drive issues to resolution
Use data to drive process decisions and influence product and industrial design, including part tolerances and specifications
Identify, research, develop, and qualify equipment manufacturers and suppliers
Partner with Sourcing Managers and Product Designers to optimize product design and manufacturing processes for cost

This is a remote US role with a slight preference for candidates based in San Francisco or San Diego.

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

5+ years of direct experience working in a mechanical manufacturing environment as a Supplier Development Engineer, Supply Base Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Design Engineer, Supplier Industrialization Engineer or equivalent role
Experience working in a high volume NPI environment
Ability to analyze failure modes and identify process or design root causes
Ability to apply design of experiments (DOE) approach to drive and validate corrective actions
Knowledge of advanced manufacturing, fixture design and fabrication, qualification procedures
Ability to apply engineering knowledge and experience into product and process design
Knowledge of and ability to apply quality controls, including capability analysis
Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
Ability to work with and influence cross-functional partners
Ability to travel internationally, up to 25% of the time