Startups

Senior Director, Technology Development

Oura · Hybrid - San Francisco, California; TBD · Hybrid

← All jobs
About Oura

Enhance your health journey with Oura. The Oura Ring provides round-the-clock insights into sleep, fitness, and stress for wellness. Now HSA/FSA eligible. Backed by ICONIQ.

About the role

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.

What they're looking for

  • Proven experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams across materials, processes, equipment, and automation
  • Deep expertise in several of the following: batteries, zirconia or brittle materials, PVD/coatings, molding/encapsulation, automation, precision assembly, or high-cosmetic manufacturing
  • A track record of taking technologies from concept and experimentation through supplier qualification, NPI, ramp, and sustained improvement
  • Strong knowledge of DFM/DFA, DOE, process capability, measurement systems, failure analysis, reliability, qualification, and statistical process control
  • Experience defining equipment and tooling strategies, selecting technology partners, and influencing global suppliers and contract manufacturers
  • Ability to connect technical decisions to product experience, quality, schedule, cost, capacity, and business value
More about this role

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.

Oura is seeking a Senior Director, Technology Development to lead the manufacturing technology roadmap for the next generation of Oura products. This leader will connect Product Design, Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Materials, Quality, Sourcing, Operations, suppliers, and contract manufacturers to turn emerging technologies into scalable, repeatable production capabilities.

The role will build a technology development model that engages early in product definition, strengthens design for manufacturability, and...

Read the full posting on Oura's site ↗

Supply Chain

Build your edge while you search

Free tools for founders and investors, plus VC Unfiltered, our take on startups, venture and the people who build them.