ŌURA · 1 day ago
Senior Director, Product Design Engineering
Hybrid - San Francisco, California
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$262K/yr - $325K/yr
12+ years expOura is a company focused on empowering individuals to improve their health through innovative products like the Oura Ring. They are seeking a Senior Director of Product Design Engineering to lead their team in creating next-generation wearable devices, driving innovation and excellence across their product portfolio.
Health Wellness & Fitness
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of product design engineering leaders and individual contributors
Set clear technical direction and engineering standards across multiple product programs
Partner closely with Product Management, Industrial Design, and Hardware Engineering leadership to define and execute long-term product design strategy aligned with business objectives
Influence roadmap decisions through deep understanding of user needs, system tradeoffs, and manufacturing realities
Own the mechanical and product design lifecycle from early concept exploration through detailed design, validation, and mass production
Ensure disciplined execution across multiple concurrent development efforts
Champion user comfort, ergonomics, durability, and premium product experience in close collaboration with Industrial Design and UX partners
Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) best practices to optimize yield, quality, cost, and scalability
Partner with Operations and Supply Chain teams to ensure successful production ramps
Provide deep expertise in materials, mechanics of materials, tolerance analysis, and system-level integration
Guide critical tradeoff decisions across performance, reliability, cost, and schedule
Work seamlessly across Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Firmware, Software, Reliability, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure cohesive system-level outcomes
Proactively identify design, reliability, and manufacturing risks and ensure mitigation plans are executed early and rigorously
Engage and manage external design firms, suppliers, and manufacturing partners as needed
Qualification
Required
Proven experience leading mechanical design engineering organizations, including managers-of-managers
Demonstrated ability and expertise driving new product development programs, and new technology development
12+ years of experience in consumer product design engineering, with significant experience shipping high-volume, high-quality products. Wearables or small form-factor electronics experience are strongly preferred
Deep foundation in mechanics of materials, structural design, and material selection across metals, polymers, ceramics, and glass
Strong command of DFM/DFA principles and experience scaling products into mass production. Experience working with and leading global manufacturing partners
Advanced proficiency with Siemens NX
Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and risks to executive and non-technical stakeholders
Strong systems thinker with sound judgment, a bias for action, and a results-oriented approach
Benefits
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
Company
ŌURA
Oura is an award-winning, fast-growing startup that helps people get up close and personal with their health.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tom Hale
Chief Executive Officer
Sean Brecker
Chief Financial Officer
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