Manufacturing, Process Engineer/Specialist (San Diego)

Oura is an award-winning and fast-growing startup that helps people track all stages of sleep and activity using the Oura Ring and connected app. By providing daily feedback and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles, we've helped over a million people improve their sleep, understand their bodies, and transform their health. We’re on a mission to empower every person to own their inner potential, and we’re seeking candidates who want to make an impact on our journey.

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 work to promote work-life balance and ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

We are now looking for an experienced Manufacturing Manager to join our team at our San Diego, California site. You will manage and continually improve the manufacturing processes and methods of Oura products in North America, mainly in Guadalajara. As a Manufacturing Manager you will feel equally comfortable working hands-on at the factory floor as you are in planning and leading various development projects.

You will contribute to product design for manufacturing (DFM) and lead developing and implementing solutions that improve manufacturability, product quality, and manufacturing capacity. You will work and collaborate closely with contract manufacturers, manufacturing equipment suppliers as well as the members of internal Supply Chain and R&D teams (mechanics, electronics, software etc.).

This ideal candidate will be located in San Diego.

Requirements

What You will do:

• Support and monitor Oura manufacturing at contract manufacturer sites; facilitate problem solving and remove obstacles and bottlenecks
• Apply your knowledge and contribute to product design for manufacturing, assembly process, and tooling. Deal with equipment suppliers to find and develop solutions
• Lead and facilitate manufacturing process, capability, and capacity development projects from early design phase to factory implementation in cooperation with external partners and internal teams
• Interface between Oura R&D Programs and factories. Ensure manufacturing readiness, timely execution of prototype builds, and successful factory ramp ups
• Provide manufacturing decision-making information: e.g. capacity calculations, labor times, equipment costs and lead times

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

• Proven track record working in consumer electronics manufacturing. Hands on experience of electronics assembly processes, automation, and collaboration with factories. Experience with medical devices is a plus
• Experience in scaling manufacturing lines from proto series to high mass production volumes and managing production capacity and capacity utilization

• Strong background in contributing to product design (DFM), design of manufacturing tooling and manufacturing equipment.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process parameters and statistical process control as well as experience in developing and fine-tuning process control methods and improving yields
• You work collaboratively and effectively in complex environment and with cross-functional teams, external parties, and factories
• Systematic and organized way of working. You effectively identify and set priorities for the tasks at hand
• Willingness to travel

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone at Oura gets a ring of their own, and we’re continually looking for ways to improve everyone’s health and add to our benefits!

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own + employee discounts for friends & family
• Fertility benefits through Carrot Pro
• Flexible working hours and remote working arrangements
• $500 for initial WFH setup + $300 monthly wellness stipend
• $750 Learning & Development credit
• $25 DoorDash credit every Friday for lunch
• 20 days of PTO + 13 paid holidays + 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• 5 days paid sick leave, 4 days bereavement leave, 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers

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, experienc