Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer

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 are seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to join our US team and own process development, qualification, and continuous improvement for our current and future hardware products. You will work across all stages of the product lifecycle to improve manufacturing processes and assembly methods. You will serve as the manufacturing voice in cross-functional programs, drive process excellence at internal sites and external partners globally, and develop deep expertise in manufacturing processes for current and future products. As a Senior Process Engineer, you feel equally comfortable working hands-on on the factory floor as you do driving Design for Manufacturability in new product development projects across all levels of leadership. You will contribute to product design through DFM work and collaborate closely with R&D Engineers, factories, and external partners as needed. What You will do: Lead process development, validation, and design transfer for consumer electronics products from EVT/DVT through PVT and mass production ramp Own the process documentation suite, including assembly flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, and visual work instructions Conduct Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) reviews in close collaboration with mechanical and electrical engineering teams Drive yield improvement and defect reduction using DOE, SPC, root cause analysis (8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa), and corrective action programs Ensure manufacturing readiness, on-time execution of prototype builds, and successful factory ramp-up Define process capability requirements and perform capability studies (Cp/Cpk, GR&R, MSA) for critical assembly operations Apply lean manufacturing principles (value stream mapping, Kaizen, 5S, standardized work) to eliminate waste and increase throughput Partner with quality engineering to establish AQL inspection standards, incoming quality criteria, and containment plans for process escapes Represent manufacturing in NPI stage-gate reviews and clearly communicate readiness status to senior stakeholders We would love to have you on our team if you have: Proven track record in consumer electronics manufacturing, with hands-on experience in electronics assembly processes, automation, and factory collaboration. Experience with miniaturized product design. Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in complex environments with cross-functional teams, external partners, and factories. Systematic and organized way of working, with a strong ability to identify and prioritize tasks. Comfortable working in written and spoken English. Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time. 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 feder