Director, Core Manufacturing Technology

What you will do: Own the Core Technology roadmap: Define and maintain the 3-year roadmap for Oura’s foundational manufacturing processes, with focus on miniaturization, water-tightness (molding), and high-density electronics (SMT). Standardize “Golden Processes”: Together with our other technical leaders, establish core process modules that become the technical skeleton for all NPIs, ensuring improvements from one program are quickly propagated to the global standard. Build and protect IP: Identify, develop, and protect proprietary manufacturing methods that give Oura a durable competitive advantage in form factor, robustness, and reliability. Lead molding, encapsulation & optics excellence: Drive advanced epoxy molding, water-tightness and enable best-in‑class optical solutions for biosignal sensing. Drive next‑generation SMT: Own the strategy for ultra‑miniaturized SMT, including component size roadmap, flexible PCB handling, and robust underfill/overcoating solutions. Set equipment & tooling strategy: Define the global “Best in Class” equipment standards and own key vendor relationships (molding solutions, SMT lines, dispensing/etc) to ensure CMs can execute core recipes. Deploy core experts into programs: Create and run a deployment model where Core Tech specialists support project teams during critical EVT/DVT/PVT phases to secure process choices and line concepts. Ensure CM site readiness: Partner with Global Supply Chain and CMs to qualify factories to run selected proprietary processes at high volume with required yield, reliability, and capacity. Provide solution planning visibility: Maintain active technical discussion within Manufacturing leadership so current activities, future solutions, risks, and wins are visible across the team. Act as technical anchor in Manufacturing leadership: Be the voice of Core Manufacturing Technology in portfolio and strategy discussions, influencing where and how we invest in new capabilities. We would love to have you on our team if you have: Deep operative foundation: 12+ years in high-volume Consumer Electronics, Wearables, Medical Devices or Semiconductors, with real “boots on the ground” experience solving molding or SMT yield/fallout on the factory floor. Proven leadership breadth: Track record leading multi-disciplinary teams of senior and staff‑level engineers across processes such as SMT, molding/encapsulation, coatings, optics, and automation. Strong technical education: Master’s or PhD in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field (or equivalent deep practical expertise). Strategic and systemic mindset: Ability to balance urgent build demands with long-term process “skeleton” growth, standardization, and reuse across products and sites. Vendor & CM influence: Experience owning strategic relationships with key equipment and process vendors and guiding CMs to adopt and scale proprietary recipes. Global collaboration skills: Comfortable working across at least three timezones in a global organization, building ways of working where 1+1 clearly becomes >2. Change & innovation drive: Passion for moving an organization from project‑specific solutions towards core technology platforms, with a bias for standardization and learning reuse. Strong communication: Ability to explain complex process topics clearly to technical experts, leaders, and cross‑functional partners, and to drive alignment on technical direction. What we offer: 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 San Francisco Salary Range: $226,100-$266,000 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 federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor