Senior Director, Technology Development

Oura
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 261,800 - 308,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Technical judgment","Cross-functional collaboration","Executive stakeholder management"]

Lead the manufacturing technology roadmap for next-generation Oura products, turning emerging battery, materials, coating, molding/encapsulation, and automation technologies into scalable, repeatable production capabilities. Build a technology development model spanning early concept through qualification, NPI, and ramp. Own golden processes and reusable technology platforms, partner with product/design and engineering for DFM input, and drive supplier/contract manufacturer engagement to improve yield, reliability, cost, and launch speed.

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Senior Director, Technology Development

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Job Summary

Lead the manufacturing technology roadmap for next-generation Oura products, turning emerging battery, materials, coating, molding/encapsulation, and automation technologies into scalable, repeatable production capabilities. Build a technology development model spanning early concept through qualification, NPI, and ramp. Own golden processes and reusable technology platforms, partner with product/design and engineering for DFM input, and drive supplier/contract manufacturer engagement to improve yield, reliability, cost, and launch speed.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own a multi-year roadmap for battery manufacturing, zirconia/brittle materials, PVD, molding/encapsulation, automation, and adjacent capabilities.
  • •Build and lead a multidisciplinary team across senior engineers, technology developers, and subject-matter experts.
  • •Establish reusable golden processes and technology platforms to improve yield, reliability, cost, cycle time, capacity, and launch speed.
  • •Partner early with design and engineering to influence architecture, materials, tolerances, specifications, and process choices, including DFM/design-for-process reviews.
  • •Lead supplier and contract manufacturer engagement for process development, equipment selection, qualification, capability improvement, and scale-up; set technical readiness standards and communicate investment recommendations.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 261,800 - 308,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveParental LeaveEquity

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years in technology development, advanced manufacturing, process engineering, supplier industrialization, or related fields in consumer electronics, wearables, medical devices, semiconductors, or similar complex products.
  • •Proven experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams across materials, processes, equipment, and automation.
  • •Deep expertise in several areas including batteries, zirconia or brittle materials, PVD/coatings, molding/encapsulation, automation, precision assembly, or high-cosmetic manufacturing.
  • •Track record taking technologies from concept and experimentation through supplier qualification, NPI, ramp, and sustained improvement.
  • •Strong DFM/DFA and process capability knowledge, including DOE, measurement systems, failure analysis, reliability, qualification, and statistical process control.
Experience:15+ yearsConsumer electronicsWearablesMedical devicesSemiconductors
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationTechnical judgmentCross-functional collaborationExecutive stakeholder management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BatteriesZirconiaBrittle materialsPVD coatingsInjection moldingEpoxy moldingEncapsulationSealingRoboticsMachine visionAOIDigital work instructionsProcess monitoringData captureDFM/DFADOEStatistical process control (SPC)Reliability engineeringNPIManufacturing automation

Company Brief

Oura
Designs and sells the Oura Ring, a wearable device that tracks sleep, activity, and physiological signals to provide personalized health, recovery, and readiness insights via a companion app and analytics platform.
Industry: Wearables
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: Oulu, Finland
Founded: 2013
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