Engineering Program Manager, Accessories

Ōura • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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’re looking for a Senior Engineering Program Manager to join our Hardware EPM team. This role will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and include in-office collaboration as well as remote collaboration with global teams and suppliers. This role will directly contribute to Oura’s growth and success.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the entire end-to-end product development process including Electronics, Mechanics, Firmware, System Test, Hardware Regulatory, as well as product manufacturing and supply chain processes.
• Experience working in both CM and JDM models
• Experience leading NPI Hardware builds
• Skills using project management tools such as Jira and SmartSheet
• Knowledge of project management best practices (PMP not required)
• Knowledge of PLM systems such as Team Center or Arena
• Previous experience taking a complex product through NPI phases to mass production including experience leading factory builds
• A desire to learn new things and accept challenges
• Travel Requirement: up to 30% global travel

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead the work of cross-functional hardware teams composed of electrical, mechanical, firmware and test engineers.
• Collaborate effectively with Hardware Engineering stakeholders, with PMO partners, with Product and Design, Science, Software, Supply Chain partners and with other teams across ŌURA .
• Guide the engineering team to identify team level milestones and deliverables (against Program level targets) identifying the critical path and dependencies.
• Scope work and inform program-level milestones including launch targets
• Coordinate NPI build activities.
• Ensure product maturity and launch readiness throughout Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT builds and validation.
• Contribute to BOM creation and technical specifications
• Drive engineering risk analysis and mitigation planning
• Report out on progress and identify how to accelerate when needed
• Proactively address issues and obstacles that may impact program timelines.
• Unblock the engineering team, escalating as necessary
• Plan program resourcing together with Hardware team leads
• Oversee engineering change management
• Be an advocate for program excellence, keeping the team focused on what is necessary to deliver on time and in scope
• Address conflict head on, actively working to overcome all adversity
• Foster a collaborative and productive working environment with open communication to all stakeholders
• Lead improvement projects and contributes to refining the existing product development processes
• Onboard and manage external vendors
• Lead Early Field Failure Analysis efforts

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
• Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed