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ŌURA · 14 hours ago

Staff System Engineering Program Manager

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$198K/yr - $233K/yr

10+ years exp

ŌURA is committed to empowering individuals to understand and improve their health through innovative products like the Oura Ring. The Staff System Engineering Program Manager will coordinate and lead hardware engineering teams, ensuring program milestones are met and fostering collaboration across various departments to drive product development and launch readiness.

Health Wellness & Fitness

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Coordinate and lead the work of hardware engineering teams: electrical, mechanical, firmware, system test and hardware compliance

Lead the engineering team to identify team level milestones and deliverables (against Program level targets) identifying the critical path and dependencies within engineering teams and between engineering and other teams such as Product, Industrial Design, Science, Software and Supply Chain

Scope work and inform program-level milestones including launch targets

Interface with hardware engineering leadership both to provide program reporting and receive strategic guidance

Collaborate effectively with other PMO colleagues and program leaders across the company

Proactively address issues and obstacles that may impact program timelines. Unblock the engineering team, escalating as necessary. Identify how to accelerate when needed

Lead NPI build activities. Ensure product maturity and launch readiness throughout Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT builds and validation

Drive third parties to deliver against Statements of Work, when applicable for the program

Contribute to BOM creation and technical specifications

Drive engineering risk analysis and mitigation planning

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

Mentor other team members

Qualification

End-to-end product developmentNPI phases experienceProject management toolsElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringFirmwareSystem TestManufacturingSupply ChainDesire to learnSoft skills

Required

10+ years of experience with the entire end-to-end product development process including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, System Test, Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Experience working on complex products with new technology and/or challenging technology integration

Knowledge of standard workflows and dependencies within single engineering disciplines and between engineering disciplines (examples: reaching ID Lock, board design and release, mechanical design and tooling start)

Previous experience taking a complex product through NPI phases to scaled mass production including experience leading factory builds (SMT and FATP)

Experience working in a phase gate development model and developing entry and exit criteria and defining appropriate maturity

Experience structuring and executing DOEs

Skills using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence and SmartSheet

Knowledge of project management best practices (PMP not required) and ability to develop and implement new processes and workflows

Knowledge of PLM systems such as Team Center or Arena

A desire to learn new things and accept challenges

Travel up to 25-30% time

Benefits

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

Company

ŌURA

Glassdoor4.4

Oura is an award-winning, fast-growing startup that helps people get up close and personal with their health.

Founded in 2013

San Francisco, California, US

501-1000 employees

https://ouraring.com/how-it-works

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