Hardware Reliability Engineer
$151k - $178k USD
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 looking for a Hardware Reliability Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for planning and executing hardware reliability tasks for Oura’s wearable products, working closely with cross-functional partners to ensure our devices meet high standards for durability, robustness, and quality throughout the product lifecycle.
What you will do:
- Plan document and also execute reliability testing for Oura hardware products and accessories under established reliability frameworks.
- Setup, coordinate and review reliability testing activities with contract manufacturers and external test labs
- Develop, document, and improve reliability test methods to address evolving wearable technologies and design challenges.
- Support failure analysis and root cause investigations, working with design, Quality, and manufacturing teams to drive corrective actions
- Create and maintain detailed test plans, reports, and documentation to ensure traceability, repeatability, and data integrity.
- Partner with hardware, firmware, test engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure reliability considerations are integrated throughout product development
- Analyze test data, field data, summarize results, and clearly communicate insights to support data-driven design decisions and continuous improvement.
This is an onsite US based role for our San Diego or San Francisco offices.
REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years of experience in hardware reliability, validation, or test engineering within consumer electronics, wearables, or small electromechanical systems.
- Demonstrated ability to design and execute reliability tests, including defining stress conditions, aging, metrics, and acceptance criteria — not just running predefined tests.
- Hands-on experience with mechanical, environmental, and electrical reliability programs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in failure analysis and data-driven decision-making.
- Ability to interpret test data and communicate results clearly to cross-functional stakeholders
- Familiarity with industry reliability standards and methodologies
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative working style.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Preferred
- Experience with wearable or portable consumer devices, especially compact form factors with integrated electronics.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, Reliability Engineering, or a related discipline.
Work Model
- On-site role in San Diego, CA or San Francisco, CA
- Close collaboration with Oura’s global hardware, firmware, Rel testing, manufacturing, and quality teams
- Occasional travel to supplier locations or Finland required
Benefits
At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health and add to our benefits!
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
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
- $151,300 - $178,000 (Region 1)
- $138,550 - $163,000 (Region 2)
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.
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