Battery Supplier Dev Engineer — Cell & Pack Innovation

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Our SF-based team at Oura seeks a Supplier Development Engineer – Battery to own end-to-end manufacturing and process solutions for battery systems powering our rings. You will oversee cell-to-pack integration, new supplier bring-up, and automation development in a hybrid SF Bay Area role.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive data-driven decisions on energy density, cost, and reliability, and travel up to 15% as needed to meet supplier and project milestones.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of direct experience in battery or electromechanical manufacturing in a Supplier Development/Manufacturing Engineering role.
• Experience with lithium-ion/LiPo cell design, fabrication, or pack assembly and integration.
• Experience collaborating with global suppliers to qualify processes from NPI to mass production.
• Experience bringing up automated battery assembly lines and manufacturing equipment.
• Ability to analyze failure modes and identify root causes; familiarity with safety/regulatory standards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define best-in-class battery cell, assembly, and integration processes to meet design, safety, and operational requirements.
• Partner with Battery/Electrical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Material Engineers, and Product Designers to optimize designs and processes.
• Identify, research, and qualify battery cell suppliers, pack assemblers, and automation equipment manufacturers.
• Lead new battery assembly line and automation bring-up from equipment specification to ramp.
• Drive suppliers globally to optimize fabrication, assembly, and pack integration; resolve production issues.
• Use data to drive process decisions affecting cell dimensions, capacity, tolerances, and specifications.

Skills

Battery manufacturing

Supplier development

Problem solving

Cross-functional communication

Regulatory awareness

Job description

Our SF-based team at Oura seeks a Supplier Development Engineer – Battery to own end-to-end manufacturing and process solutions for battery systems powering our rings. You will oversee cell-to-pack integration, new supplier bring-up, and automation development in a hybrid SF Bay Area role.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive data-driven decisions on energy density, cost, and reliability, and travel up to 15% as needed to meet supplier and project milestones.