Senior CMF Quality Engineer — Color & Finish Systems

Ouraring; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Health, dental, vision insurance

Ōura Ring + employee discounts

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Ōura is seeking a Senior CMF Quality Engineer for its San Francisco Bay Area hybrid team. You will lead CMF quality across coatings, color, and finishes, partnering with CMF Designers, PD, and suppliers to ensure aesthetic and functional readiness from concept to mass production.

You will establish measurement methods, control plans, and data-driven improvements, while owning color/material standards and golden samples. Travel up to 40% may be required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Supplier Manufacturing Quality Eng, Process Eng, or CMF/Surface Finishing.
• Experience with coatings, platings, or surface treatments.
• Experience with cosmetic standards in consumer products.
• Qualifying/auditing surface finishing: PVD, anodization, electroplating, laser texturing, soft-touch coatings.
• Strong color science and measurement fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Support NPI through development builds, ramp-up, mass production, and expansion for CMF surfaces.
• Translate CMF direction into manufacturable, quality-controlled processes.
• Own master color/material standards, golden samples, and build units throughout lifecycle.
• Develop quality systems, control plans, and measurement methods for coatings.
• Lead build readiness reviews for CMF quality deliverables and data analysis.
• Communicate CMF process risks using data-driven approaches across teams and suppliers.
• Evaluate data to establish cosmetic/spec limits and control limits.
• Hold reviews to align on targets, schedules, and sample status.
• Scale up suppliers/processes to meet production goals and capacity.
• Conduct supplier audits and drive continuous CMF improvements.

Skills

CMF Quality Eng

Color science

Surface finishing

PVD & coatings

Colorimetry & spectrophotometry

DFM & Six Sigma

Cross-functional communication

Supplier quality

Travel readiness

Job description

Ōura is seeking a Senior CMF Quality Engineer for its San Francisco Bay Area hybrid team. You will lead CMF quality across coatings, color, and finishes, partnering with CMF Designers, PD, and suppliers to ensure aesthetic and functional readiness from concept to mass production.

You will establish measurement methods, control plans, and data-driven improvements, while owning color/material standards and golden samples. Travel up to 40% may be required.