Senior Director of Technology Development & Manufacturing

Ouraring; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity opportunities

Health insurance

Employee discount on Oura Ring

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Oura is seeking a Senior Director, Technology Development to lead the manufacturing technology roadmap for the next generation of products. You will connect Design, Hardware, Quality, Sourcing, and Contract Manufacturers to convert emerging technologies into scalable production capabilities.

This hands-on executive role requires strategic leadership, deep technical judgment, supplier engagement, and the ability to move technologies from concept through production.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in technology development, advanced manufacturing, process engineering, supplier industrialization, or a related field.
• Proven experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams across materials, processes, equipment, and automation.
• Deep expertise in batteries, zirconia or brittle materials, PVD/coatings, molding/encapsulation, automation, precision assembly, or high‑cosmetic manufacturing.
• Track record of taking technologies from concept through supplier qualification, NPI, ramp, and sustained improvement.
• Strong knowledge of DFM/DFA, DOE, process capability, measurement systems, failure analysis, reliability, qualification, and SPC.
• Experience defining equipment and tooling strategies, selecting technology partners, and influencing global suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Ability to connect technical decisions to product experience, quality, schedule, cost, capacity, and business value.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and executive audiences.
• Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own a multi-year roadmap for battery manufacturing, zirconia/brittle materials, PVD, molding/encapsulation, automation, and adjacent capabilities.
• Build and lead a multidisciplinary team of senior engineers, technology developers, and subject-matter experts.
• Establish reusable “golden processes” and technology platforms that improve yield, reliability, cost, cycle time, capacity, and launch speed across products.
• Partner early with design and engineering teams to influence architecture, materials, tolerances, specifications, and process choices.
• Create a disciplined development funnel from opportunity identification and experimentation through qualification, early validation, NPI, and ramp.
• Lead supplier and contract manufacturer engagement, including process development, equipment selection, qualification, capability improvement, and scale-up.
• Set technical readiness standards, maintain roadmaps and risk registers, and communicate clear investment recommendations to leadership.
• Define and protect proprietary manufacturing methods, process know-how, and other intellectual property.

Skills

Technology development

Industrial leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

DFM/DFA

DOE

Equipment strategy

Automation systems

Robotics

Machine vision

Tools

PVD equipment

Automation systems

Robotics

Machine vision

Job description

Oura is seeking a Senior Director, Technology Development to lead the manufacturing technology roadmap for the next generation of products. You will connect Design, Hardware, Quality, Sourcing, and Contract Manufacturers to convert emerging technologies into scalable production capabilities.

This hands-on executive role requires strategic leadership, deep technical judgment, supplier engagement, and the ability to move technologies from concept through production.