Senior Hardware Program Manager: NPI Lead

Ouraring; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity packages

Health, dental, vision insurance

Ōura Ring for you + employee discounts

Paid time off and holidays

Paid sick leave and parental leave

Job summary

ŌURA is seeking a Hardware Program Manager to lead a major hardware initiative from early prototype through PVT, coordinating across Mechanical, Electrical, Firmware, Science, and Test teams and partnering with Product, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain. You will drive schedule, budget, risks, and executive updates while building a high-quality product within scope and timeline.

This hybrid role is based in our San Francisco office and requires 5+ years of deep hardware program experience,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading technical programs or complex product development in consumer hardware.
• Experience coordinating hardware development across multiple disciplines (mechanical, electrical, firmware, science, test).
• Experience leading hardware programs through NPI stages and coordinating prototype or factory builds (EVT/DVT/PVT).
• Strong program-management fundamentals: scheduling, critical-path, budget tracking, risk management, dependencies, action closure.

Responsibilities

• Lead a major hardware program or workstream from early prototype through PVT with clear scope, milestones, and launch outcomes.
• Coordinate integrated execution across mechanical, electrical, firmware, science, and test teams into a single program plan.
• Maintain integrated schedule, critical path, milestone plan, and action log; manage dependencies and accountability.
• Plan hardware builds through EVT, DVT, and PVT with readiness criteria and learnings.
• Run core team meetings with clear agendas, decisions, and actionable owners; drive closure.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

NPI coordination

Jira

Smartsheet

Confluence

Google Workspace

PLM systems (Teamcenter/Arena)

Job description

ŌURA is seeking a Hardware Program Manager to lead a major hardware initiative from early prototype through PVT, coordinating across Mechanical, Electrical, Firmware, Science, and Test teams and partnering with Product, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain. You will drive schedule, budget, risks, and executive updates while building a high-quality product within scope and timeline.

This hybrid role is based in our San Francisco office and requires 5+ years of deep hardware program experience,