Senior Manufacturing Designer, Mechanics

The role

You will turn industrial and product design CAD into fixtures, jigs, and manufacturing stations to build the Oura Ring at scale. You will own fixture and station design from concept through validation and mass production.

What you will do

• Analyze industrial design and product design CAD to develop jig and fixture concepts
• Drive renderings for machine and station concepts
• Maintain the fixture and station CAD library and datum scheme documentation
• Participate in DFM and DFA reviews with industrial design, product design, and contract manufacturers
• Support station buy-off and process qualification
• Work with the design studio and prototype workshop during concept phases
• Work at the NPI site during build events

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in fixture, tooling, automation, or manufacturing design engineering for precision consumer hardware, wearables, medical devices, or optics
• BS or MS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Product Design Engineering, or an equivalent design or engineering background
• Has designed fixtures, jigs, carriers, and stations that shipped into a contract manufacturer and ran at mass production scale
• Deep passion and CAD (SolidWorks or NX) experience with strong surfacing skills
• Strong GD&T and datum scheme design
• Experience selecting fixture materials and surface treatments for contact with glass, ceramic, titanium, and flexible circuits
• Rapid prototyping skills (3D printing, basic machining)
• Able to read and challenge vendor DFMs and measurement reports (CMM, optical)
• Comfort on a factory floor, in a lab, and in a design studio

Nice to have

• Wearable, miniaturized, or high precision consumer electronics with variant configurations
• Experience with adhesive dispensing, pressure sensitive adhesive placement, hot bar and laser soldering, flex bending, or cover glass assembly stations
• Vision and inspection fixture design, including camera and lighting integration
• Experience taking semi automated equipment to fully automated equipment with Asian equipment suppliers
• Working knowledge of DOE, FA, and PFMEA
• Working proficiency in Mandarin or another language relevant to manufacturing partner regions

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Ōura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off
• 13 paid holidays
• 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave
• Parental leave

Before you apply

• Not considering candidates residing in Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)

About the company

ŌURA's products help their global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app.