Lead Health Sensor Architect

The role

You will drive architecture, specification, development, and characterization of optical, temp, motion and inertial sensing systems for next-generation wearable products. You will partner with hardware, firmware, algorithm, and product teams to design motion sensing pipelines.

What you will do

• Prototype, Incubate, define and evolve motion and inertial sensor architectures for low-power wearable platforms.
• Translate sensing requirements into robust hardware specifications.
• Lead integration of all sensors into new hardware.
• Design and execute sensor characterization and validation tests.
• Collaborate with firmware, algorithm, and systems teams.
• Contribute to product planning and sensor roadmap discussions.
• Develop and maintain test methodologies, metrics, and automation frameworks.
• Analyze sensor data to diagnose edge cases and performance bottlenecks.
• Engage with sensor vendors, partners, and manufacturers.
• Produce technical documentation of sensor designs, trade studies, test plans, and performance metrics.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in motion sensing, inertial measurement systems, or similar sensor design and integration roles.
• Experience with optical, temperature, microphone, accelerometers, gyroscopes, MEMS sensors, and low-power embedded sensor interfaces.
• Strong background in sensor characterization, signal quality analysis, embedded systems, and data integrity practices.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and written/verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working across hardware, firmware, and analytics teams.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura 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

About the company

ŌURA's products help their global community gain knowledge of readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. The company is a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives.