Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped 2.5 million people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

We are looking for our first Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer to join our Supply Chain team in Oulu, Finland. In this role, you are located at the crossroads of Oura Manufacturing, R&D, and Supply Chain. You will work alongside our design teams and process engineers, facilitating the development and eventual ramp of NPI programs, supporting the mission critical goal of developing high quality components and assemblies which are both manufacturable and scalable.

Job requirements include setting up quality systems at suppliers to ensure good data is collected and analyzed for program critical decision making as well as creating long term strategies to help continuously improve the Oura Supply Chain. You will plan, develop and implement measurement methods, control plans, and other supply quality engineering processes to help ensure the part and product quality - all the way from concept phase through high volume mass production in a complex, global scale supply chain setup. You will be a liaison between the suppliers and designers, championing a culture of quality on behalf of Oura and our customers.

You will work closely with our operations teammates and program managers to plan and execute each NPI build helping to figure out how we’re building and further refining what we’re building. A deep understanding of manufacturing processes and design for manufacturing (DFM) is required for this role.

What you will do:

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) through development builds, ramp-up, mass production, and steady state expansion efforts
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, design, and operations, to drive Oura's supplier quality engineering initiatives
• Develop and implement scalable manufacturing processes, quality systems, and yield improvement strategies
• Lead build readiness reviews, focusing on quality deliverables such as equipment readiness, process qualification, and post-build quality data analysis to facilitate component design and process improvements
• Identify and effectively communicate design and process risks, using data-driven approaches to facilitate discussions and improvements across Oura teams and suppliers.
• Perform Part Approvals and Production Part Approvals Process
• Perform DFMEA and PFMEA exercises
• Analyze and evaluate data to establish appropriate component spec limits including cosmetic, dimensional, functional/reliability as well as establish process controls limits
• Scale up suppliers and processes to meet production goals, including yield targets, line capacity (UPH), process capability (CPK), and other equipment/headcount requirements
• Conduct supplier audits and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supplier performance

This is a Fulltime role located in our Oulu, Finland office.

We would love to have You on our team if you have:

• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in a Supplier Manufacturing, Manufacturing Quality Engineer, or Process Engineer role. Ideally seeking someone with strong mechanical process development and design understanding
• Experience working with final assembly factories and mechanical enclosures and/or electronics suppliers
• Experience in supplier quality engineering in high volume hand held / wearable and/or consumer products with high cosmetic standards
• Experience qualifying and auditing manufacturing processes including CNC and lathe fabrication, injection molding, and coatings/surface treatments (anodization, PVD, and soft touch)
• Understanding of quality principles and tools such as GRR, SPC, FA/CA, 8D, and DOEs.
• Familiarity with PAs and PPAPs as well as DFMEA and PFMEA
• Understanding of manufacturing principles and tools such as DFM, SOP, GD&T, Six Sigma, and LEAN manufacturing principles
• Self-driven and eager problem solver who thrives in demanding quick-paced environments
• Well organized and able to properly communicate complex issues and ideas succinctly through slide decks/email
• Able to set up systems to capture reliable and meaningful data to help drive critical process improvements and enhance product/component design.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Lunch benefit
• Wellness benefit
• Flexible working hours
• Collaborative, smart teammates
• An Oura ring of your own
• Personal learning & development program
• Wellness Time Off

If this sounds like the next step for you, please send us your application and CV by March 17th.

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, socioeconomic status, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.