Senior Molding Process Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Molding Process Engineer to join our US team and lead the development, optimization, and deployment of epoxy-based molding and sealing processes for Oura products. Injection molding applications are not in focus for this position.

This role is a global expert position supporting multiple products and contract manufacturers based on the needs of NPI programs and mass production. The right person will be equally comfortable working hands-on on the factory floor, driving structured DOE and process studies, and influencing design and manufacturing decisions early in development.

This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in the office.   

What You will do:

• Contribute to product and process design through DFM work in close collaboration with R&D, Quality, Reliability, suppliers, and factories
• Work with molding machinery vendors to optimize and further develop molding process capabilities
• Lead development and continuous improvement of epoxy molding, sealing, and related assembly processes for current and future Oura products
• Drive process capability, yield, quality, and throughput improvements through structured DOE, process studies, and validation activities
• Support manufacturing readiness, prototype builds, pilot builds, and factory ramp-ups across external partners
• Work as a global expert across multiple products, sites, and contract manufacturers according to business need
• Mentor other cross-functional team members and help strengthen process engineering ways of working across Oura manufacturin

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

• Strong hands-on experience developing and improving different kind of epoxy-based manufacturing processes such as molding, encapsulation, sealing, adhesive application, or similar material-driven processes
• Proven track record in high-volume manufacturing, preferably in consumer electronics or other precision products
• Experience with DOE, process characterization, validation, and process capability improvement
• Strong understanding of DFM, tooling, materials, and how process decisions affect product quality and manufacturability
• Experience working with suppliers, factories, and cross-functional teams to deploy process improvements into production
• Analytical, systematic, and organized way of working with strong follow-through on actions and decisions
• Strong communication skills and comfort working across engineering, quality, operations, and external partners
• Comfort working in English, both written and spoken
• Willingness to travel 25% of the time at a minimum
• This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in the office

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health and add to our benefits!

What we offer:

• 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 plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave
• Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1: $172,550 - $203,000
• Region 2: $158,950 - $187,000 
• Region 3: $147,900 - $174,000