Ōura
Hardware Reliability Engineer
About this role
Oura is seeking a Hardware Reliability Engineer to lead reliability testing and validation for their wearable ring products. You'll design test plans, coordinate with manufacturers and labs, perform failure analysis, and drive continuous improvements to ensure devices meet durability and performance standards in real-world conditions.
What you'll do
- Plan, execute, and document reliability testing for hardware products using established frameworks
- Coordinate testing activities with contract manufacturers and external labs, including setup and review
- Develop and improve reliability test methods tailored to wearable technologies and design challenges
- Support failure analysis and root cause investigations with cross-functional teams to implement corrective actions
- Build test-to-field correlations and refine test plans based on field performance data
- Perform DFMEA and risk assessments to identify potential failure modes early in design
What they're looking for
- Hardware reliability testing and validation
- Mechanical, environmental, and electrical reliability programs
- Test design and data analysis
- Failure analysis and root cause investigation
- DFMEA and risk identification methodologies
- Industry reliability standards and frameworks
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication
- Wearable or consumer electronics experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- Oura Ring provided plus employee discounts
- 20 days PTO plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 wellness days
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
- Hybrid work arrangement in San Francisco
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Ōura
Ōura builds health-tracking technology and wearable devices that help individuals understand their wellness through mobile apps and connected hardware. The company is hiring iOS engineers to develop its mobile platform and electrical test engineers to design testing systems for product manufacturing and quality assurance.
- Website
- ouraring.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe a reliability test you designed from scratch—how did you define stress conditions, metrics, and acceptance criteria?
- Tell us about a time you discovered a significant gap between lab testing and field failures. How did you investigate and close that gap?