Staff Design Assurance Engineer
Diabetes Youth Families
CloudCyber Security
Senior Hardware Interaction Designer
ŌURA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $162,000 - $203,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
InvisionIoT
About the role
- Design and prototype user-friendly and accessible interactions for physical touchpoints (buttons, lights, haptic feedback, sensors) ensuring a seamless integration between hardware and software experiences
- Partner with Industrial Design, Software Product Design, and User Research teams to craft seamless, end-to-end integrated experiences.
- Conduct research, user interviews, and usability testing to gather insights, identify pain points, and refine user flows across all touchpoints.
- Develop and refine digital and physical prototypes using tools like Figma, Sketch, InVision, or other physical prototyping methods.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, Hardware and Firmware Engineering, and Science teams to align interaction goals with technical feasibility and user needs
- Establish and uphold hardware interaction patterns and best practices to ensure consistency and a cohesive user experience across software and hardware.
- Explore and apply new technologies—including AR/VR, AI, haptic feedback, and IoT—to push the boundaries of wearable interaction design and enhance user engagement
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience designing physical-digital interactions for consumer-facing hardware products
- A strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful interaction design across physical interfaces, smart devices, and connected ecosystems
- Deep understanding of human factors, hardware affordances, and multisensory feedback (e.g., haptics, gesture, light)
- Experience with digital and physical prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Arduino, CAD, motion simulation)
- Proven ability to collaborate across disciplines and communicate design decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Familiarity with mobile ecosystems and how physical devices integrate with software experiences.
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 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
interaction designprototypinguser experience designhuman factorsmultisensory feedbackhardware affordancesdigital prototypingphysical prototypingusability testinguser research
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinguser empathystakeholder engagement
