Staff Software Engineer, ML Platform
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Senior Director, Battery Engineering
ŌURA
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $232,000 - $290,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of engineers, fostering technical excellence and innovation.
- Define the organization’s priorities, processes, and best practices for battery development and validation.
- Develop talent and cultivate an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture.
- Own Oura’s battery technology roadmap, aligning it with product, design, and business strategies.
- Evaluate and drive adoption of emerging chemistries, packaging methods, and charging innovations.
- Guide long-term architecture decisions by anticipating future product needs and technology constraints.
- Partner closely with executives, product management, design, and hardware leadership to ensure battery solutions meet user experience goals and business requirements.
- Ensure cross-functional support from mechanical, electronics, and firmware/algorithm teams, recognizing that battery performance is the result of system-level design decisions.
- Influence product trade-offs by providing technical, safety, and manufacturability perspectives at the leadership level.
- Communicate progress, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Build strategic relationships with global battery suppliers, focusing on quality, reliability, cost, and scalability.
- Oversee qualification processes and ensure supply chain resilience for high-volume production.
- Represent Oura in negotiations and technical partnerships with leading battery vendors and research institutions.
- Provide technical guidance on battery safety, testing standards, and integration approaches.
- Ensure Oura sets industry benchmarks for battery reliability, lifetime performance, and user safety.
- Drive resolution of complex technical issues, guiding teams through root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in battery engineering for consumer electronics or high-volume devices, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
- Proven success building and scaling battery teams, with demonstrated people management experience.
- Deep knowledge of Li-ion and emerging chemistries, cell design, and packaging innovations.
- Strong experience with battery safety, transportation and environmental certifications and navigating technical requirements for various product architectures
- Strong background in supplier engagement and Asia-based vendor ecosystems.
- Track record of defining and executing battery technology roadmaps.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence executive decision-making and build trust across global teams.
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on mindset when necessary.
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
battery engineeringLi-ion chemistriescell designpackaging innovationsbattery safetytransportation certificationsenvironmental certificationsbattery technology roadmapsroot cause analysishigh-volume production
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationinfluencepeople managementproblem-solvingrelationship buildingteam development
