Lead and grow a team of algorithm scientists advancing Oura’s next generation health sensing capabilities: setting direction, coaching, and ensuring strong delivery and technical quality
Drive algorithm strategy and execution for new sensing programs: translate product and program needs into clear technical goals, milestones, and success metrics
Own end-to-end algorithm development from early feasibility and prototype evaluation through feature-ready performance
Partner deeply with hardware and firmware teams to shape sensing requirements, understand constraints, and influence design decisions to improve real-world algorithm performance
Coordinate cross-functionally with product, program management and other stakeholders to align priorities, manage dependencies, and communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs
Maintain technical depth as a leader: review methods and results, unblock complex problems, and uphold strong engineering/scientific standards, while enabling the team to own implementation details
Scale team leverage by improving processes and infrastructure (reusable analysis pipelines, evaluation frameworks, documentation, etc)

Requirements

PhD in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, neural engineering, biostatistics, computer science or related field; or MS with significant relevant industry experience
Demonstrated people leadership experience managing and developing technical teams (scientists/engineers/data scientists), including hiring, coaching, performance management, and team execution
5+ years of experience developing and productizing algorithms in a cross-functional environment, ideally involving sensor time-series data
Solid foundation in time-series/signal processing and statistical evaluation, with the ability to guide technical choices and ensure rigor (filtering, artifact handling, modeling approaches, performance characterization, etc)
Experience collaborating with hardware/firmware partners on prototype-to-product development; comfort operating with real-world constraints and imperfect early data
Strong programming fluency in Python, plus modern collaboration practices (git, code review, testing, reproducibility)
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills: you can align globally distributed teams, make tradeoffs clear, and drive decisions with crisp narratives
A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset: you prioritize effectively, build team leverage, and create clarity in ambiguity
Flexible schedule and strong async communication skills to work with Oura’s Finnish teams (early morning meetings two to three times a week)

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 & Tools

algorithm developmenttime-series processingsignal processingstatistical evaluationPythonfilteringartifact handlingmodeling approachesperformance characterizationcross-functional collaboration

Soft Skills

people leadershipcoachingperformance managementcommunicationstakeholder managementprioritizationdelivery-focused mindsetteam leverageclarity in ambiguityasync communication

Certifications

PhD in biomedical engineeringPhD in electrical engineeringPhD in neural engineeringPhD in biostatisticsPhD in computer scienceMS in related field