Lead Electrical Engineer

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Lead Electrical Engineer for Oura's hardware team focused on designing high volume electronic products. Working collaboratively to innovate wearables and accessory devices in a hybrid role.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeSan Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,200 - $212,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

System design and development including electrical architecture, system integration, and new technology development.
Drive miniaturization and ultra-low power operation through custom hardware development, power modeling, and hardware/software optimization.
Collaborate with software, mechanical engineering, RF engineering, and vendors to solve complex technical problems.
Develop and manage system performance and validation plans around EMI/ESD, coexistence, and reliability.
Work with leadership to help define and refine product roadmaps and timelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Project Experience: 10+ years of experience designing and shipping high volume consumer electronics products as a HW Engineer or Architect, who loves working on highly creative, fast-paced, and collaborative teams. Experience working with ultra-low power microprocessors, SoCs, MEMS sensors, wireless technologies, and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities. Connected wearables and optical sensing experience preferred.
System Design: Experience designing and validating analog and digital systems, including component selection, system architecture, and signal processing. Extremely familiar with compute blocks (CPUs, NPUs, DSPs, ISPs) and communication protocols (UART, I2C, MIPI, SPI, and others). Size and Power Optimization: Experience with silicon definition and customization, designing for low power operation, power modeling, and understanding of end-to-end system operation.
Performance and Quality: High bar for quality, and extensive experience with identifying performance and reliability risks and proactively validating the design.
Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Comfortable with the unknown, the ambiguous, and strive to make engineering challenges a reality through creativity.
Driven, Technical Leadership: Able to drive tasks independently, act as a leader and mentor across multiple organizations, organize, escalate and communicate issues and needs clearly.
Communication and Collaboration Skills: Effective communication and collaboration skills are important. Be able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, work with other engineers and designers, and contribute to project planning and documentation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

system designhardware developmentpower modelinghardware/software optimizationanalog systems designdigital systems designsignal processinglow power operationperformance validationreliability validation

Soft Skills

problem-solvinganalytical skillstechnical leadershipcommunication skillscollaboration skillscreativitymentoringorganizationescalationclear communication