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Senior Director, Battery Engineering

Senior Director, Battery Engineering

FyrFly Venture PartnersSan Francisco, CA, United States
17 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

At Oura, our mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. With our award-winning Oura Ring and app, we help over 2.5 million people turn insights about sleep, activity, and readiness into healthier, more balanced lives. We believe that starts from within — by creating a culture where our team feels supported, included, and inspired to do their best work. Oura Values guide how we show up for each other and our community every day

We are seeking a Senior Director of Battery Engineering to lead and grow Oura’s battery technology strategy. This role will oversee a multidisciplinary team of engineers and external partners, ensuring that our wearable devices are powered by safe, reliable, and high-performance battery systems. You will define the long-term technology roadmap, manage global supplier relationships, and build a world-class engineering function that supports Oura’s next-generation products.

This is a hybrid role in our San Francisco office.

What You’ll Do

Team & Leadership

  • 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.

Technology Strategy & Roadmap

  • 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.
  • Cross-Functional & Executive Collaboration

  • 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.
  • Vendor & Supply Chain Engagement

  • 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.
  • Technical Oversight

  • 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.
  • Qualifications

  • 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.
  • At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

    What we offer :

  • 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
  • Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

    San Francisco / Bay Area : $232,000 - $290,000

    Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

    We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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