Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer
Oura · Hybrid - San Francisco, California · US
Other
Hybrid
Dentist
Demand72
Career growth65
Healthcare fit18
Remote potential40
5-year outlook
Senior manufacturing/test engineers in wearable health tech have solid long-term demand, especially with hardware automation and quality experience. Compensation should remain strong but is tied to hardware manufacturing cycles and SF-based hybrid work.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
senior
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-11-06
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Side income
- Classified as side-income friendly
- Engagement type
- Contract
- Hours
- Variable hours
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- Dentist
Why this was classified this way
- Contract
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Why this is worth applying to
Most clinicians should not apply unless they already have hardware manufacturing, test engineering, or quality engineering experience. It is a strong role for engineers with wearable or regulated-device production backgrounds.
Who should apply
Biomedical engineers, clinical engineers, hardware test engineers, and manufacturing/quality engineers with wearable or regulated-device experience. Clinicians with a second engineering degree and a test-automation portfolio could be competitive, but this is not a standard clinician-to-non-clinical pathway.
CV angle
Only frame clinical experience here if you have real engineering, quality, or regulated-product exposure. Emphasize test automation, manufacturing test strategy, data analysis, root-cause investigation, quality systems, and cross-functional work with vendors or operations; do not present purely clinical duties as engineering experience.
Skills to highlight
- Manufacturing test strategy
- Python test automation
- TestStand and LabVIEW
- Design for Testability
- Statistical process control and GR&R
- Root cause and failure analysis
- Contract manufacturer management
- Cross-functional quality and operations
Role summary
A senior engineering role at Oura owning manufacturing test strategy, test software, fixtures, production test stations, data analytics, and contract manufacturer execution for wearable health devices.
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