Senior Packaging Process and Quality Engineer

Senior Packaging Process and Quality Engineer

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Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award‑winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We’ve helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

Senior Packaging Process and Quality Engineer (Location)

We are seeking a Senior Packaging Process and Quality Engineer to join our Supply Chain team in San Francisco, California. In this pivotal role, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring the quality, manufacturability, sustainability, and efficiency of Oura’s product packaging throughout its lifecycle. You’ll collaborate closely with our industrial design, product, manufacturing, and supply chain teams from concept development through mass production and reverse logistics.

What You Will Do

• Own packaging quality assurance: develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive quality plans and inspection procedures for all Oura product packaging.

• Manage daily packaging operations: oversee the daily packaging workflow and operations to consistently meet production targets and ensure compliance with packaging specifications, quality standards, safety regulations, and relevant packaging laws.

• Drive process optimization for packaging and packout: identify and implement improvements to packaging manufacturing processes, kitting, packout, tooling, and fixtures to enhance quality, yield, and efficiency.

• Supplier quality and material management: coordinate with suppliers to procure packaging materials that meet Oura’s quality standards and cost objectives. Conduct regular supplier audits, monitor inventory levels, and coordinate replenishment to prevent disruptions.

• Defect analysis and resolution: lead root‑cause analysis for packaging defects and field failures, implementing effective CAPA with suppliers and troubleshooting packaging issues to minimize downtime.

• Integrate sustainability into packaging solutions: research, evaluate, and implement sustainable packaging materials and processes to reduce environmental impact, waste, and support Oura’s broader sustainability goals.

• Optimize SKU complexity: collaborate with cross‑functional teams to analyze and optimize packaging SKUs for efficiency, cost reduction, and streamlined inventory management across the supply chain.

• Support reverse logistics: collaborate on processes related to packaging for product returns, refurbishment, and re‑commerce, ensuring packaging solutions facilitate efficient reverse logistics operations.

• Risk mitigation & compliance: proactively identify potential packaging quality and manufacturing risks, developing strategies to mitigate them throughout the product development and mass production phases. Stay informed of changing regulatory requirements and industry compliance standards for packaging.

• New Product Introduction (NPI) support: provide critical quality and manufacturability feedback during early packaging design phases, ensuring seamless transitions from prototype to mass production.

• Cross‑functional collaboration and stakeholder management: collaborate closely with other departments (production, logistics, quality) to ensure smooth packaging operations, liaise with go‑to‑market partners, and communicate lead times clearly to all stakeholders.

• Documentation and reporting: maintain accurate records of packaging operations, material usage, and quality checks; create and maintain detailed quality documentation, control plans, inspection reports, and present data‑driven insights to cross‑functional teams.

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a Packaging Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or Process Engineering role focused on consumer electronics or…