Senior Hardware Test Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Hardware Test Engineer  to design, build, and maintain test infrastructure and tooling that supports engineers through electrical bring-up, debug, and validation across the product development lifecycle. This role works closely with hardware, firmware, and reliability teams to ensure test systems and data enable fast iteration and high confidence in electrical performance ahead of production, while helping ensure test knowledge translates effectively into production when needed.

What you will do:

Test development & coding

• Develop and maintain development-phase tests using Python, including test automation, data collection, and result validation
• Implement test logic that interfaces with hardware communication protocols such as UART and BLE
• Build and maintain tooling that supports engineers' development, validation, and debug workflows
• Collaborate with manufacturing and quality teams to help ensure test knowledge translates effectively into production

Hardware & protocol-level testing

• Support electronics component- and subsystem-level testing during bring-up and early development
• Debug and validate issues across hardware, firmware, and test infrastructure boundaries

Translating specifications into tests

• Read and interpret electronic component datasheets, specifications, and application notes
• Convert component requirements and datasheet limits into clear, repeatable, and automated test cases suitable for engineering validation
• Ensure test coverage reflects real electrical, timing, and protocol requirements, not just functional pass/fail

This is an hybrid US based role out of our San Francisco office.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical role
• Practical understanding of hardware communication interfaces and protocols (e.g. UART, BLE)
• Experience supporting or developing tests for electronic components or embedded systems
• Ability to read and understand electronic component datasheets and translate specifications into test requirements
• Comfortable working close to hardware, including bring-up, debugging, and failure analysis
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining infrastructure systems in engineering or lab environments
• Experience supporting infrastructure for data-intensive or test-driven environments
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical systems and perform structured root-cause analysis
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across multiple engineering disciplines
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent written and spoken English

Preferred

• Experience testing low-power or wearable devices
• Experience developing tests that validate electrical, timing, and protocol-level behavior
• Experience supporting infrastructure for hardware development or test environments
• Exposure to manufacturing or factory test environments a plus
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field

Work Model

• Close collaboration with Oura's global hardware, firmware, reliability testing, and quality teams
• Occasional travel to supplier locations or Finland required

Benefits
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 and add to our benefits!

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
• Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers

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.

• $172,000 - $203,000