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 over one million people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. 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.

We are looking for a Senior Algorithm Scientist to join us to build our next-gen products. You will be one of the key team members developing new exciting sensing capacities and user-facing features for Oura’s next-gen HW products.

What you will do:

• Contribute to the research, development and deployment of signal processing and/or machine learning algorithms for Oura’s new health sensing features/products
• Design and support data collection internal and external studies to develop, evaluate, benchmark and improve new biomarkers and algorithms
• Work together with Oura’s hardware (electronics, mechanics, optics), firmware and product teams to productize and optimize next-generation products
• Document, summarize, and present data analysis and algorithm performance results with concrete actionable recommendations for broad audience on a regular basis
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and communicate with stakeholders around the globe

Requirements

We would love to have you on our team if you have:

• PhD degree with three years of work experience OR MSc degree with five years of work experience in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering or a related field
• 3 years of solid programming skills in Python and experience with code collaboration tools (git, peer review, etc). Experience with C/C is a plus
• Experience with signal processing methods and time-series analysis (FIR/IIR filters, Kalman filtering, adaptive filtering, stochastic processes, etc)
• Experience with multiple machine learning and statistical modeling approaches.
• Experience with biosignal sensing and wearable hardware (including hardware prototypes) is a plus. Knowledge of electrophysiology is a huge plus.
• A pragmatic can-do attitude and delivery-focused mindset: you can move quickly and prioritize effectively
• Flexible schedule and good asynchronous communication skills to work with Oura’s European teams (two to three times a week)
• This role is based in San Diego, with at least three days in office per week (at our Carmel Mountain location)

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.

• San Diego area $182,499 - $220,271

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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.