MCAD & PLM Engineer - San Diego, CA

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 2.5 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 MCAD/PLM Engineer to  join our hardware team working on future wearables, reporting directly to the VP of Hardware.  This position is a hybrid role and will be based out of our San Diego or San Francisco office.

What you will do: 

Mechanical & Industrial Design Support

• Serve as the primary technical expert for MCAD support across Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design, ensuring seamless collaboration across disciplines.
• Help align CAD practices between engineering and ID to support concept iteration, surfacing workflows, and late-stage design changes.
• Support ID workflows such as Class-A surfacing, geometry translation, and visualization model pipeline optimization.
• Help support with mechanical design and CAD integration as needed for the teams

Tool Ownership & Process Leadership

• Own the full lifecycle of CAD and PLM tools (e.g. NX, SolidWorks, Teamcenter, etc.), including evaluation, license procurement, configuration, deployment, and long-term strategy.
• Lead cross-functional tool initiatives, integrating CAD/PLM with enterprise systems
• Define and enforce standards for model structure, data integrity, version control, and release management across all mechanical and industrial design assets.

Infrastructure & Server Management

• Partner with IT to deploy, maintain, and optimize all CAD and PLM infrastructure, including license management, application servers, and cloud integrations.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and security in a distributed environment with global teams and contractors.
• Own backup and disaster recovery strategies for critical design data and configuration files.

• 10+ years of experience with MCAD and PLM tools in a consumer electronics or high-volume hardware environment.
• Deep knowledge of CAD/PLM tools (e.g., NX, SolidWorks, Teamcenter) and best practices for tool integration.
• Proven experience supporting and training both Mechanical and Industrial Design teams.
• Strong understanding of configuration management, digital workflows, and product data governance.
• Comfortable working at the intersection of engineering, IT, and product development.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with cloud-based PLM and remote collaboration tools.
• Experience with containerized deployments (e.g., Docker), CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS).
• Exposure to rendering, visualization, and file conversion workflows used in ID processes.

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 Francisco Compensation Range: $169,000 - $211,000

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.

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