Hardware Interaction Designer
About The Position
ŌURA is seeking an early-career Hardware Interaction Designer to join its Interaction Architecture design team. With close team support and mentorship, this role contributes to creating intuitive, delightful experiences that connect members more deeply to their health and wellbeing through interactions between Oura hardware and software. Interaction Architecture is an interdisciplinary team that bridges hardware and software through design and engineering. The team unifies ŌURA's design language across physical and digital products and helps cross-functional teams turn ideas and technologies into real-world solutions. The role is based in San Francisco and involves regular collaboration with colleagues in Finland and across the US, as well as expected travel to the Finland and San Diego offices. Regular meetings may take place between 7–9 AM Pacific Time. This is a hybrid role out of the San Francisco office.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of experience designing physical-digital interactions for consumer-facing hardware products or connected ecosystems.
- A portfolio demonstrating foundational interaction design skills across physical interfaces and multisensory feedback, such as haptics, gesture, or light.
- Solid understanding of foundational human factors, hardware affordances, and physical capabilities and constraints.
- Hands-on familiarity with digital and physical prototyping tools, such as Figma, Arduino, CAD, or AI tools.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and listening skills, with a coachable mindset and openness to feedback.
- Familiarity with mobile platforms and how physical hardware integrates with software.
Nice To Haves
- Background in multimedia design, industrial design, product design, or a related field such as interaction design, HCI, architecture, or creative technology.
- Experience designing for small-screen, screenless, or wearable devices such as rings, watches, or earbuds.
- Experience designing haptic patterns, LED or light behaviors, or audio cues.
- Basic electronics or physical computing skills, such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, sensors, or microcontrollers.
- Familiarity with 3D modeling or CAD tools such as Fusion 360, Rhino, SolidWorks, or Blender.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to well-scoped interaction design and prototyping tasks for physical touchpoints, including buttons, lights, haptic feedback, and sensors, to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
- Partner with Industrial Design, Software Product Design, and User Research teams on defined user flows and integrated physical-digital touchpoints.
- Support research and usability testing to gather insights, identify pain points, and refine interaction flows.
- Develop digital and physical prototypes using tools such as Figma, Arduino, CAD, or custom tools to validate concepts and answer design questions.
- Apply established hardware interaction patterns, system guidelines, and design principles to support consistency across hardware and software.
- Communicate progress, questions, dependencies, and risks early and clearly with cross-functional project team members.
- Demonstrate attention to detail, craft, and follow-through, and incorporate feedback to improve work quality.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health resources.
- An Ōura Ring and employee discounts for friends and family.
- 20 days of paid time off, 13 paid holidays, and 8 days of flexible wellness time off.
- Paid sick leave and parental leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
