Senior CMF Designer

Ōura • San Francisco, CA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.
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 seeking a highly passionate Senior CMF Designer to lead material innovation and aesthetic definition across our product portfolio. In this critical role, you will define the authoritative color, material, and finish (CMF) direction for our next generation of products, ensuring they embody Oura’s brand identity and vision. You will be instrumental in a highly collaborative environment, partnering closely with design, engineering, sourcing, and external partners from concept development through mass production.
This is a hybrid-remote role, with the expectation to work from our San Francisco offices at least half-time.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in CMF design, preferably within consumer electronics or high-tech product industries.
• Technical Knowledge: Deep, demonstrable knowledge and intellectual curiosity regarding emerging materials, surface finishes, and global manufacturing processes.
• Product Development Approach: A hands-on, meticulous, and detail-oriented approach to the entire product development lifecycle, from concept ideation to production launch.
• Strategic Vision: Proven ability to translate high-level design strategy and aesthetic direction into tangible, executable product design vision.
• Communication: Extremely strong visual and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex CMF concepts and stories to diverse audiences.
• Collaboration: Comfortable and proficient working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team environment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic CMF Development: Develop, define, and drive clear CMF strategies that support both current product lifecycles and long-term future product roadmaps.
• Material Innovation & Library Management: Systematically build, manage, and contribute to Oura’s comprehensive CMF material library, continuously vetting new materials and processes for viability and impact.
• Hands-on Experimentation & Prototyping: Conduct detailed, hands-on material and finish experimentation, testing applications and evaluating performance to inform design decisions.
• Aesthetic & Brand Alignment: Create compelling color and material stories that are meticulously aligned with and amplify Oura’s core brand identity and market position.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate closely with the Engineering team to ensure the alignment of manufacturing feasibility, cost targets, and the original design intent for CMF application.
• Vendor Partnership & Exploration: Proactively collaborate with external vendors and manufacturing partners to explore and onboard innovative new materials and advanced processes.
• Quality & Sampling Management: Own and manage the entire sampling process, ensuring CMF execution meets the highest standards of quality, finish, and consistency.
• Communication & Documentation: Clearly and effectively communicate CMF direction, rationale, and specifications across all internal and external teams, providing the necessary documentation and support.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees