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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.\nEmpowering 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. \nWe are looking for an Antenna Design Engineer to join our hardware team in San Francisco. This person will be working with a multidisciplinary team developing our future product development efforts.\nWhat You Will Do:\nYou will create high performing wearable products.\nDesign, simulate, and optimize antennas for low-power wearable devices, including multi-band multisystem solutions.\nPerform electromagnetic simulations (e.g., CST, HFSS, others) and validate designs with bench and OTA measurements.\nBuild prototypes quickly and effectively to evaluate design concepts\nCollaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, electrical, and firmware teams to integrate antennas into highly constrained form factors.\nConduct over-the-air (OTA) performance testing and troubleshooting in collaboration with other engineering teams.\nDrive root cause analysis and design iteration for antenna performance issues in prototypes and production units.\nWork with suppliers, manufacturing partners, and Oura manufacturing teams to ensure antenna performance is maintained throughout production.\nDocument design processes, results, and performance metrics for internal knowledge sharing and regulatory compliance.\nStay up to date on emerging materials, methods, and technologies in miniature antenna design.\nTravel to support prototype builds in both Europe and Asia: ~5-20% of time yearly to Oulu, Finland\nWhat you'll bring\n10+ years' experience in antenna and RF design, preferably for compact consumer electronics, wearables, or IoT devices.\nBachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.\nProficiency with electromagnetic simulation tools such as CST Microwave Studio, Ansys HFSS, or others.\nExperience with antenna measurement tools (e.g., vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, radio communication testers, OTA chambers).\nStrong understanding of RF fundamentals, antenna concepts, matching networks, and PCB layout considerations for miniaturized antennas.\nProven ability to collaborate across disciplines in a product development program and communicate technical concepts clearly.\nKnowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements: Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to wireless communication, such as those from the FCC, ETSI, or ITU.\nNice to have:\nExperience designing antennas for wearable or ultra-compact devices.\nFamiliarity with Bluetooth, BLE, NFC, Wireless charging and other multi-system antenna solutions and RF protocols\nKnowledge also from RF front end design (Filters, switches, LNAs, PAs) besides antennas\nKnowledge of SAR compliance and RF regulatory requirements.\nExperience working with overseas manufacturing partners.\nBenefits\nAt Ōura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Ōura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.\nWhat we offer:\nCompetitive salary and equity packages\nHealth, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources\nAn Ōura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family\n20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off\nPaid sick leave and parental leave\nŌura 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.\nRegion 1 $198,000 - 233,000\nA recruiter can determine your Region based on your US location.\nWe are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).\nŌURA 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 ŌURA 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.\nWe 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.\nDisclaimer: Beware of fake job offers!\nWe’ve been alerted to scammers posing as ŌURA recruiters, especially for remote roles. 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