Algorithm Scientist - Summer Intern

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 looking for an Algorithm Scientist Summer Intern to join us to build our next-gen products. You will work closely with experienced scientists and engineers to develop new exciting sensing capacities and user-facing features for Oura’s next-gen hardware products.The internship duration is 3-4 months, with flexible start and end dates between May-September 2026. 

What you will do:

• Contribute to the research and prototyping of signal processing and/or machine learning methods for Oura’s new health sensing features/products.
• Support the design and execution of internal data collection efforts to develop, evaluate, and benchmark proof-of-concept algorithms.
• Analyze experimental data to characterize signal behavior, identify limitations, and evaluate algorithm performance.
• Document, summarize, and present data analysis and algorithm performance results with concrete actionable recommendations for a broad audience.
• Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to understand sensing constraints and incorporate them into algorithm development and feasibility assessments.

This is a hybrid/in office role reporting to our San Diego, CA office location (Carmel Mountain)

We would love to consider you for this role if you:

• Are pursuing a Master’s or PhD degree in biomedical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, biostatistics, or a related field
• Have strong Python skills and experience with scientific or machine learning libraries (e.g., NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, or similar) and experience with code collaboration tools (e.g., git)
• Have coursework or hands-on experience in signal processing and machine learning
• Communicate clearly in both writing and conversation, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a multidisciplinary audience
• Are excited to explore ideas hands-on, analyze real-world sensor data, and iterate quickly on solutions
• Able to work five days a week, with at least three days per week at our San Diego (Carmel Mountain) office during the internship

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.

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

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.

• Region 2: $97,750 - $115,000

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states:Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD),, West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)