Health Sensing & Systems Hardware 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.
As a Health Sensing Intern, you will join the team responsible for the "heart" of the Oura Ring. The team is responsible for all sensing modalities related to health, including physiological and environmental data. You will be essential in bridging theoretical sensing research with physical hardware, focusing on designing, building, and validating next-generation sensor architectures.
This opportunity will be hybrid in San Diego, CA or San Francisco,CA.
What You Will Do
- Sensing Systems Design & Integration: Develop methods to integrate signals from various sensor modalities, including electrodes, optical, or MEMS devices.
- Optical Sensing: Contribute to the prototyping and validation of optical sensor systems (e.g., PPG) for physiological monitoring.
- Custom ASIC Design & Validation: Support the team's efforts in defining requirements and validating the performance of custom ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) solutions for high-performance, low-power sensing.
- Rapid Prototyping: Design and assemble "sensor prototypes" using evaluation kits, ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico, or Arduino boards, to test new physiological interfaces in real-world conditions.
- Full-Stack Hardware Design: Create custom PCBs in KiCad or Altium, focusing on low-noise analog front-ends (AFE) and shielding for micro-volt level signals.
- Mechanical Integration: Design and 3D print custom enclosures and test fixtures to ensure precise electrode-to-skin coupling and ergonomic fit.
- IP & Innovation: Document novel hardware architectures, electrode geometries, or shielding techniques. You will be encouraged to contribute to the company’s Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio through internal disclosures and patent filings.
- Firmware & Data: Write low-level drivers to interface with sensors via I2C/SPI and manage hardware/software versioning using Git.
- Mechanical Integration: Design and 3D print custom enclosures and test fixtures to ensure precise electrode-to-skin coupling and ergonomic fit.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Master's or PhD program in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, MSE, Biomedical Engineering, or Physics, etc.
- Biopotential Sensing, MEMS, or Optical Sensing: Strong theoretical and practical understanding of the above sensing modalities.
- Proficiency with ESP32, Raspberry Pi/Pico, or Arduino ecosystems for quick-turn proof-of-concepts.
- Hands-on experience with KiCad (preferred) or Altium for multi-layer PCB design with a focus on signal integrity.
- Experience with 3D printing (SLA/FDM) and CAD (Fusion 360 or SolidWorks) for sensor housing and fixture design.
- Strong Python skills for data analysis; familiarity with Git for collaborative hardware and software development.
- Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
- A methodical approach to isolating hardware vs. physiological noise issues.
- A mindset for identifying unique solutions in electrode materials or circuit topologies that can be protected as company trade secrets or patents.
- Ability to work independently through ambiguity and rapidly iterate on early-stage concepts.
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 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 and 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.
- Region 1 (SF): $127,500 - 150,000 (prorated for length of internship)
- Region 2 (SD): $117,300 - 138,000 (prorated for length of internship)
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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