Eight Sleep

4 weeks ago

Director of Mechanical Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead the mechanical/product design engineering team in San Francisco, overseeing development of complex electromechanical products (including the Pod) and a roadmap of new devices. Drive technical leadership across thermals, fluids, mechanisms, and sensing; coordinate with cross-functional teams; and travel to Asia to ensure supplier delivery while building a high-performance hardware organization.

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades

Key Responsibilities

•Lead all aspects of mechanical engineering across the full development cycle.
•Manage mechanical, soft goods, and prototype & test engineers; provide technical leadership on cross-functional trade-offs and architectural decisions.
•Shape and execute the hardware product roadmap with stakeholders across the company; define features and collaborate with electrical/software/sensing/operations/finance.
•Grow and manage a world-class engineering team; hire and coach engineers, foster excellence, and implement design reviews and phase gates.
•Travel to Asia to ensure teams and suppliers are delivering successfully against goals; ensure hardware products meet high standards of performance, user experience, and quality.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 225,000 - 300,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalEquityPaid LeaveCommuter BenefitsParental Leave

Key Requirements

•10+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical systems such as consumer electronics, automotive, or medical devices.
•Track record of launching products successfully under aggressive timelines with lean teams; 2+ years directly managing mechanical and product design engineers.
•Deep knowledge of injection molding, electronics/sensor integration, and mechanism design; proficiency with thermal engineering, fluid systems, actuators, and soft goods is highly desirable.
•Experience scaling products to high volume production in Asia, as well as expertise in DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and GD&T.
•BSME or equivalent; willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.

Experience:10+ yearsHardware engineeringConsumer electronics

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Injection moldingDFMDFAGD&TThermalsSensingActuatorsElectronics

Company Brief

Eight Sleep

Eight Sleep makes AI-powered sleep hardware and software (the Pod) that monitors biometrics and adjusts temperature, elevation, and sound to improve sleep and recovery for consumers and clinical applications. Recent expansion targets medical use cases and global retail. ([crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/eight-sleep?utm_source=openai))

Industry: Wellness & Preventive Health

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: USD 250M to 500M

Funding: Series D

Headquarters: New York, United States

Founded: 2014

Glassdoor: 3.8

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Eight Sleep

4 weeks ago

Director of Mechanical Engineering

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 22 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades

Key Responsibilities

•Lead all aspects of mechanical engineering across the full development cycle.
•Manage mechanical, soft goods, and prototype & test engineers; provide technical leadership on cross-functional trade-offs and architectural decisions.
•Shape and execute the hardware product roadmap with stakeholders across the company; define features and collaborate with electrical/software/sensing/operations/finance.
•Grow and manage a world-class engineering team; hire and coach engineers, foster excellence, and implement design reviews and phase gates.
•Travel to Asia to ensure teams and suppliers are delivering successfully against goals; ensure hardware products meet high standards of performance, user experience, and quality.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 225,000 - 300,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalEquityPaid LeaveCommuter BenefitsParental Leave

Key Requirements

•10+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical systems such as consumer electronics, automotive, or medical devices.
•Track record of launching products successfully under aggressive timelines with lean teams; 2+ years directly managing mechanical and product design engineers.
•Deep knowledge of injection molding, electronics/sensor integration, and mechanism design; proficiency with thermal engineering, fluid systems, actuators, and soft goods is highly desirable.
•Experience scaling products to high volume production in Asia, as well as expertise in DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, and GD&T.
•BSME or equivalent; willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.

Experience:10+ yearsHardware engineeringConsumer electronics

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Injection moldingDFMDFAGD&TThermalsSensingActuatorsElectronics

Company Brief

Eight Sleep

Industry: Wellness & Preventive Health

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: USD 250M to 500M

Funding: Series D

Headquarters: New York, United States

Founded: 2014

Glassdoor: 3.8

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor