Eight Sleep

The sleep fitness company.

Staff Mechanical Engineer

$170K - $220K
Location
San Francisco
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
6+ years
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About the role

Eight Sleep is the world’s first sleep fitness company. Our mission is to fuel human potential through optimal sleep. We use innovative technology, detailed design, and proven science and data to personalize and improve each night for everybody—changing the way people sleep forever and for the better.

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, we have been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018, 2022 and 2023.

Our temperature-regulated technology, the Pod, is an absolute game changer, improving people's health and happiness by changing the way they sleep. The Pod was also recognized two years in a row by TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year.” It is available for purchase in North America (the United States and Canada) and throughout the United Kingdom, Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Denmark) and Australia via eightsleep.com. We’re excited by the success of the Pod to date and still have a long way to go toward achieving our mission.

That is why we are looking for an experienced Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead new product development from concept through to production. You’ll be part of a small, mission-driven team and have significant ownership over decisions. We’re growing quickly so there are ample opportunities for career growth.

This role requires in office work at our San Francisco office 3-4 days a week.

How you’ll contribute

  • Architect and design complex electromechanical systems, including plastic, metal, and soft goods components integrated with novel sensors and actuators.

  • Drive designs across the entire development lifecycle, including brainstorming, CAD, prototyping, testing, and ramp into production in Asia.

  • Shape the direction of our products and features by collaborating with industrial design, marketing, and product teams as well as company leadership.

  • Solve highly cross-functional problems by working with electrical, software, reliability, and manufacturing engineering teams.

  • Perform analysis and testing to ensure designs meet product goals, including thermal, fluid, and structural analysis.

What you need to succeed

  • 8+ years of consumer product design experience with knowledge of injection molding, sheet metal forming, soft goods, and electromechanical systems.

  • Track records of shipping high-volume consumer products, including manufacturing support in Asia.

  • Highly proficient with 3D modeling and simulation tools (e.g. Solidworks, NX, Creo).

  • Experience with high-volume manufacturing processes, design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA), tolerance analysis, functional dimensioning and geometric tolerancing (GD&T).

  • Solid understanding of root cause analysis, DOEs, and other quality measuring techniques.

  • BSME or equivalent. MS preferred.

Why you’ll love Eight Sleep

  • We’re a tight-knit, passionate team that’s working to impact people’s lives by improving the way they sleep

  • Leadership is committed to employees’ wellness and career development

  • You’ll get a better night's sleep every night; all full-time employees receive the Pod

  • Flexible PTO 

  • 100% employer contribution for medical/dental/vision insurance

  • Role ownership, and uncapped growth opportunities

At Eight Sleep we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our values by ensuring everyone feels they can flourish and grow. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status

About Eight Sleep

Eight Sleep is the first sleep fitness company. At Eight Sleep we design products at the forefront of sleep innovation. Our mission is to power human potential through better sleep, using innovative technology, detailed design, and proven science and data to personalize and improve each night for everybody—changing the way people sleep forever and for better. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator, it was named by Fast Company in 2018 as one of the Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics.

We've just launched our temperature-regulated smart bed, the Pod. It's an absolute game changer, improving people's health and happiness by changing the way they sleep. Early feedback is great, but we still have a long way to go toward achieving our mission.

Eight Sleep
Founded:2014
Team Size:100
Location:New York
Founders
Massimo Andreasi Bassi
Massimo Andreasi Bassi
CTO
Matteo Franceschetti
Matteo Franceschetti
CEO
Alexandra Zatarain
Alexandra Zatarain
CMO