Manager, Mechanical Engineering

Eight Sleep • San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Eight Sleep, we’re on a mission to fuel human potential through optimal sleep, building advanced hardware, software, and AI technology to create the world’s first sleep fitness company. Our products, including the flagship Pod, enhance mental, physical, and emotional performance through personalized, data-driven recovery. Recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and twice named to TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year,” Eight Sleep operates as a high-performance team, focused on iteration, refinement, and impact. This role offers a chance to create cutting-edge technology and collaborate with world-class talent. The company is seeking a leader for its mechanical/product design engineering team in San Francisco to oversee the development of highly complex electromechanical products, from the Pod to new ambitious products. The ideal candidate will have significant experience launching successful products from concept through to production.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical systems, ideally high-volume consumer hardware.
• Track record of launching products successfully under aggressive timelines with lean teams, including scaling products to high volume production in Asia (tooling, build management - EVT, DVT, PVT - test tool development, and testing).
• Desire to be technically engaged in the details while managing the team. Deep knowledge of injection molding, electronics/sensor integration, and mechanism design.
• Experience leading early stage product development efforts, including concept definition, feasibility prototyping, and industrial design.
• Demonstrated ability to hire and manage mechanical engineers, with an appetite to build and develop a team over time.
• BSME or equivalent.
• Willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.
• Ability to work from our SF office in alignment with team expectations.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with thermal engineering, fluid systems, actuators, and soft goods is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of mechanical engineering execution across the full development cycle, from concept definition and feasibility prototyping through EVT, DVT, PVT, and ramp.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and direction on cross-functional trade-offs and architectural decisions spanning fields such as thermals, fluids, mechanisms, and sensing.
• Ensure hardware products meet high standards of performance, user experience, and quality.
• Travel to Asia to ensure teams and suppliers are delivering successfully against goals.
• Work with the Chief Product Officer and executive team to shape and execute the hardware product roadmap and features, translating requirements into shippable mechanical architecture, schedules, and build plans.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across electrical engineering, software engineering, sensing and clinical, operations, marketing, and finance to develop and launch products successfully.
• Manage mechanical, soft goods, and prototype & test engineers, operating as a player-coach who stays close to the technical details.
• Hire and coach talented engineers who can move fast and are committed to our mission.
• Foster a culture of excellence and collaboration.
• Implement systems and processes to ensure the team is operating at peak efficiency, including design reviews, clear ownership, and phase gates.
• Provide feedback, coaching, and performance management to help the team consistently deliver.

Benefits

• Innovation in a culture of excellence
• Immediate responsibility and accelerated career growth
• Collaboration with exceptional talent
• Equitable compensation and continuous equity investment
• Periodic equity refreshments based on performance
• Every Eight Sleep employee receives the very product that defines our mission: a Pod of their own.
• Lunch in the SF office 5 days a week
• Full access to health, vision, and dental insurance for you and your dependents
• Supplemental life insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Commuter benefits to ease your daily commute
• Paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees