Staff Mechanical Engineer / Product Design Engineer

Eight Sleep • San Francisco, CA

238d

About The Position

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. With our flagship product, the Pod, we are addressing critical sleep issues such as temperature regulation, bed elevation, snoring reduction, and the wake-up experience. Hundreds of thousands of customers around the world sleep better every night thanks to the Pod. But we're just getting started. We're committed to developing more groundbreaking products to tackle additional sleep problems, changing the role sleep plays in our lives forever. We're excited about the journey ahead and the impact we can make as we continue to innovate and expand our offerings to fulfill our mission. We are backed by leading Silicon Valley investors like YC Combinator, Founders Fund, Valor, and Khosla Ventures, and we have been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2018, 2022, and 2023. The Pod was also recognized two years in a row by TIME's 'Best Inventions of the Year.' We currently sell the Pod in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.

Requirements

• 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. Willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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
• Every Eight Sleep employee receives the very product that defines our mission: a Pod of their own.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees