# Staff Mechanical Engineer, New Product Development

**Company:** [Eightsleep](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/eightsleep)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Solidworks, Nx, Creo, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Forming, DFM, Dfa, GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Doe, Thermal Analysis, Fluid Analysis, Structural Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Lead mechanical design and development of complex electromechanical sleep fitness hardware from concept through high-volume production in Asia. Requires 8+ years consumer product experience with injection molding, DFM/DFA, GD&T, and cross-functional collaboration.

## Job Description

## 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.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of consumer product design experience with knowledge of injection molding, sheet metal forming, and sensor/electronics integration.
- Track record 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.

## Nice-to-Haves
- MS in Mechanical Engineering.

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