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EightsleepEightsleepSan Francisco, CA

Director, Mechanical Engineering

Lead the mechanical engineering team at Eight Sleep to develop complex electromechanical sleep fitness hardware products from concept through high-volume production. Requires 10+ years experience launching consumer electronics or medical devices, 2+ years managing engineers, and deep expertise in mechanisms, thermals, and manufacturing.

240k – 300k/yr
On-site10+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

How You'll Contribute

  • 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 spanning fields such as thermals, fluids, mechanisms, and sensing
  • 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
  • Shape and execute the hardware product roadmap with stakeholders across the company
  • Work with the Chief Product Officer and executive team to define the hardware product roadmap and features
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across electrical engineering, software engineering, sensing and clinical, operations, marketing, and finance to develop and launch products successfully
  • Grow and manage a world-class engineering team
  • Hire and coach talented engineers who 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 and phase gates

What You'll Need to Succeed

  • 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

Skills

mechanical engineeringelectromechanical systemsinjection moldingelectronics integrationsensor integrationmechanism designthermal engineeringfluid systemsactuatorssoft goodsDFMdfatolerance analysisGD&T

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