# Director, Mechanical Engineering

**Company:** [Eightsleep](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/eightsleep)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $240k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** mechanical engineering, electromechanical systems, injection molding, electronics integration, sensor integration, mechanism design, thermal engineering, fluid systems, actuators, soft goods, DFM, dfa, tolerance analysis, GD&T
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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