Senior Sensor Reliability Engineer, Eight Sleep
$150-180k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
Smart mattress for sleep fitness
Open for applications
Smart mattress for sleep fitness
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$150-180k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To fuel human potential through optimal sleep.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in reliability or quality engineering, with a focus on sensor systems
- Hands-on experience developing and validating sensor systems, particularly optomechanical products
- Strong knowledge of the physics of failure for electronic and optoelectronic components as applied to sensors
- Experience designing sensor test setups for environmental, mechanical, and operational stress conditions (e.g., shock, vibration, thermal testing)
- Familiarity with reliability techniques such as FMEA, Weibull Analysis, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Monte Carlo simulations
- Proficiency in automating sensor testing processes and defining test conditions, acceleration factors, and pass/fail criteria
- Understanding of hardware and firmware interactions critical to sensor performance and reliability
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Sensor Reliability Engineer who will ensure our sensor systems meet the highest performance and durability standards under real-world conditions
- We are looking for someone passionate about identifying reliability risks, developing robust testing strategies, and solving complex hardware challenges
- You will work cross-functionally to assess sensor designs, implement rigorous test methodologies, and help optimize sensor performance for long-term field deployment
- Own the sensor reliability function, ensuring sensor systems meet stringent performance and durability requirements through advanced reliability testing
- Apply Design for Reliability (DfR) best practices to proactively identify and mitigate potential failure risks in sensor designs
- Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies to uncover failure modes, predict field failure rates, and validate off-the-shelf components in sensor systems
- Translate FMEA-identified risks into sensor-specific test procedures with well-defined objectives and pass/fail criteria
- Plan and execute Design of Experiment (DOE) campaigns to understand and mitigate failure mechanisms in sensors
- Design and refine test setups to evaluate sensor reliability under environmental, mechanical, and operational stress conditions, including shock, vibration, and thermal cycling tests
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate reliability findings into the sensor design and manufacturing process, ensuring robust sensor performance in the field
- Drive failure analysis investigations to resolve issues found during testing and field deployment
- Automate sensor testing processes and analyze performance data using tools like Python, JMP, or MATLAB to extract actionable insights
Our take
The last decade has seen a major uptick in the number of startups and companies dedicated to supporting consumers to build good health habits, typically around food and fitness. That enthusiasm is now quite rightly being extended to how we sleep.
Eight Sleep makes “smart” mattresses and mattress covers (for regular mattresses) that use machine learning and other artificial intelligence-based algorithms to improve your sleep both by changing temperature and monitoring other physical parameters to provide an overall picture of your health.
The company is focused on two levers for growth. First, building out more technology through additional products and acquisitions, exemplified by the introduction of Span Health’s fitness-tracking app. Secondly, international expansion in Europe, where it has got off to an impressive start in the UK.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2021
$86m
SERIES C
Nov 2019
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $162.1m
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Matteo Franceschetti
(Co-Founder & CEO)Co-founded and led GIR (acquired in 2014) and Global Investment (acquired 2011).
Massimo Andreasi Bassi
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously a Senior Software Engineer at Upsight. Also founded Staq in 2012. Before that, worked as VP of R&D for DomainsBot.
Alexandra Zatarain
(Co-Founder & VP of Brand & Marketing)Prior to Eight Sleep, served as a Mentor, offering marketing experience, for various startups, academic institutions, and Wall Street organizations.
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