Director of Mechanical Engineering, Eight Sleep
$225-300k
Offers Equity
5 days a week in office
Smart mattress for sleep fitness
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Smart mattress for sleep fitness
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$225-300k
Offers Equity
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To fuel human potential through optimal sleep.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have significant experience launching successful products from concept through to production
- 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
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a leader for our mechanical/product design engineering team in San Francisco. You'll oversee development of highly complex electromechanical products, including our flagship product (the Pod) as well as an ambitious roadmap of brand new products that don't yet exist
- This role will report to the Chief Product Officer
- 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
- From your first day, you’ll take on substantial responsibilities that have a direct impact on our core business and product success. We are a small team that empowers you to own your projects and see the tangible effects of your efforts, enhancing both your professional growth and our company’s trajectory. Your path will be challenging but rewarding, perfect for those who thrive in fast-paced environments aiming for high standards
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; building out more technology through additional products and acquisitions, and expanding internationally. It is off to a good start with both, and continuous investment supports Eight Sleep's ambitions moving forwards.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Aug 2025
$100m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$86m
SERIES C
Total funding: $262.2m
Company benefits
- Equity participation & periodic refreshes
- Fast career growth & salary progression
- Flexible PTO
- Weekly fitness classes in our offices
- Paid parental leave
- Comprehensive medical insurance
- Your own Pod
- Pet-friendly offices
- Work directly with founders and executives
- 5 in-person offices (NYC, Boston, SF, Shenzhen and Milan)
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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