Engineering Manager, Mechanical

The Role

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. This role is based out of our San Francisco office 5 days/week.

How You’ll Contribute

This is a player-coach leadership role - you will be the technical anchor for mechanical execution while building and leading a small team.

• Lead all aspects of mechanical engineering execution across the full development cycle
• Lead all aspects of mechanical engineering execution across the full development cycle, from concept definition and feasibility prototyping through EVT, DVT, PVT, and ramp.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and direction on cross-functional trade-offs and architectural decisions spanning fields such as thermals, fluids, mechanisms, and sensing.
• Ensure hardware products meet high standards of performance, user experience, and quality.
• Travel to Asia to ensure teams and suppliers are delivering successfully against goals.
• Shape and execute the hardware product roadmap with stakeholders across the company
• Work with the Chief Product Officer and executive team to shape and execute the hardware product roadmap and features, translating requirements into shippable mechanical architecture, schedules, and build plans.
• 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 high-performing engineering team
• Manage mechanical, soft goods, and prototype & test engineers, operating as a player-coach who stays close to the technical details.
• Hire and coach talented engineers who can move fast and 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, clear ownership, and phase gates.
• Provide feedback, coaching, and performance management to help the team consistently deliver.

What You'll Need To Succeed

• 8+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical systems, ideally high-volume consumer hardware.
• Track record of launching products successfully under aggressive timelines with lean teams, including scaling products to high volume production in Asia (tooling, build management - EVT, DVT, PVT - test tool development, and testing).
• Desire to be technically engaged in the details while managing the team.
• 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 leading early stage product development efforts, including concept definition, feasibility prototyping, and industrial design.
• Demonstrated ability to hire and manage mechanical engineers, with an appetite to build and develop a team over time.
• BSME or equivalent.
• Willingness and ability to travel to China as needed.
• Ability to work from our SF office in alignment with team expectations.

Why join Eight Sleep?

• Innovation in a culture of excellence
• Immediate responsibility and accelerated career growth
• Collaboration with exceptional talent
• Equitable compensation and continuous equity investment
• Your own Pod - and other great benefits

At Eight Sleep, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.