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Senior Electrical Engineer, New Product Development

Eight Sleep - San Francisco, CA, USA - In-office - posted 2026-09-17

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Eight Sleep is a sleep fitness company building advanced hardware, software, and AI technology to optimize human performance through sleep. The company's flagship product, the Pod, is used by hundreds of thousands of customers across 35+ countries and has been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies multiple times and twice named to TIME's "Best Inventions of the Year." You will join a small, mission-driven engineering team as a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on new product development. This is a high-ownership role where you'll have significant influence over technical decisions and product direction. The work spans the full spectrum of hardware development: from Arduino prototyping in early stages to designing production-ready PCBAs for manufacturing at scale in Asia. Key responsibilities include: - Design consumer electronic devices incorporating microcontrollers, SoCs, wireless transceivers, motor drivers, sensors, audio, and LED drivers - Lead electrical system development including schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up and characterization, production test infrastructure, and reliability testing - Collaborate extensively with mechanical engineering, embedded software, industrial design, product, manufacturing, and overseas supplier teams - Generate novel ideas and prototype new product concepts and architectures to define the company's technical roadmap Eight Sleep operates with intensity and high standards. The team is deeply committed and often works 60+ hours per week, driven by the mission rather than mandate. The culture emphasizes speed, focus, and impact. You'll have immediate responsibility and direct visibility into how your work affects the core business. The company offers equity participation to all full-time employees with periodic refreshments based on performance, ensuring alignment as the company grows. Benefits include a Pod of your own, comprehensive health/vision/dental insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible PTO, commuter benefits, and paid parental leave. REQUIREMENTS: - 5+ years of experience designing mixed analog and digital systems for consumer electronics or similar applications - Highly proficient with ECAD packages, especially Altium - Expertise with SMT and flex PCB manufacturing processes - Understanding of DOE, root cause analysis, statistical analysis, and other quality measuring techniques - BSEE or equivalent (MS preferred)

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