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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Eight Sleep · San Francisco · On-site

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About Eight Sleep

Fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer with personalized cooling and heating for each side of the bed. Pod 6 reduces snoring and works with any mattress. Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Y Combinator.

About the role

Join our team as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to help us bring current and next generations of the Pod and new hardware products to life. You'll be a part of a small team designing and implementing solutions with high levels of autonomy to bring our members better sleep. Your work will go directly to our fleet of existing Pods with low friction and direct impact to the business. This role requires full time work out of our San Francisco office .

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in firmware and system software development with C/C++
  • Deep expertise in Embedded Linux, including Yocto, Bitbake, systemd, and kernel development
  • Proficiency in secure software development for IoT and embedded systems
  • Experience optimizing compute workloads in resource-constrained environments
  • Willingness and ability to travel internationally as needed to support manufacturing and deployment
  • Experience implementing secure boot on embedded Linux devices, including signing, key management/provisioning, and anti-rollback
More about this role

At Eight Sleep, we’re on a mission to fuel human potential through optimal sleep. As the world’s first sleep fitness company, we’re redefining what it means to be well-rested and building the most advanced hardware, software, and AI technology to make it possible. Our products power peak mental, physical, and emotional performance by transforming every night of sleep into a personalized, data-driven recovery experience. We are trusted by high performers, professional athletes, and health-conscious consumers in over 30 countries worldwide. Recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and twice named to TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year.” We operate like a high-performance team: fast, focused, and motivated by impact. We don’t just ship; we iterate, refine, and obsess over the details that help our members sleep better and wake up stronger.

Every role at Eight Sleep is a chance to create cutting-edge technology, collaborate with world-class talent, and help shape a future where sleep isn’t passive - it’s a powerful tool for living better. If you’re tired of the ordinary and driven to build at the edge of what’s possible, this is your...

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