diff --git a/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py b/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
index 6b6671449531..ffcfc617c1f0 100644
--- a/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
+++ b/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
@@ -3555,8 +3555,25 @@ def fromstring(string: str, dtype: DTypeLike = float, count: int = -1, *, sep: s
   return asarray(np.fromstring(string=string, dtype=dtype, count=count, sep=sep))
 
 
-@util.implements(np.eye)
+@util.implements(np.eye, extra_params="""
+device : :py:class:`Device`, :py:class:`Sharding`, optional
+  The (optional) :py:class:`Device`, :py:class:`Sharding`,
+  representing the device(s) to which created array should be
+  transferred. If given, then the result is committed to the device(s).
+""")
 def eye(N: DimSize, M: DimSize | None = None,
+        k: int | ArrayLike = 0,
+        dtype: DTypeLike | None = None,
+        *, device: xc.Device | Sharding | None = None) -> Array:
+  # TODO(vfdev-5): optimize putting the array directly on the device specified
+  # instead of putting it on default device and then on the specific device
+  output = _eye(N, M=M, k=k, dtype=dtype)
+  if device is not None:
+    return jax.device_put(output, device=device)
+  return output
+
+
+def _eye(N: DimSize, M: DimSize | None = None,
         k: int | ArrayLike = 0,
         dtype: DTypeLike | None = None) -> Array:
   dtypes.check_user_dtype_supported(dtype, "eye")
@@ -3581,7 +3598,7 @@ def identity(n: DimSize, dtype: DTypeLike | None = None) -> Array:
   return eye(n, dtype=dtype)
 
 
-@util.implements(np.arange,lax_description= """
+@util.implements(np.arange, lax_description= """
 .. note::
 
    Using ``arange`` with the ``step`` argument can lead to precision errors,
@@ -3590,8 +3607,25 @@ def identity(n: DimSize, dtype: DTypeLike | None = None) -> Array:
    To avoid precision errors, consider using an expression like
    ``(jnp.arange(-600, 600) * .01).astype(jnp.bfloat16)`` to generate a sequence in a higher precision
    and then convert it to the desired lower precision.
-""")
+""", extra_params="""
+device : :py:class:`Device`, :py:class:`Sharding`, optional
+  The (optional) :py:class:`Device`, :py:class:`Sharding`,
+  representing the device(s) to which created array should be
+  transferred. If given, then the result is committed to the device(s).
+"""
+)
 def arange(start: DimSize, stop: DimSize | None = None,
+           step: DimSize | None = None, dtype: DTypeLike | None = None,
+           *, device: xc.Device | Sharding | None = None) -> Array:
+  # TODO(vfdev-5): optimize putting the array directly on the device specified
+  # instead of putting it on default device and then on the specific device
+  output = _arange(start, stop=stop, step=step, dtype=dtype)
+  if device is not None:
+    return jax.device_put(output, device=device)
+  return output
+
+
+def _arange(start: DimSize, stop: DimSize | None = None,
            step: DimSize | None = None, dtype: DTypeLike | None = None) -> Array:
   dtypes.check_user_dtype_supported(dtype, "arange")
   if not config.dynamic_shapes.value:
diff --git a/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi b/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi
index 3e306a24bb23..6d7f48408b57 100644
--- a/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi
+++ b/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def arange(
     start: DimSize,
     stop: Optional[DimSize] = ...,
     step: Optional[DimSize] = ...,
-    dtype: Optional[DTypeLike] = ...,
+    dtype: Optional[DTypeLike] = ..., *,
+    device: _Device | _Sharding | None = ...,
 ) -> Array: ...
 def arccos(x: ArrayLike, /) -> Array: ...
 def arccosh(x: ArrayLike, /) -> Array: ...
@@ -352,7 +353,8 @@ def expm1(x: ArrayLike, /) -> Array: ...
 def extract(condition: ArrayLike, arr: ArrayLike, *,
             size: int | None = None, fill_value: ArrayLike = 0) -> Array: ...
 def eye(N: DimSize, M: Optional[DimSize] = ..., k: int | ArrayLike = ...,
-        dtype: Optional[DTypeLike] = ...) -> Array: ...
+        dtype: Optional[DTypeLike] = ..., *,
+        device: _Device | _Sharding | None = ...) -> Array: ...
 def fabs(x: ArrayLike, /) -> Array: ...
 finfo = _dtypes.finfo
 def fix(x: ArrayLike, out: None = ...) -> Array: ...
diff --git a/tests/lax_numpy_test.py b/tests/lax_numpy_test.py
index 77a2df9151e5..40fa1f287955 100644
--- a/tests/lax_numpy_test.py
+++ b/tests/lax_numpy_test.py
@@ -2988,6 +2988,30 @@ def testArrayCreationWithSharding(self, func, shape, dtype):
     out = func(**kwds, shape=shape, dtype=dtype, device=sharding)
     self.assertEqual(out.sharding, sharding)
 
+  @jtu.sample_product(
+      func=[
+        lambda dtype, device: jnp.arange(5, dtype=dtype, device=device),
+        lambda dtype, device: jnp.eye(5, 6, dtype=dtype, device=device),
+      ],
+      dtype=default_dtypes,
+  )
+  def testArangeEyeWithDevice(self, func, dtype):
+    device = jax.devices()[-1]
+    out = func(dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    self.assertEqual(out.devices(), {device})
+
+  @jtu.sample_product(
+      func=[
+        lambda dtype, device: jnp.arange(5, dtype=dtype, device=device),
+        lambda dtype, device: jnp.eye(5, 6, dtype=dtype, device=device),
+      ],
+      dtype=default_dtypes,
+  )
+  def testArangeEyeWithSharding(self, func, dtype):
+    sharding = SingleDeviceSharding(jax.devices()[-1])
+    out = func(dtype=dtype, device=sharding)
+    self.assertEqual(out.sharding, sharding)
+
   @jtu.sample_product(
       func=[jnp.empty_like, jnp.zeros_like, jnp.ones_like, jnp.full_like],
       shape=array_shapes,
@@ -4796,11 +4820,19 @@ def testArangeJit(self):
     expected = jtu.with_jax_dtype_defaults(np.arange)(5)
     self.assertAllClose(ans, expected)
 
-  @jtu.sample_product(args=[(5,), (0, 5)])
+  @jtu.sample_product(
+    args=[(5,), (0, 5)],
+  )
   def testArangeJaxpr(self, args):
-    jaxpr = jax.make_jaxpr(lambda: jnp.arange(*args))()
-    self.assertEqual(len(jaxpr.jaxpr.eqns), 1)
-    self.assertEqual(jaxpr.jaxpr.eqns[0].primitive, lax.iota_p)
+    for device in [None, jax.devices()[-1]]:
+      kwargs = {"device": device}
+      jaxpr = jax.make_jaxpr(lambda: jnp.arange(*args, **kwargs))()
+      # We have 2 statements in jaxpr:
+      # [a:i32[5] = iota[dimension=0 dtype=int32 shape=(5,)],
+      #  a:i32[5] = device_put[devices=[None] srcs=[None]] b]
+      num_eqs = 2 if device is not None else 1
+      self.assertEqual(len(jaxpr.jaxpr.eqns), num_eqs)
+      self.assertEqual(jaxpr.jaxpr.eqns[0].primitive, lax.iota_p)
 
   def testIssue830(self):
     a = jnp.arange(4, dtype=jnp.complex64)
@@ -5941,7 +5973,7 @@ def testWrappedSignaturesMatch(self):
       'empty_like': ['subok', 'order'],
       'einsum': ['kwargs'],
       'einsum_path': ['einsum_call'],
-      'eye': ['device', 'order', 'like'],
+      'eye': ['order', 'like'],
       'hstack': ['casting'],
       'identity': ['like'],
       'isin': ['kind'],