Electrical Engineer Intern, Robotics and Surgery Engineering

Neuralink creates devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain to restore movement and sight and transform human-computer interaction. The Electrical Engineering Intern will design, verify, test, debug, and help transition custom electronics systems for surgical robotics and support broader hardware engineering efforts.

What you'll do:

• All phases of board design (part selection, schematic design, layout, and bring-up)
• Custom motor drivers, from transistor selection to control loop design
• Custom high-bandwidth, low-latency, camera hardware and firmware
• Custom FPGA based Optical Coherence Tomography data acquisition systems
• Testing hardware such as Hardware-In-The-Loop systems, validation boards, and life-cycle testing rigs
• Case studies on future system architectures including new compute platforms, redesigned actuator layouts, and deep-brain imaging systems

What they're looking for:

• Demonstrable experience developing circuits or products that have been used by real customers. Student design team work and personal projects may apply
• Circuit board design experience demonstrating advanced knowledge in at least one niche, for example high density (HDI), high speed digital, high power, radio frequency, atypical materials or constructions, etc
• Experience with sensors, power management, and signal/power integrity
• Design experience with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.)
• Competent with common lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)
• A portfolio showing examples of projects you've completed
• Demonstrable experience in developing electronics for critical systems in fields such as medical devices, aerospace, automotive, or military
• Experience with firmware development for embedded systems (C/C++, Rust)
• Experience with software development for Linux systems (Python, C++, Rust)

Benefits:

• An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
• Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
• Paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Meals provided
• 401(k) plan; interns initially excluded until they work 1,000 hours