Senior Electrical Engineer, Neuralink

Implant Embedded Systems

$140-200k

For full-time employees, your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity

Python

C++

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Fremont, CA

Brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers

Open for applications

Brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2BDeep TechMedTech

Open for applications

$140-200k

For full-time employees, your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity

Python

C++

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Fremont, CA

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2BDeep TechMedTech

Company mission

To create a generalized brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs today and unlock human potential tomorrow.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
Strong EE fundamentals
Minimum of 2 years of experience designing PCBs for low power and size constrained applications
Experience shipping devices through mass manufacturing
Extensive experience with all phases of PCB design (part selection, schematic, constraints, library management, board layout)
Fluency with PCB CAD tools (Altium, Eagle, KiCad, Allegro)
Experience with sensors, power management, and signal/power integrity
Experience with wireless systems (BLE, WIFI, Zigbee)
Experience building and bringing-up MCUs or FPGA
Comfortable with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.)
Comfortable with lab equipment (oscilloscope, VNA, etc)
Basic C and Python programming skills

Desirable

5+ years of experience
Experience with firmware development for embedded systems (C/C++)
Proficiency with ME CAD tools (Solidworks, AutoCAD)
Experience with FEM/FDTD simulation tools and antenna designs/testing
Experience with analog circuit design
Experience in the design and testing of wearable electronic devices (watches, fitness trackers, wireless headphones, etc)
Prior work or experience pushing hardware systems through FCC/FDA approval process

What the job involves

Join the implant embedded systems team and be part of an elite team of engineers working on high-performance, safety-critical devices for the next-generation brain-computer interfaces
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on electrical engineer for implant electronics board design, integration with our custom chips, testing, and quality control
You will own advanced projects, not only working on incremental changes, and be an integral member of a small, fast-moving team
You will be working on all phases of board design (part selection, schematic design, layout, and bring-up) as well as work closely with chip designers, firmware engineers, mechanical engineers, and microfabrication experts for system integration

Our take

Neuralink is a company developing ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers. Its primary objective is to help people with paralysis to gain more autonomy in their everyday lives, with the possibility that its tech will be used to enhance the abilities of the wider community further in the future.

For many, brain implants such as those being developed by Neuralink belong firmly in the realm of sci-fi. That said, the idea of interfacing machines with the brain for medical purposes has existed for some time, with examples including cochlear implants and Deep Brain Stimulation. Having secured FDA approval, Neuralink is now able to move ahead with human trials - a significant step in its ambitious proposals becoming a reality.

The approval seems to have made the company more appealing to investors, and Neuralink has since raised considerable funds towards advancing its research. It should be noted, though, that despite this positive attention, much discussion surrounding the company regards its animal testing practices which - some sources say - may have resulted in more animal deaths than necessary as staff were pressured to push for the FDA approval. Despite the ethical debate surrounding Neuralink's practices, 2024 saw Elon Musk, the CEO of Neuralink, announce that the first Brain-computer-interface (BCI) patient can successfully move a mouse around a computer screen just by thinking.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

18% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Aug 2023

$323m

SERIES D

Jul 2021

$205m

SERIES C

Total funding: $686m

Company 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
Flexible time off + paid holidays
Equity + 401(k) plan
Commuter Benefits
Meals provided
Parental leave

Company HQ

Fremont, CA

Articles

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Wants To Put Chips In Our Brains — How It Works And Who Else Is Doing It

Musk's Neuralink valued at about $5 billion despite long road to market

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Receives FDA Approval for First In-human Clinical Study of Brain Implants After Multiple Rejections

Musk's Neuralink raises US$280 million in funding led by Thiel's Founders Fund

First patient with Neuralink brain chip now controls mouse via telepathy

Neuralink's Texas Move: A Strategic Shift in the Brain-Machine Interface Race

Leadership

Max Hodak

(President)

Founder and CEO of Science. Former Founder and CEO at Transcriptic, and previously at MyFit. Was a Research Assistant at Duke University Medical Center for 4 years.

Elon Musk

(CEO)

Founder, Chairman, CEO and CTO of SpaceX. CEO and Product Architect at Tesla. Owner, Chairman and CTO of X Corp. Co-founder of OpenAI, and President of the Musk Foundation.

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