Electrical Engineer, Implant Embedded Systems

Company Description:

We are creating the future of brain-computer interfaces: building devices now that have the potential to help people with paralysis regain mobility and independence and invent new technologies that could expand our abilities, our community, and our world.

Team Description:

Join the implant team and be part of an elite team of engineers working on high-performance, safety-critical embedded systems for the next-generation brain-computer interfaces. We are looking for experienced, hands-on engineers who are interested in exploring what's possible in highly power and latency-constrained environments. We are looking for an experienced, hands-on electrical engineer for implant electronics board design, integration with our custom chips, design verification, manufacturing, 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 and manufacturing engineers, and microfabrication experts for system integration.

Job Responsibilities:

• Utilize electrical engineering fundamentals and best system design practices to deliver high-performant, reliable, and manufacturable extremely size-constraint systems
• Contribute to all phases of system and board design, from system definition to part selection, schematic design, layout, bring up, and design verification
• Conduct R&D investigations and experiments to demonstrate feasibility of new technology for the implant and the charger
• Work cross functionally to ensure successful systems integration
• Drive system improvements that decrease latency and increase battery life, reliability, and safety
• Design and deploy systems for implant-charger hardware in the loop testing, and manufacturing line quality control
  
  

Note: The team is hiring electrical engineers at all levels, both junior and senior. What matters most is evidence of exceptional abilities and a drive to succeed.

Required Qualifications:

• 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
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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
  
  

Pay Transparency:

Based on California law, the following details are for California individuals only:

California base salary range:

$109,800—$238,100 USD

For Full-Time Employees, your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity. Guidance on salary for this role will be determined according to the level at which you enter the organization, with the ability to gain more over time as you contribute. In addition, Full-Time Employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.

What We Offer:

• 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
• Equity 401(k) plan *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
• Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
• Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
  
  

Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Neuralink values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Neuralink provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.

If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the interview process, please let us know. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in those processes. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
• Having interviews in an accessible location
• Being accompanied by a service dog
• Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview