Role Description
**About Neuralink:**
We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain. These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.
**Team Description:**
The Brain Interfaces Embedded Systems Team, a division of the Brain Interfaces Hardware Department, owns the development of high-performance, safety-critical embedded systems for the next-generation of brain-computer interfaces. As a key member of our team, you will gain hands-on training, work alongside accomplished mentors, and contribute to real-world projects.
**Job Description and Responsibilities:**
We are looking for experienced, hands-on engineers who are interested in exploring what's possible in highly powered and latency-constrained environments. Firmware is the kernel of operation for the implant and you have the chance to determine and implement features that have a massive impact on the product's capabilities. You will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with chip designers, electrical engineers, algorithms engineers, and software engineers on a small, agile team. The job responsibilities will include:
* Building on your ability to work cross functionally, working with engineers who deliver safety-critical systems while considering power, radio, and thermal requirements
* Gaining an understanding of delivering products and/or core features from planning and design to execution and testing
* Growing your fundamental understanding of hardware while contributing to bare-metal firmware in C
* Contributing to codebase organization, prioritizing modular formats that allow for elegant hardware bifurcation in the field
* Developing the ability to contribute to system improvements that decrease latency and increase battery life, reliability, and safety
**Required Qualifications:**
* 2\+ years of experience with embedded systems
* Proficient in C/C\+\+, and Python
* Knowledge of MCU architectures, peripherals, and development environments
* Comfortable reading electrical schematics and datasheets
* Deep knowledge of the embedded toolchains and workflow
* Strong EE \& DSP fundamentals
* HW/SW debugging skills with lab equipment
**Preferred Qualifications:**
* Experience with embedded stacks for ARM cores
* Experience with safety-critical systems
* Experience with FPGA development and testing
* Experience with RF, BLE, and TCP/IP stacks from a practical embedded perspective
* Prior work or experience with applied cryptography and embedded systems security
**Expected Compensation:**
The anticipated hourly rate for this position is listed below.
**California Hourly Flat Rate:**
$35/Hr USD
**What We Offer:**
Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
* 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 (RSUs) *Temporary Employees \& Interns excluded
* 401(k) plan *Interns initially excluded until they work 1,000 hours
* Parental leave *Temporary Employees \& Interns excluded
* Flexible time off *Temporary Employees \& Interns excluded