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:
The Robot Electrical Engineering Team, a division of the Surgery & Robot Hardware Department, is responsible for all electrical engineering aspects of a Neuralink surgery which include designing our surgical robotics, supporting operating room equipment, and manufacturing custom consumables. The core device our team works on is our custom robot system. The goal of our team and this device is to fully automate the implantation of our N1 implant. To do this, we design and integrate technologies such as a 9 DOF robot for electrode implantation, compute, vision systems, optical coherence tomography tissue imaging, power electronics, copper and optical networking, and safety systems such as e-stops, interlocks, and collision avoidance hardware.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
As a Manufacturing Technician at Neuralink, you will manufacture our R1 Surgical Robot which is used to support the implantation of the N1, an intracortical brain-computer interface (BCI) capable of recording and stimulating. Manufacturing the R1 Surgical Robot involves working with mechanical, electrical, and optical systems.
Additionally, you will collaborate with our team on the assembly, maintenance, and repair of our R1 Surgical Robot while transforming our R&D process into a high-quality, FDA compliant, GMP production environment. You’ll drive efforts in building the entirety of the R1 Surgical Robot and its subassemblies as well as performing troubleshooting, automation, data analysis, process improvement, and designing/building new fixtures. Other responsibilities will include:
- Assembling surgical robotic devices and systems
- Completing manufacturing and maintenance records of your assemblies
- Disassembling and reassembling robots or equipment to make repairs such as the replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, and motors
- Troubleshooting robotic systems applying basic electronics, mechanical, optics, and software knowledge
- Assisting in maintaining and auditing production inventory
- Maintaining operation records
- Working with engineering to evaluate and implement work instruction and process improvements
- Maintaining and improving standard operating procedures
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience as a builder in a controlled manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes for prototypes and production versions of products
- Ability to interpret, distill, and disseminate relevant technical information
- Meticulous attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and project management skills
- Resourceful, flexible, and adaptable; no task is too big or too small
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to work in a medical device regulatory environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering technical field, preferably in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, or biomedical
- Experience with solid 3-D modeling (such as Solidworks)
- Strong understanding of engineering first principles
Pay Transparency:
Based on California law, the following details are for California individuals only:
California Hourly Range:
$28.85—$44.23/hr USD
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
