Electrical Engineer Intern, Implant Embedded Systems

Neuralink; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays

Meals provided

Job summary

Neuralink is seeking an Electrical Engineer Intern to design implant electronics boards, integrate with custom chips, and work across design phases from schematic to bring-up. You’ll collaborate with chip designers, firmware, mechanical, and microfabrication teams on high-density, size-constrained systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on development and real impact on next-generation neural interfaces. The position offers an implant-focused experience in a fast-moving team, with compensation as an

Qualifications

• PCB design experience for low-power, size-constrained devices.
• Experience with PCB CAD tools: Altium, Eagle, KiCad, or Allegro.
• Experience with sensors, power management, and signal integrity.
• Familiar with SPI, UART, I2C and other serial protocols.
• Basic C and Python programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate implant electronics boards with our chips.
• Handle board bring-up, testing, and quality control.
• Collaborate with chip designers, firmware, mechanical, and microfabrication teams.
• Contribute to system improvements to reduce latency and increase battery life.

Skills

PCB design

Sensors

Power management

Signal integrity

C programming

Python programming

Embedded firmware

SPI UART I2C

Tools

Altium

Eagle

KiCad

Allegro

Job description

Electrical Engineer Intern, Implant Embedded Systems

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:

We build the electrical systems that make high-bandwidth brain–computer interfaces possible. This includes neural signal acquisition and stimulation to wireless power delivery, embedded processing, and system integration—all within devices small enough to be implanted in the human body and efficient enough to operate under strict thermal and power constraints. Our work sits at the intersection of analog, RF, digital, and biological systems. Many problems in this space do not present clean abstractions or clear failure modes. Success often depends on careful measurement, iteration, and engineering judgment across multiple interacting systems.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

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 have the opportunity to contribute to advanced projects, not only work 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 collaborating closely with chip designers, firmware engineers, mechanical engineers, and microfabrication experts for system integration.

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

Required Qualifications:

• Experience designing PCBs for low power and size constrained applications
• Experience with PCB CAD tools (Altium, Eagle, KiCad, Allegro)
• Experience with sensors, power management, and signal/power integrity
• Comfortable with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.)
• Comfortable with lab equipment (oscilloscope, VNA, etc.)
• Basic C and Python programming skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with firmware development for embedded systems (C/C++)
• Experience with wireless systems (BLE, WIFI, Zigbee)
• Experience building and bringing‑up MCUs or FPGA
• Proficiency with ME CAD tools (Solidworks, AutoCAD)
• Experience with analog circuit design

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
• 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