Security Engineer

Neuralink; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 123,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Meals provided

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Job summary

Neuralink is building brain-computer interfaces that will restore autonomy to people with unmet medical needs. The Security team protects both the company and the product, spanning IT Security Operations and Product Security in one hands-on seat.

The role includes running security operations, threat modeling, secure design reviews, and influencing secure development practices across multiple domains including implant firmware, surgical robotics, BCI, and cloud backends.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in security engineering, security operations, or product/application security.
• Strong fundamentals in OS, networking, and authentication/authorization.
• Experience detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents.
• An attacker’s mindset with a builder’s bias: identify problems and fix them.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Run and improve security operations: triage alerts across endpoint, identity, network, email, and cloud.
• Lead incident response from detection through root cause and remediation.
• Build detections and automation (SIEM, EDR, SOAR) and write scalable tooling.
• Harden corporate security infrastructure: SSO/MFA, identity lifecycle, email security.
• Perform threat modeling and secure design/reviews for Neuralink products and cloud.
• Close security holes by writing code and coordinating fixes with teams.
• Lead internal security assessments and remediation with owning teams.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

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

Neuralink is building brain-computer interfaces that will restore autonomy to people with unmet medical needs — and technology this consequential has to be secure at every layer. The Security team protects both the company and the product. The scope includes corporate infrastructure, endpoints, and identity systems our engineers rely on every day, and the implant, surgical robot, and clinical software platforms our participants depend on. This role spans both sides of Neuralink’s mission, combining IT Security Operations and Product Security in one hands-on engineering seat.

Job Description and Responsibilities

• Run and improve security operations: triage and investigate alerts across endpoint, identity, network, email, and cloud, and lead incident response from detection through root cause and remediation.
• Build and tune detections and response automation (SIEM, EDR, SOAR), and write tooling that eliminates manual security work and scales coverage as the company grows.
• Partner with IT to harden corporate security infrastructure: SSO/MFA and identity lifecycle, endpoint management, email security, and vulnerability management.
• Perform threat modeling and secure design and code reviews for Neuralink products — implant firmware, surgical robotics, BCI, infrastructure, ASIC, clinical and consumer-facing applications, and cloud backends.
• Close security holes in Neuralink products by writing code, and collaborating with teams to get fixes merged.
• Find vulnerabilities before attackers do: run internal security assessments and penetration tests, triage external vulnerability reports, and drive remediation with owning teams.
• Establish and improve security standards, incident response runbooks, and secure development practices, partnering cross-functionally with software, infrastructure, IT, and compliance teams.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in security engineering, security operations, or product/application security — or evidence of exceptional ability in lieu of traditional experience or qualifications.
• Strong technical fundamentals: operating system internals (Linux, macOS, Windows), networking, and authentication/authorization.
• Experience detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents.
• An attacker’s mindset paired with a builder’s bias: you find problems and then fix them, independently and end-to-end.
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and sound judgment under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Product security depth: threat modeling, secure code review at scale, or penetration testing of web, mobile, or embedded targets.
• Experience securing cloud environments (AWS or similar), Kubernetes/containers, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Embedded, firmware, or hardware security experience — especially for medical devices or other safety-critical systems.
• Familiarity with security in regulated environments (FDA premarket cybersecurity guidance, HIPAA, SOC 2).
• Detection engineering or security automation experience across a modern SecOps stack.
• CTF, bug bounty, or public security research track record, or relevant certifications (e.g., OSCP).
• Experience mentoring engineers or independently owning security processes end-to-end.

Expected Compensation:The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We also believe in aligning our employees’ success with the company's long-term growth. As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees.

Base Salary Range:: $123,000 USD - $230,000 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