Software Engineer (Robot Manufacturing)

Neuralink; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuralink in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer for the Robot Manufacturing Team to own the software stack used to build and verify neurosurgical robots. You’ll be closely aligned with robot and surgical engineers to understand needs and deliver software that ships.

You’ll work on inventory, lifecycle management, and other critical systems that enable scale from early production to clinical deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experience.
• Strong full-stack engineering skills (Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript).
• You own software on the factory floor and ship solutions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own inventory and warehouse management systems for robotic components from raw materials to final assembly.
• Develop lifecycle management software to build, calibrate, verify, and maintain robots throughout their lifespan.
• Collaborate with robot engineers and surgical engineers to translate needs into software and ship fast.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Ownership mindset

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experience

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React/TypeScript

Job description

• The Robot Manufacturing Software team allows Neuralink to build neurosurgical robots at a scale that has never been done before
• Every robot that ships was tracked, assembled, calibrated, and verified through the software you’ll build
• This is the backbone of how we scale from early production to meeting real clinical demand
• We’re a small, tightly knit team - and this role is the first dedicated owner of the robot manufacturing software stack
• As the company scales, so will the complexity, and you’ll be the one designing and building the systems that make all of that possible
• We operate as a tight, high-trust team
• You’ll have direct ownership and the autonomy to solve hard problems, but also high expectations
• We’re moving fast to meet clinical demand and keep up with deployments. 60-hour weeks are not uncommon, and there are stretches where the pace is high
• As a Software Engineer on the Robot Manufacturing Team, you’ll work directly with robot engineers and surgical engineers to understand what they need, then build it
• You won’t be handed a spec doc from a product manager three layers removed from the problem
• Some days you’re heads-down writing code all day
• On another day, you might spend a morning pairing with a robot engineer to understand a new calibration process, then spend the afternoon building the tracking system for it
• The constant is that you’re close to the problem and shipping solutions quickly
• Projects you will work on:
• Inventory and warehouse management systems that track every component going into a neurosurgical robot - from raw materials through final assembly
• Lifecycle management software that engineers use to build, calibrate, verify, and maintain robots throughout their entire lifespan
• Whatever else needs building. The scope of problems here is wide and constantly evolving. You’ll have real ownership over the direction this stack grows

You can talk to users, understand their problems, and translate that into well-built software. This role is deeply collaborativeYou’re comfortable with ambiguity. Manufacturing at this scale hasn’t been done before for this kind of deviceA bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experienceStrong full-stack engineering skills. Our stack is Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript, but we care more about your ability to learn and ship than your resume matching our package.jsonYou’ve built software that real people useYou take ownership. When your software breaks on the floor, you fix it