Software Engineer, Robot Manufacturing

Neuralink; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Medical, dental, vision insurance PPO

Meals provided

Job summary

Neuralink is seeking a Software Engineer for the Robot Manufacturing Team to build the software stack that tracks, assembles, calibrates, and verifies neurosurgical robots. You’ll work directly with robot and surgical engineers, not through distant product specs, to ship practical solutions quickly.

Expect hands-on coding, collaboration with engineers, and frequent field deployments as the team scales to meet clinical demand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experience.
• Strong full-stack engineering skills with Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript.
• Built software that real people use.
• Talk to users, understand problems, and translate into well-built software.
• Take ownership and fix issues on the floor.
• Comfortable with ambiguity in large-scale manufacturing software.

Responsibilities

• Develop inventory and warehouse management systems for neurosurgical robots.
• Build lifecycle management software to calibrate, verify, and maintain robots.
• Own the direction of the robot manufacturing software stack and shipping solutions.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Ruby on Rails

React/TypeScript

User collaboration

Ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React/TypeScript

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:

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. This isn't for everyone.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

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

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experience
• Strong 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.json
• You’ve built software that real people use
• You can talk to users, understand their problems, and translate that into well-built software. This role is deeply collaborative
• You take ownership. When your software breaks on the floor, you fix it
• You're comfortable with ambiguity. Manufacturing at this scale hasn't been done before for this kind of device

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:: $135,000 USD - $216,000 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