Software Engineer (Simulation)

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

Job summary

Neuralink is building a next‑generation surgical robot to insert many tiny threads for brain–computer communication. You will own the end‑to‑end robot simulation, perform surgery and run tests on the simulated system, reproduce faults, and automate verification for CI on every commit.

You will build a full robot sim: dynamics, sensors, actuators, and interfaces; test the real robot software against simulated hardware; write automated integration tests, fault injections, and coverage; ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with async/concurrent systems and hardware interfaces.
• Strong Rust skills; Python for test tooling and analysis.
• Experience with robotics simulation tools (MuJoCo/Isaac Sim/Gazebo).
• Familiarity with automated integration tests and debugging across software and firmware.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end surgical robot simulation and testing.
• Reproduce faults and automate verification for CI on every commit.
• Build the full robot sim: dynamics, sensors, actuators, and interfaces.
• Test real robot software and firmware against simulated hardware.
• Write automated sim tests: scenarios, regressions, fault injection, coverage.
• Make runs deterministic, measurable, and cost-efficient.

Skills

Rust

Python

Async programming

Test automation

Debugging

AI acceleration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, Physics, or equivalent

Tools

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Gazebo

Bazel

RPC

Telemetry

Job description

• Neuralink’s next generation surgical robot will perform brain surgery at scale, installing hundreds of tiny threads into the brain to enable brain computer communication
• You will own the end to end surgical robot simulation. Perform surgery and run tests on the simulated robot. Reproduce faults, and automate verification. Your simulation will enable test & verification to run on every commit
• Build the full robot sim: dynamics, sensors, actuators, and product-stack interfaces
• Test the real robot software and firmware against simulated hardware
• Write automated sim tests: scenarios, regressions, fault injection, and coverage
• Make runs deterministic, measurable, and cheap enough to run in CI
• Reproduce hardware failures in sim to accelerate our test timelines
• The success of the project is on you. You talk to users, get feedback, and iterate fast
• Note: The team is hiring engineers at all levels, both junior and senior. What matters most is evidence of exceptional abilities and a drive to succeed

Experience with async and concurrent systems, hardware interfaces, RPC, and telemetryStrong Rust skills; Python for test tooling and analysis. Bazel experience is a plusReal robotics / physics sim experience (MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or equivalent)Required: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, etc.) or equivalent practical experienceExperience building automated integration tests and debugging failures across software and firmwareEffective at using AI agents to accelerate work while maintaining quality