Mechanical Engineer, Implant Manufacturing

Fremont, California, United States       ·       Full time

As a Mechanical Engineer on the Implant team, you will be responsible for developing high-production manufacturing infrastructure for the Neuralink implant, charger, and accessories. You will design, build, debug, and implement tools and processes necessary to build Neuralink’s core product line. 

You will be among the first to develop all the test requirements and specifications for maintaining robustness and reliability in the production line. You will also lead prototype builds, facilities development and floor layout, help develop a robust supply chain, identify opportunities to automate and speed up the manufacturing process, and perform regular analyses to drive down costs. You will be pivotal in making the Neuralink Implant safe, readily available, and cheap for everyone.

About you:

• You find large challenges exciting and enjoy discovering and defining problems as much as solving them.
• You deliver. You may enjoy thoughtful conversations about problems and perfecting designs, but in the end, you know that what matters is delivering a manufacturable solution that works every time.
• You are a cross-disciplinary team member. You are excited to work with and learn from software, mechanical, electrical, materials, biological engineers, and neuroscientists. You are comfortable communicating across teams.
• You thrive in working autonomously. You are excited to take on all challenges and responsibilities for a project and enjoy the freedom of owning all the details of the solution. You need minimal supervision or oversight.
• You are organized and efficient. You take notes and provide regular updates on production times and possible improvements to the line.
• Resourceful, flexible and adaptable; no task is too big or too small.

Key qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering, or equivalent in experience and ability.
• 4+ years of mechanical engineering experience.
• 2+ year of industry mechanical engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of engineering first principles.
• Technical and experimental documentation experience, including writing manufacturing SOP’s.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with python and writing test scripts.
• Experience designing hardware test systems from the ground up.
• Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing and scaling to high volume as part of a cross-functional team.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing tools and processes, such as injection molding.
• Demonstrated experience implementing automation into production processes.

What we offer:

• An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and the 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; parental leave.
• Flexible time off + paid holidays.
• Equity + 401(k) plan.
• Commuter Benefits.
• Meals provided.

Neuralink provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws.  This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.