Mechatronics Engineer

Robotics & Surgery                 ·                Austin, Texas, United States              ·                Full time

Mechatronics Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States

Company Description:

We are creating the future of brain-computer interfaces: building devices now that have the potential to help people with paralysis regain mobility and independence and invent new technologies that could expand our abilities, our community, and our world.

Team Description:

Join our Surgery Hardware development team and be the “Responsible Engineer” for leveling-up surgery test infrastructure and driving continuous technical improvements to surgery. Build whatever is needed to (1) close the gap between mock-surgery testing and real surgery, and (2) enable a high cadence of representative mock-surgery testing to illuminate intermittent failure modes and facilitate rapid process improvement.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

• Design a surgical proxy that realistically tests robotic craniectomy R&D
• Design a spinal implant R&D testbed that includes representative physiological motion and micromotion and reads implant health.
• Implement a method for automatically gathering metrics from tests and surgeries (such as step times, tool use data, effect repeatability)
• Build and scale a robust R&D-to-production qualification test paradigm that maximizes test effectiveness while minimizing man-hours
• Lead root-cause investigations and update hardware designs as needed to optimize surgery

Required Qualifications: 

• Strong understanding of engineering first principles.
• Bachelor’s Degree in science or engineering, or equivalent in experience and ability.
• Fluent in CAD software.
• Familiarity with programming languages (e.g. Python).
• Experience interfacing with sensors and motors, etc.
• Built integrated electromechanical systems that work.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience designing/running a test for a complex system.
• Experience building software to run tests, analyze data, integrate dashboards.
• Experience with conventional machining and rapid prototyping technologies.

Pay Transparency: The following details are for Texas individuals only:

Texas Pay Transparency

$100,000—$150,290 USD

For Full-Time Employees, your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity. Guidance on salary for this role will be determined according to the level at which you enter the organization, with the ability to gain more over time as you contribute. In addition, Full-Time Employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.

What We Offer:

• 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; parental leave.
• Flexible time off + paid holidays.
• Equity + 401(k) plan.
• Commuter Benefits.
• Meals provided.

Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won’t apply if they don’t meet every listed qualification. Neuralink values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don’t check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

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.

If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the interview process, please let us know. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in those processes. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
• Having interviews in an accessible location
• Being accompanied by a service dog
• Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

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