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Electrical Engineer Intern, Robotics and Surgery Engineering

Neuralink· Internships
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South San Francisco, CAinternPosted 11mo ago

About the role

Electrical Engineering Intern responsible for designing, verifying, and transitioning custom electronics systems for Neuralink's surgical robotics, including board design, motor drivers, high-bandwidth camera hardware, FPGA-based data acquisition, and testing rigs within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

  • All phases of board design (part selection, schematic design, layout, and bring-up)
  • Custom motor drivers, from transistor selection to control loop design
  • Custom high-bandwidth, low-latency, camera hardware and firmware
  • Custom FPGA based Optical Coherence Tomography data acquisition systems
  • Testing hardware such as Hardware-In-The-Loop systems, validation boards, and life-cycle testing rigs
  • Case studies on future system architectures including new compute platforms, redesigned actuator layouts, and deep-brain imaging systems

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable experience developing circuits or products that have been used by real customers.
  • Circuit board design experience demonstrating advanced knowledge in at least one niche (e.g., HDI, high speed digital, high power, RF, atypical materials or constructions).
  • Experience with sensors, power management, and signal/power integrity
  • Design experience with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.)
  • Competent with common lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)

Skills

Required:Circuit designBoard designMotor drivers designFPGACameras hardware/firmware
Nice to have:Embedded firmwareLinux software

Benefits

  • An opportunity to change the world and work with highly talented experts from different fields
  • Growth potential; rapid advancement for high impact contributors
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
  • Paid holidays
  • Commuter benefits
  • 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)
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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