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Electrical Engineer Intern, Implant Embedded Systems

Neuralink· Internships
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Hybrid (Austin, TX / South San Francisco, CA)internPosted 6mo ago

About the role

Intern electrical engineer role focused on implant electronics board design, integration with custom chips, testing, and quality control for implantable brain–computer interface systems. Cross-functional collaboration with chip designers, firmware, mechanical, and microfabrication teams.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize electrical engineering fundamentals and best system design practices to build high-performance, reliable, and manufacturable extremely size-constrained systems
  • Gain understanding of all phases of system and board design, from system definition to part selection, schematic design, layout, bring up, and design verification
  • Contribute to R&D investigations and experiments to demonstrate feasibility of new technology for the implant and the charger
  • Gain experience working cross functionally to ensure successful systems integration
  • Contribute to system improvements that decrease latency and increase battery life, reliability, and safety
  • Develop ability to design and deploy systems for implant-charger hardware in the loop testing, and manufacturing line quality control

Qualifications

  • Strong EE fundamentals
  • Experience designing PCBs for low power and size constrained applications
  • Experience with PCB CAD tools (Altium, Eagle, KiCad, Allegro)
  • Experience with sensors, power management, and signal/power integrity
  • Comfortable with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.)
  • Comfortable with lab equipment (oscilloscope, VNA, etc.)
  • Basic C and Python programming skills

Skills

Required:EE fundamentalsPCB design for low power/size constrained appsPCB CAD toolsSensors and power managementCommunication protocolsLab equipmentProgramming

Benefits

  • 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
  • Commuter benefits
  • Meals provided
  • Equity (RSUs) *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded*
  • Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded*
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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Creating a generalized brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs today and unlock human potential tomorrow.

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