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Software Engineer - HIL

Neuralink· Software
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Hybrid (Austin, TX / South San Francisco, CA)$151k - $281kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing engineer for Neuralink’s next-gen surgical robot. Own and automate the robot HIL test system, run production software/firmware against controlled inputs, reproduce faults, and integrate HIL tests into CI pipelines to enable unattended verification and scalable delivery of surgical robots.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain robot HIL — real hardware running production software and firmware.
  • Write automated HIL tests for integration, timing, faults, and bring-up.
  • Define pass/fail, coverage, and acceptance criteria.
  • Wire software-in-the-loop tests, HIL tests, and hardware acceptance into one CI pipeline with logs, traces, and reproducible results.
  • Own release-gating tests. When a failure escapes sim or HIL, you reproduce it and close the coverage gap.

Qualifications

  • Strong Rust skills; Python for test tooling and analysis. Comfortable close to drivers, firmware, and buses.
  • Experience with HIL, test rigs, or system-level verification on robots, vehicles, or similar hardware.
  • Experience debugging async and concurrent systems, RPC, telemetry, and timing failures across software and firmware.
  • Experience building automated test pipelines. Bazel experience is a plus.
  • Effective at using AI agents to accelerate work while maintaining quality.
  • Obsession with repeatability, edge cases, and traceability.
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, etc.) or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:RustPythonHIL
Nice to have:C/Rust interoperability

Benefits

  • An opportunity to change the world and work with 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) for full-time employees.
  • 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 Sep 30, 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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