Embedded Software Engineer Intern, Implant Embedded Systems

Summary

Neuralink is creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain, aiming to restore movement and sight, and revolutionize human interaction with digital worlds. The Embedded Software Engineer Intern will gain hands-on training and work on high-performance embedded systems for brain-computer interfaces, collaborating with various engineering teams to implement impactful features.

Responsibilities

• Building on your ability to work cross functionally, working with engineers who deliver safety-critical systems while considering power, radio, and thermal requirements
• Gaining an understanding of delivering products and/or core features from planning and design to execution and testing
• Growing your fundamental understanding of hardware while contributing to bare-metal firmware in C
• Contributing to codebase organization, prioritizing modular formats that allow for elegant hardware bifurcation in the field
• Developing the ability to contribute to system improvements that decrease latency and increase battery life, reliability, and safety

Skills

• 2+ years of experience with embedded systems
• Proficient in C/C++, and Python
• Knowledge of MCU architectures, peripherals, and development environments
• Comfortable reading electrical schematics and datasheets
• Deep knowledge of the embedded toolchains and workflow
• Strong EE & DSP fundamentals
• HW/SW debugging skills with lab equipment
• Experience with embedded stacks for ARM cores
• Experience with safety-critical systems
• Experience with FPGA development and testing
• Experience with RF, BLE, and TCP/IP stacks from a practical embedded perspective
• Prior work or experience with applied cryptography and embedded systems security

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of experience with embedded systems
• Proficient in C/C++, and Python
• Knowledge of MCU architectures, peripherals, and development environments
• Comfortable reading electrical schematics and datasheets
• Deep knowledge of the embedded toolchains and workflow
• Strong EE & DSP fundamentals
• HW/SW debugging skills with lab equipment

Nice to Haves

• Experience with embedded stacks for ARM cores
• Experience with safety-critical systems
• Experience with FPGA development and testing
• Experience with RF, BLE, and TCP/IP stacks from a practical embedded perspective
• Prior work or experience with applied cryptography and embedded systems security

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*
• 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*