About Neuralink:
We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain. These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.
Team Description:
The Next Gen team at Neuralink is developing the next generation of brain-computer interfaces. We are laying the groundwork for intuitive, high-dimensional, and bidirectional interfaces between brains and machines, with the goal of helping people challenged by a variety of neurological disorders and conditions. Our team consists of scientists and engineers, working closely together to define the engineering requirements for these future products. As a Neuroengineer Intern on this team, you will contribute across a wide range of projects, from designing novel experimental preparations, to interpreting neural signals and behavioral data, to developing novel BCI paradigms. Successful candidates will be highly adaptable, able to deploy their core technical and creative skills to tackle a wide range of problems, and have a keen sense of urgency.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
- Design computational models to optimize electrical stimulation parameters and develop encoding strategies for sensory neural stimulation
- Integrate machine vision algorithms with VR environments to design end-to-end solutions for prosthetic vision
- Design, execute, interpret, and communicate the results of neural recording and stimulation experiments
- Present results in a collaborative setting
Required Qualifications:
- Evidence of exceptional ability in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, machine learning, or a related field
- 2+ years of academic or industry experience
- A strong understanding of the scientific method and engineering first principles
- Fluency with Python for data analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with modern statistical inference and machine learning, including for machine vision applications
- Experience with neural stimulation
- Experience modeling the influence of electrical stimulation on neural activity, for example using the NEURON modeling environment
- Experience modeling electric fields using finite element modeling (FEM)
- Experience building and programming experimental instrumentation
- Experience with in-vivo electrophysiology, awake behaving recordings, and in particular, closed-loop brain-computer interface
Pay Transparency:
Based on California law, the following details are for California individuals only.
What We Offer:
Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
- 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
Top Skills
What We Do
Neuralink is a team of exceptionally talented people. We are creating the future of brain-machine interfaces: building devices now that will help people with paralysis and inventing new technologies that will expand our abilities, our community, and our world.
Our goal is to build a system with at least two orders of magnitude more communication channels (electrodes) than current clinically-approved devices. This system needs to be safe, it must have fully wireless communication through the skin, and it has to be ready for patients to take home and use on their own. Our device, called the Link, will be able to record from 1024 electrodes and is designed to meet these criteria.
