Company Description:
We are creating the future of brain-computer interfaces: building devices now that have the potential to help people with paralysis regain mobility and independence and invent new technologies that could expand our abilities, our community, and our world.
Team Description:
The Surgery Team is responsible for making sure Neuralink’s various implanted devices get installed safely and efficiently. This means our job as a team is not limited just to the insertion of the implant’s electrodes but instead to owning the full surgery experience of a potential Neuralink customer in a way that scales. The team works towards our mission of safely installing our implant through in-depth preclinical studies by conducting surgeries and diving into data analysis.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
As an Operating Room Specialist, you will be the subject matter expert and product specialist responsible for surgical case coverage in the Operating Room during implantation of the implant. Your responsibilities will include:
- Owning surgical process improvement projects including scaling (e.g., reducing surgical time, OR room utilization, turn over time, etc.)
- Participating in the majority of preclinical animal studies at Neuralink
- Collecting and compiling relevant surgical data for engineering and preclinical analytical review
- Analyzing surgery data to improve processes
- Creating, developing, editing, and overseeing all surgery-related SOPs
- Supporting staff in product-related matters including VNS diagnostics, troubleshooting, and programming assistance.
- Collaborating with surgeons and hospital staff to support case coverage for clinical trials
- Providing feedback to design engineers at the design review level to ensure end-user feedback is captured
- Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
- Purchasing and maintaining surgical equipment, instruments, and supplies
- Anticipating the needs of team members regarding the requirements of specific surgical procedures by reviewing surgery protocols preoperatively and utilizing basic Operating Room role functionality
- Overseeing, enforcing, and implementing safety procedures and protocols required in an OR environment
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in nursing, life sciences, health sciences, biotechnology or biomedical science, or health management, or 2+ years of equivalent experience
- Strong knowledge of medical terminology and healthcare environments
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to adapt quickly in a cross-functional environment
- Ability to travel frequently within the assigned territory
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience as a Registered Nurse
- Experience in medical device sales or related healthcare sales
- Leadership or administrative experience
- Experience with clinical trials and Premarket Approval (PMA)
- Technical writing skills
Pay Transparency: The following details are for Texas individuals only:
Texas Pay Transparency
$89,000—$147,000 USD
For Full-Time Employees, your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity. Guidance on salary for this role will be determined according to the level at which you enter the organization, with the ability to gain more over time as you contribute. In addition, Full-Time Employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
What We Offer:
- 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 + 401(k) plan *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Neuralink values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!
Neuralink provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.
If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the interview process, please let us know. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in those processes. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
- Having interviews in an accessible location
- Being accompanied by a service dog
- Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview
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.
