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 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 Neuralink customer in a way that scales. The team works towards our mission of safely installing our implant through in-depth preclinical studies and clinical trials 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 surgery. Responsibilities will include:
- Participating in preclinical animal studies and human clinical surgeries at Neuralink
- Ensuring the surgical team follows strict aseptic techniques and guidelines, as needed
- Anticipating the needs of the team members with respect to the requirements of a particular surgical procedure by reviewing surgery protocol preop and utilizing basic Operating Room role functionality
- Overseeing, enforcing, and implementing safety procedures and protocol required in an OR environment
- Collecting and compiling relevant surgical data for engineering and preclinical analytical review
- Collaborating with surgeons and hospital staff supporting case coverage for clinical trials
- Maintaining surgical equipment, instruments, and supplies
- Completing end-of-day procedures, including restocking Operating Room as needed, cleaning instruments, and picking case carts
- Providing feedback to design engineers at design-review level to ensure end-user feedback is captured
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing
- 5 years of experience as a Registered Nurse
- 3 years of experience working in an operating room
Preferred Qualifications:
- Neurosurgery experience
Additional Requirements and Competencies:
- Ability to travel to/from work in multiple states and internationally
- Willingness to work in environments where potential exposure to animal/human bodily fluids, including blood, may occur
- Basic computer skills and proficiency in Google Docs, Google Drive, and Gmail
Expected Compensation:
The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We also believe in aligning our employees’ success with the company's long-term growth. As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees.
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.
