Neuralink

Software Engineer - HIL

Neuralink • $151K — $281K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong Rust programming skills; Python for test tooling and analysis.
  • Experience with Hardware In the Loop (HIL) testing in robotics or similar fields.
  • Proficient in debugging asynchronous and concurrent systems, including RPC and telemetry.
  • Background in building automated test pipelines, with Bazel experience a plus.
  • Excellent at utilizing AI agents to enhance testing quality and efficiency.
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on repeatability and edge case management.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the robot's Hardware In the Loop (HIL) testing system.
  • Write automated tests for integration, timing, and fault verification.
  • Define acceptance criteria for testing.
  • Integrate software-in-the-loop and hardware tests into a continuous integration pipeline.
  • Manage release-gating tests and address any failures that occur.
  • Enhance test automation for efficiency and reliability.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with leading experts across diverse fields.
  • Significant growth potential and rapid advancement for impactful team members.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO.
  • Paid holidays and commuter benefits.
  • Meals provided during work hours.
  • Equity compensation in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for full-time employees.
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions after 1,000 hours of work.
  • Generous parental leave policy.
  • Flexible time off arrangements.
Full Job Description
The Role

Neuralink's next generation surgical robot will perform brain surgery at scale, installing hundreds of tiny threads into the brain to enable brain computer communication.

You will own the robot's Hardware In the Loop (HIL) test system. Exercise the production surgical robot, controllers and firmware against controlled inputs, reproduce faults, and automate verification. Your HIL will enable unattended test & verification to run day and night. Your work will help deliver reliable surgical robots at scale, bringing Neuralink to more people.

What you'll do
  • 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.

Note: The team is hiring engineers at all levels, both junior and senior. What matters most is evidence of exceptional abilities and a drive to succeed.

What we're looking for
  • 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.


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.

Base Salary Range:

$151,000-$281,000 USD

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

About Neuralink

Neuralink Corporation is a neurotechnology company that develops implantable brain?machine interfaces (BMIs). The company was founded in 2016 by Elon Musk, Ben Rapoport, Dongjin Seo, Max Hodak, Paul Merolla, Philip Sabes, Tim Hanson, and Vanessa Tolosa. Neuralink's headquarters is located in San Francisco, California. The company's goal is to enable humans to communicate with computers and other devices using their thoughts. Neuralink's technology involves implanting electrodes into the brain that can read and write electrical signals. The company has not yet released a product, but has conducted successful tests on animals.
Learn more about Neuralink
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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