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Mechanical Engineering Intern, Robotics and Surgery Engineering

Neuralink
South San Francisco, California, United States
Internship
You apply on Neuralink's own careers site

This internship is on Neuralink’s Robotics & Surgery Engineering team, which develops surgical platforms for implant procedures. You’ll design and produce mechanical hardware, take projects from concept toward production, and work with engineers and scientists across disciplines.

Internship
On-site
6+ months of technical experience outside the classroom

Skills & Expertise

Mechanical design
SolidWorks
CAD
Conventional machining
Rapid prototyping
Precision design and manufacturing
Advanced imaging

Key Responsibilities

Design and produce mechanical hardware for brain-machine interface devices and surgical robotics.

Own hardware projects from concept through production.

Collaborate with engineers and scientists to define design criteria and build systems.

Full Description

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 Robotics & Surgery Engineering Team is developing our next-generation surgical platform to facilitate bringing our cutting-edge brain implant to more of those in need. We’re working on driving surgery time and invasiveness down, while pushing safety and accuracy to their maximums.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

As a Mechanical Engineering Intern at Neuralink, you will have the opportunity to design and produce hardware solutions for our brain-machine interface devices, including surgical robotics, automation, microfabrication, and more. You will get to own projects from concept to production, utilizing your mechanical engineering background in the challenging field of brain-machine interfaces. The role involves collaboration with neuroscientists, biologists, and engineers to determine design criteria and build systems quickly and effectively.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months experience of in the application of technical skills outside of the classroom (examples depending on the role: laboratory, research, extracurricular project teams, open source contributions, volunteering, personal projects or prior internship/work experience)

• Strong understanding of engineering first principles

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of mechanical engineering industry experience, including owning products from concept to production

• Proficiency in Solidworks or similar CAD program

• Experience with conventional machining and rapid prototyping technologies

• Experience with precision design and manufacturing

• Experience with advanced imaging techniques

Additional Requirements and Competencies:

• Resourceful, flexible and adaptable; no task is too big or too small

• You find large challenges exciting and enjoy discovering and defining problems as much as solving them

• You deliver. You may enjoy thoughtful conversations about problems and perfecting designs, but in the end, you know that what matters is delivering a manufacturable solution that works every time

• You are a cross-disciplinary team member. You are excited to work with and learn from software, mechanical, electrical, materials, biological engineers, and neuroscientists. You are comfortable communicating across teams

Expected Compensation:

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is listed below.

California Hourly Flat Rate:

$35/Hr 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

Applications are handled on Neuralink's site