Firmware Engineer

Company: Neuralink
Location: Fremont
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Team Description:
At Neuralink, we're engineering the future of automated surgeries, focusing on the safe and effective implantation of our groundbreaking Neuralink implant. Our team - a cross-functional mix of roboticists, engineers from various disciplines, and medical professionals - collaborates on developing a surgical flow from first principles. In this critical role, you'll straddle the cutting-edge worlds of robotics, software, and neuroscience.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
This is a new and foundational role for our team that will allow you to create new embedded systems from scratch while challenging and refining the old. As a Firmware Engineer, your responsibilities will encompass:

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• Developing and optimizing embedded software for robotic surgery applications
  
• Streamlining our codebase by refining and, when necessary, retiring legacy embedded software
  
• Rigorous testing and validation of software systems to meet the highest safety and reliability standards
  
• Participating in peer code reviews
  
• Writing drivers and applications to extend the functionality of our robotics
  
• Specifying hardware and software choices as we develop future hardware platforms
  
• Sharing your findings and progress with the team in a collaborative environment
  
  Required Qualifications:
  
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  • Demonstrated track record of success in a science or engineering field, evidenced by outstanding projects, innovations, or advanced problem-solving
    
  • Proven experience in software development, preferably with exposure to embedded systems
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    Embedded Software Development:
    
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    • 2+ years of experience with embedded systems
      
    • Proficient with common communication protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, etc.)
      
    • Comfortable/working knowledge of more advanced protocols such as PCIe, MIPI CSI/DSI, USB, and 802.3
      
    • Proficient in at least one embedded language such as C, C++, or Rust
      
    • Proficient with embedded toolchains and workflow
      
    • Experience building and bringing-up MCUs or FPGAs
      
    • Experience with embedded stacks for ARM cores
      
    • Experience developing on embedded Linux platforms
      
    • Experience coding drivers for actuators and sensors
      
      Electrical Engineering:
      
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      • Foundational understanding of MCU architectures and peripheral integration
        
      • Solid knowledge in electrical engineering and DSP
        
      • Ability to interpret electrical schematics and datasheets, along with proficiency in using lab equipment
        
        Systems Engineering:
        
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        • Experience developing for safety-critical systems
          
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