BCI Field Engineer
Neuralink
Fremont, CA, USA
Posted on Feb 1, 2025
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.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
As a BCI Field Engineer, you’ll collaborate with software engineers, neuroengineers, animal trainers, mechanical engineers, and veterinarians to develop the next-generation human-ready Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). Additionally, you will be expected to:
- Run daily sessions with clinical trial participants to test new neural decoding algorithms
- Analyze data and drive insights that guide R&D decisions (e.g., behavior, BCI performance, and electrophysiological data)
- Develop new experimental setups and assist in training participants to learn new tasks and features
- Participate in clinical trial sessions, which might require travel
- Support participants with issues and bugs that arise during BCI use
- Gather feedback and feature requests from participants and relay them to the engineering team
- Assist participants with setting up their environment to maximize BCI user experience
- Run non-human primate (NHP) BCI research sessions
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a science or related field (e.g., neuroscience, biology, engineering, physics, software), or equivalent experience
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience troubleshooting hardware and/or software
- Experience in data collection and analysis
- Proven ability coding in Python
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency collecting physiological or other time-series data
- Experience working with participants in clinical studies
- Experience developing and collecting customer surveys
Pay Transparency:
Based on California law, the following details are for California individuals only.
California base salary range:
$89,000—$148,000 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
