# Firmware Engineer Intern, Robotics and Surgery Engineering at Neuralink

Firmware Engineer Intern, Robotics and Surgery Engineering at Neuralink in South San Francisco, California, United States. Internship. Posted July 15, 2025.

- Company: Neuralink
- Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
- Job type: Internship
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2025-07-15
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/neuralink/jobs/6648992003?gh_jid=6648992003
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/firmware-engineer-intern-robotics-and-surgery-engineering-neuralink-8j4fcv

## Requirements

- 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

## 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:**

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 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 Intern, your responsibilities will encompass:

- 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:
**

- 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:*

- 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 with embedded Linux kernel configuration and device tree setup

- Experience with kernel driver development

- Experience with ARM bootloaders

- Experience coding drivers for actuators and sensors

- Experience with high-speed data acquisition and processing

*Electrical Engineering:*

- 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

**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*