Software Engineer - Simulation

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Own the end to end surgical robot simulation. Perform surgery and run tests on the simulated robot.
• Reproduce faults, and automate verification.
• Your simulation will enable test & verification to run on every commit.
• Build the full robot sim: dynamics, sensors, actuators, and product-stack interfaces.
• Test the real robot software and firmware against simulated hardware.
• Write automated sim tests: scenarios, regressions, fault injection, and coverage.
• Make runs deterministic, measurable, and cheap enough to run in CI.
• Reproduce hardware failures in sim to accelerate our test timelines.
• The success of the project is on you. You talk to users, get feedback, and iterate fast.

Requirements

• Strong Rust skills; Python for test tooling and analysis.
• Bazel experience is a plus.
• Real robotics / physics sim experience (MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or equivalent).
• Experience with async and concurrent systems, hardware interfaces, RPC, and telemetry.
• Experience building automated integration tests and debugging failures across software and firmware.
• Effective at using AI agents to accelerate work while maintaining quality.

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.

Pay

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 USD - $281,000 USD

Benefits

• 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