Team Description:

The robotics and surgery engineering team is responsible for making sure Neuralink’s various implanted devices get installed safely and efficiently in our customers.  This means our job as a team is not limited to the insertion of the implant’s electrodes, but instead is to own the full “parking lot to parking lot” experience of a potential Neuralink customer in a way that scales.  We started by focusing on electrode implantation, but for Neuralink devices to help the millions we hope it can, the entire experience of getting Neuralink devices must be safe, quick, and non-traumatic.  While we use the “parking lot to parking lot” idiom, this actually includes everything from pre-screening, to the design and building of vertically integrated clinics, to the actual day-of experience of getting our devices (pre-op, op, and post-op). We are responsible for all of this!

Job Description and Responsibilities:

As a Neurosurgical Resident Innovation Fellow at Neuralink, you will train with our neurosurgical leads to function as assistant or primary surgeon for experimental brain-machine interface procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects. In addition, you will work closely with technical teams to continuously refine and innovate surgical techniques and provide usability and safety feedback. You will also participate in engineering design reviews for new developments of the surgical robot, surgical processes, or implant. Additionally, neurosurgeons work with veterinary anesthesiologists and veterinary technicians to ensure the humane and ethical use of animal subjects (read more about animal care and use at https://neuralink.com/blog/).

Required Qualifications: 

• Doctor of Medicine. Resident Physician in Neurosurgery
• You are a neurosurgeon, neurosurgical resident, or other surgeon-in-training as approved by Neuralink.
• You have 1-2 years of experience performing neurosurgery in an operating room.
• You have expert knowledge of operating room procedures with respect to sterile field, surgical equipment, and surgical procedures.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Evidence of exceptional ability in neurosurgery.
• Keen attention to detail
• First-principles-based thinking
• Ability to effectively manage multiple and changing priorities.