Electrical Engineer, Compute Architecture

Neuralink•South San Francisco, CA

2d•$105,000 - $175,500

About The Position

As an Electrical Engineer on the Surgery & Robot Hardware Team, you will be expected to design, verify, and oversee the transition to production of a variety of custom electronics systems with a primary emphasis on FPGA-based hardware and real-time processing. This role offers substantial autonomy and the exciting opportunity to own creative decisions and execute on new, impactful projects such as high-speed image processing pipelines, real-time motor control, custom camera designs, robotics stage sensor integration, manufacturing automation, and the firmware that enables all of these devices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
Professional experience delivering on all phases of electronics design (requirements, part selection, schematic, layout, manufacturing, test)
Strong demonstrated depth in FPGA Hardware Design: Experience designing FPGA-based systems for time-sensitive and high-performance applications such as image processing, high-speed data acquisition, real-time networking, and control systems.
FPGA device selection and architecture definition
RTL development (Verilog / SystemVerilog)
Digital signal processing theory and implementation
High-speed interface design (PCIe, MIPI, SLVS-EC, LVDS, JESD204, Ethernet, etc.)
Timing closure, clock domain crossing, and resource optimization
Integration of high-speed transceivers and external PHY devices
Hardware validation, lab debugging, and performance tuning of real-time FPGA systems
Practical electronics design knowledge including designing for EMC, ESD, thermals, and packaging

Nice To Haves

A portfolio showcasing your hardware designs (especially FPGA-based projects)
Demonstrable experience developing electronics for safety-critical systems such as medical devices, aerospace, automotive, or military
Altium experience

Responsibilities

Design, verify, and oversee the transition to production of a variety of custom electronics systems with a primary emphasis on FPGA-based hardware and real-time processing.
Execute on new, impactful projects such as high-speed image processing pipelines, real-time motor control, custom camera designs, robotics stage sensor integration, manufacturing automation, and the firmware that enables all of these devices.