Software Engineer - HIL
Neuralink·Austin, Texas, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States·Posted 25 September 2026
About the role
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. The Role Neuralink’s next generation surgical robot will perform brain surgery at scale, installing hundreds of tiny threads into the brain to enable brain computer communication. You will own the robot’s Hardware In the Loop (HIL) test system. Exercise the production surgical robot, controllers and firmware against controlled inputs, reproduce faults, and automate verification. Your HIL will enable unattended test & verification to run day and night. Your work will help deliver reliable surgical robots at scale, bringing Neuralink to more people. What you’ll do Build and maintain robot HIL — real hardware running production software and firmware. Write automated HIL tests for integration, timing, faults, and bring-up. Define pass/fail, coverage, and acceptance criteria. Wire software-in-the-loop tests, HIL tests, and hardware acceptance into one CI pipeline with logs, traces, and reproducible results. Own release-gating tests. When a…
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