Materials Engineer Intern

Team Description:

Join the Materials Engineering team at Neuralink and be part of an elite and diverse team of materials engineers, chemists, and device engineers working on high-performance, biocompatible materials for next-generation brain-computer interfaces. We are looking for a hands-on materials engineer for the management and execution of materials characterization and testing experiments using in-house instrumentation. You will be an integral member of a small, fast-moving team. We also work closely with mechanical engineers and microfabrication experts for system integration and packaging solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

The Materials Intern will focus on testing materials using a range of characterization and accelerated aging techniques to improve device reliability and longevity. You will manage and execute experiments using characterization and testing platforms to determine the root-cause failure modes of medical devices. This will involve instruments such as dynamic mechanical analyzers, electrochemical probe stations, etc. You will also be involved with various cross-team efforts to build high-throughput testing equipment for evaluating yield and longevity. For example, use-case accelerated aging testing, mechanical fatigue, etc.

You will be contributing to the development of high density, reliable neural interfaces that are at the ground level of brain-computer-interfaces. This is a unique opportunity to work closely in a multi-disciplinary team and in an environment where you have direct impact on the next-gen product.

About You:

• You find large challenges exciting and enjoy discovering and defining problems as much as solving them.
• You deliver. You may enjoy thoughtful conversations about problems and perfecting designs, but in the end, you know that what matters is delivering a manufacturable solution that works every time.
• You are a cross-disciplinary team member. You are excited to work with and learn from software, mechanical, electrical, materials, biological engineers, and neuroscientists. You are comfortable communicating across teams.
• Resourceful, flexible and adaptable; no task is too big or too small.

Key Qualifications:

• Experience with the standard mechanical testing equipment (tensile tester, DMA, etc), user interfaces and familiarity with associated test standards (ASTM, etc)
• Experience with mechanical design (Solidworks, etc)
• Familiarity with the scientific principles involved in analyzing mechanical tests
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with mechanical testing.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with DMA, TMA, and/or other mechanical related testing equipment
• Experience with instrument operational software in addition to hardware for mechanical testing equipment
• Familiarity with failure analysis and mechanical modeling methods (i.e. FEA, COMSOL)
• Experience troubleshooting lab instrumentation for mechanical, electrochemical analysis.

Pay Transparency:

Based on California law, the following details are for California individuals only:
California Hourly Rate: 

$35/hr USD