Join Neuralink as a Digital IC Design Engineer to innovate in brain-computer interface technology with a talented team.
Posted by employer 3 years ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 14 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Digital IC Design Engineer at Neuralink focuses on the micro-architecture and RTL implementation of low-power digital signal processors and hardware accelerators for advanced brain-computer interfaces. Proficiency in SystemVerilog, C/C++, and Python is essential, along with a strong background in digital design and complex systems. This role is suited for experienced engineers with at least five years in the field, particularly those with a passion for innovative technology and its applications in neuroscience. Neuralink's team is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of brain-machine interface technology.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Neuralink's careers page October 27, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$129,582).
- Starts above 8% of 290 comparable senior other roles in United States that list Python we track (median $150,000 across 55 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 16.7% of 2570 comparable senior other roles in United States; Digital Signal Processing appears in 0.3% of 2570 comparable senior other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Neuralink lists $116,000–$233,800 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Digital IC Design Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C, C++, Digital Signal Processing, Microarchitecture, Python, RTL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Neuralink targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Digital IC Design Engineer role at Neuralink.
From the original posting
About Neuralink:
Team Description:
The Brain Interfaces Soc Department delivers chip architecture and silicon implementation of neural recording and stimulation system-on-chip (SoC) for high-bandwidth brain-machine interface applications. We have crafted a team of exceptional engineers whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the future.
Job Description & Responsibilities:
Our Digital IC Design Engineer will be responsible for delivering micro-architecture and register-transfer level (RTL) implementation of digital IPs and systems with a focus in high-throughput low-power digital signal processor (DSP) and general-purpose hardware accelerators towards realizing state-of-the-art brain-computer interfaces. Relevant product development experience in micro-architecture design for low-power processors, on-chip bus and network interfaces, audio/video compression processors, AI/ML accelerators, and communication PHY/MAC will be preferred.
- Micro-architecture design and RTL implementation of:
- Low-power digital signal processors
- Low-power general-purpose hardware accelerators
- Low-power graphics processing units
- Low-power radio MAC/PHY
- Low-power serial link MAC/PHY
- Design and optimization of hardware/software interface with firmware engineers
- Application-specific architecture optimization including:
- Complex system modeling for energy and performance benchmarks
- Workload analysis and modeling
- Energy/performance profiling and analysis
- Leveraging architecture-level design trade-offs with process technology and workload type
- Balancing cost and performance under manufacturing process variation
- Collaboration on silicon bring-up tests with verification engineers
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Evidence of exceptional ability in electrical engineering, computer science, or computer engineering
- 5+ years of experience in digital design
- Expertise in SystemVerilog, C/C++, Python
- Experience working on complex digital systems from architecture, microarchitecture, and RTL, using industry standard tools
- Experience in designing digital signal processing pipelines, from algorithm to RTL
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in architecture optimization with process technology customization
- Experience in the verification of complex digital systems, using industry standard tools
- Experience in the physical design of complex digital systems, using industry standard tools
- Experience testing and debugging digital system-on-a-chips
- Functional modeling experience and logic verification with SystemVerilog, SystemC/C++
- Experience automating tool flows
- Experience with embedded design
- Experience in processor instruction set architecture design
- Experience in compiler back-end design and customization
Expected Compensation:
What We Offer:
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