Join Neuralink as an Infrastructure Engineer to build systems for surgical robots and neural implants.
Posted by employer 12 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Integrate with Mechanical Engineering teams
- Administer SOLIDWORKS and PDM performance
- Develop CAD CI for automated model validation
- Build secure on-prem infrastructure for 3D printers
- Drive CAD and tooling standards
Must have
- Experience administering SOLIDWORKS PDM
- Experience with CAD automation using SOLIDWORKS API
- Proficiency in Python, C#, Rust, or Go
- Systems administration experience on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- In-depth understanding of modern networking
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Infrastructure Engineer for Mechanical Tooling at Neuralink plays a crucial role in supporting the Mechanical Engineering teams by managing and optimizing the systems that underpin surgical robots and neural implants. Key skills include proficiency in SOLIDWORKS PDM, CAD automation, and a solid understanding of networking and systems administration across various platforms. This position is well-suited for someone with a strong engineering background and experience in performance tuning and infrastructure development. The role is integral to ensuring that the engineering teams have the reliable tools and systems necessary for their innovative work.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 27, 2026. Last confirmed on Neuralink's careers page October 27, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$129,391).
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Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Neuralink lists $123,000–$216,000 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Active Directory, Bazel, Fedora, Intune, MDM, Microsoft SQL Server.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Neuralink targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Infrastructure Engineer, Mechanical Tooling role at Neuralink.
From the original posting
About Neuralink:
Team Description:
The Infrastructure Team builds the foundation that enables the company to operate safely, robustly, and move at light-speed. We run a mixture of cloud-based and on-prem systems and have a user base spanning from highly technically proficient engineers to non-technical scientists and doctors; but all of them need solid systems, rugged networking, and bullet-proof software to do their jobs.
Job Responsibilities and Description:
This role will integrate tightly with Mechanical Engineering teams across the company, and span all layers of the work environment stack, including our next generation surgical robots, physical hardware on the manufacturing line, and state of the art neural implants and chargers.
Tech Stack:
- SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional
- SOLIDWORKS API (VBA, C#/.NET), Python
- Microsoft SQL Server, Active Directory
- PowerShell, Bash
- Intune, MDM
- Bazel and Nix
- Ubuntu, Fedora, Windows
Focus:
- Building the foundations for mechanical engineers designing our surgical robots and implants.
- Owning SOLIDWORKS and PDM performance, reliability, upgrades, and new-hire setup.
- Administering PDM: users, permissions, workflows, Toolbox, and vault performance.
- Developing CAD CI for automated model and drawing validation and release.
- Integrating PDM with design-controls and manufacturing systems to automate BOMs, DMRs, and build routes.
- Building secure on-prem infrastructure for 3D printers and machine shop tooling, including internal quoting.
- Driving CAD and tooling standards across the company.
Required Qualifications:
- Strong user focus.
- Experience administering SOLIDWORKS PDM or a similar PDM/PLM system.
- Experience with CAD automation using the SOLIDWORKS API: macros and add-ins.
- Proficiency in Python, C#, Rust, or Go.
- Experience tuning performance on workstations, file servers, and SQL databases.
- Systems administration experience on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Working knowledge of networking and of securing on-prem equipment.
- Familiarity with mechanical design workflows, design controls, and BOMs.
- Ability to turn engineering pain points into shipped tooling quickly.
- In-depth understanding of modern networking and common protocols.
- Ability to architect, build, and ship 0 to 1 infrastructure quickly and efficiently.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, equivalent field, or equivalent experience.
Expected Compensation:
What We Offer:
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