Mechanical Engineering Intern, Robotics
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Moderate value due to the internship nature, competitive hourly rate, and a unique opportunity to work in a pioneering field.
- Hourly rate: $35/hour
- Experience in pioneering brain-machine interface technology
- Collaboration with experts across various fields
- Internship role with limited duration and job security
Pros
- Introduction to cutting-edge brain-machine interface technology
- Support from a team of diverse experts in engineering and neuroscience
- Potential for future employment opportunities after the internship
Cons
- Temporary position with lower job security
- Possibly limited hours and benefits compared to full-time roles
- High level of responsibility with limited experience
Who it's for
Internship / Early Career • On-site
Good fit
- Engineering students motivated to learn in practical settings
- Prospective innovators in robotics and healthcare
- Those looking for hands-on experience to launch their careers
Not recommended for
- Candidates seeking full-time permanent roles
- Individuals without a background in engineering or robotics
- Those preferring non-technical career paths
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
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.
Team Description:
The Robotics & Surgery Engineering Team is developing our next-generation surgical platform to facilitate bringing our cutting-edge brain implant to more of those in need. We’re working on driving surgery time and invasiveness down, while pushing safety and accuracy to their maximums.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
As a Mechanical Engineering Intern at Neuralink, you will have the opportunity to design and produce hardware solutions for our brain-machine interface devices, including surgical robotics, automation, microfabrication, and more. You will get to own projects from concept to production, utilizing your mechanical engineering background in the challenging field of brain-machine interfaces. The role involves collaboration with neuroscientists, biologists, and engineers to determine design criteria and build systems quickly and effectively.
Required Qualifications:
- 6+ months experience of in the application of technical skills outside of the classroom (examples depending on the role: laboratory, research, extracurricular project teams, open source contributions, volunteering, personal projects or prior internship/work experience)
- Strong understanding of engineering first principles
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years of mechanical engineering industry experience, including owning products from concept to production
- Proficiency in Solidworks or similar CAD program
- Experience with conventional machining and rapid prototyping technologies
- Experience with precision design and manufacturing
- Experience with advanced imaging techniques
Additional Requirements and Competencies:
- Available for a Fall 2025 internship (September) or a later season
- Resourceful, flexible and adaptable; no task is too big or too small
- 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
Expected Compensation:
The anticipated hourly rate for this position is listed below.
California Hourly Flat Rate:
$35/Hr USD
What We Offer:
Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
- An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
- Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Paid holidays
- Commuter benefits
- Meals provided
- Equity + 401(k) plan *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
