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These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.\nTeam Description:\nThe Robot Manufacturing Software team allows Neuralink to build neurosurgical robots at a scale that has never been done before. Every robot that ships was tracked, assembled, calibrated, and verified through the software you'll build. This is the backbone of how we scale from early production to meeting real clinical demand.\nWe're a small, tightly knit team - and this role is the first dedicated owner of the robot manufacturing software stack. As the company scales, so will the complexity, and you'll be the one designing and building the systems that make all of that possible.\nWe operate as a tight, high-trust team. You'll have direct ownership and the autonomy to solve hard problems, but also high expectations.\nWe're moving fast to meet clinical demand and keep up with deployments. 60-hour weeks are not uncommon, and there are stretches where the pace is high. This isn't for everyone.\nJob Description and Responsibilities:\nAs a Software Engineer on the Robot Manufacturing Team, you'll work directly with robot engineers and surgical engineers to understand what they need, then build it. You won't be handed a spec doc from a product manager three layers removed from the problem. \nSome days you're heads-down writing code all day. On another day, you might spend a morning pairing with a robot engineer to understand a new calibration process, then spend the afternoon building the tracking system for it. The constant is that you're close to the problem and shipping solutions quickly. Projects you will work on: \nInventory and warehouse management systems that track every component going into a neurosurgical robot - from raw materials through final assembly\nLifecycle management software that engineers use to build, calibrate, verify, and maintain robots throughout their entire lifespan\nWhatever else needs building. The scope of problems here is wide and constantly evolving. You'll have real ownership over the direction this stack grows\nRequired Qualifications: \nA bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experience\nStrong full-stack engineering skills. Our stack is Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript, but we care more about your ability to learn and ship than your resume matching our package.json\nYou've built software that real people use\nYou can talk to users, understand their problems, and translate that into well-built software. This role is deeply collaborative\nYou take ownership. 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