Neuralink
Neurosurgeon Resident
Austin, Texas, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2025
- Experience
- 1-2 years performing neurosurgery in an operating room; research year in residency.
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine.
About the job
Train to assist with or perform experimental brain-computer interface surgeries and collaborate with technical and preclinical teams to improve surgical methods, devices, and study protocols.
What you'll do
- Assist with or perform experimental procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects.
- Refine surgical techniques and provide usability and safety feedback; participate in design reviews for surgical robots, processes, and implants.
- Help design preclinical study protocols and support humane, ethical animal use.
What they ask for
- Doctor of Medicine and a resident physician in neurosurgery.
- Neurosurgeon, neurosurgical resident, or other surgeon-in-training as approved by Neuralink; research year in residency.
- 1-2 years of experience performing neurosurgery in an operating room.
- Expert knowledge of operating-room procedures, sterile fields, surgical equipment, and surgical procedures.
Nice to have
- Evidence of exceptional ability in neurosurgery.
- Keen attention to detail; first-principles-based thinking; ability to manage multiple and changing priorities.
Pay
$32 — $54/Hr USD (hourly rate; base pay)
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