Neuralink
Robot Optics Intern
Austin, Texas, United States +3 · Internship · Posted May 14, 2025
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
South San Francisco, California, United States
Austin - ATX1
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 1+ years in optical engineering; 1+ years of relevant industrial experience; 1+ years of optical testing and characterization experience.
- Education
- Education in an engineering-related field is preferred.
About the job
Builds, tests, calibrates, and maintains optical and optomechanical systems used in surgical robots and consumables manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Design and simulate optical imaging systems; develop image acquisition and processing software.
- Test, characterize, verify, repair, and troubleshoot robot vision systems and optics consumables.
- Evaluate new imaging technologies, improve processes, and prepare documentation and standard operating procedures.
What they ask for
- Familiarity with basic optics fundamentals and visible and IR optical equipment.
- 1+ years of optical engineering experience, including optics simulation and design in Zemax or equivalent software.
- 1+ years of industrial experience assembling, precision-aligning, and integrating complex optomechanical systems.
- 1+ years of benchtop testing, performance characterization, and metrology benchmarking; ability to document and follow detailed procedures.
Nice to have
- Experience with data analysis, image processing, optics alignment or bench testing, or fiber optics fabrication.
- Mechanical engineering and CAD skills; experience with Zemax, CodeV, OSLO, or LightTools.
Pay
$35/Hr USD (hourly rate)
Tools
Zemax, CodeV, OSLO, LightTools, Google Docs, Google Drive, Gmail
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