Machine Learning Engineer
Neuralink · Austin, Texas, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 54 days Neuralink's roles stay open a median of 55 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 3% of Neuralink's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Neuralink
- high 70 stale, 5 reposted of 80 open
- Hiring momentum
- 96 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-27
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Neuralink's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Neuralink.
About this role
As a Machine Learning Engineer at Neuralink, you will work on developing and training machine learning models that decode neural data to enable advanced brain-computer interfaces. Your responsibilities will include designing online adaptation systems, compressing decoders for real-time use, and building infrastructure for model evaluation and updates, all while ensuring optimal performance for users. This role requires a hands-on approach to problem-solving and a commitment to improving human capabilities through technology.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Neuralink as an employer.
What you need
- Designed, trained, and shipped real-time ML systems
- Strong sequence modeling instincts in areas like speech, robotics, or reinforcement learning
- Ownership of problems end to end, including data, model, deployment, and evaluation
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
Nice to have
- Familiarity with intracortical brain-computer interface decoding literature
- Experience with model compression, quantization, or inference on constrained hardware
- Experience in small-data or heavy-distribution-shift regimes
What you get
- Opportunity to change the world and work with talented experts
- Growth potential with rapid advancement for impactful team members
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Paid holidays
- Commuter benefits
- Meals provided
Worth weighing
- On-site work required five days a week
- Intense work pace with no fixed 9-to-5 hours
- Small teams with high ownership may not suit everyone
Summarised from Neuralink's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Neuralink on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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