What are the responsibilities and job description for the R&D Engineer position at Integral?
Job Description
Job Description
Who we are
Integral is building technologies to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Our first device is a miniaturized, implanted, deep-brain interface for severely affected patients. It will have unprecedented capabilities for recording and modulating neural activity and for monitoring patients’ symptoms.
This device will dramatically advance our ability to treat brain disorders and to understand their biological causes. We will use this unique discovery platform to develop an expanding range of more effective treatments that will ultimately be accessible to everyone.
Leadership :
Flip Sabes, CSO - Neuralink cofounder, UCSF Professor Emeritus, neuroscientist and neurotech innovator
Milan Cvitkovic, CEO - Neurotech venture builder; previously first-hire at Convergent Research, AI researcher, and software engineer
Stephen O'Driscoll, VP of Engineering - Verily cofounder and former Head of Electrical Engineering, former Director of Device Electronics at Science Corp
We prioritize ambitious engineering, speed, and patients' needs.
What you'll do
You will personally own multiple mission-critical R&D efforts as part of developing and shipping our first device, including at least one of the following :
Fabrication and testing of our device’s novel electrodes and leads
Electrode coating development
Surgical insertion tool development
In vivo testing and data analysis
We work full-time, in-person in South San Francisco.
Who we’re looking for
You should have exceptional abilities in at least one of the following areas :
Medical device design and assembly
Thin-film electrode design and development
Thin-film electrical interconnect development
Electrochemical test development
Coating development
Surgical tool development
In vivo neurophysiology data collection and analysis, ideally with novel devices
Image analysis
Histology
You should also have :
The desire to get your hands dirty : drive CAD, write python, rapid prototype, run experiments, etc.
Cross-disciplinary knowledge of disciplines like MechE, materials science, biology, medical imaging, or software engineering
Deep understanding of fundamental engineering design principles
The need for speed
