Software Engineer - HIL

Description

The company builds devices that create a two-way interface with the brain. Its goal is to restore movement to people who are paralyzed and sight to people who are blind, and to change how people interact with digital systems.

The team is hiring engineers at every level, from junior to senior. The most important thing is clear evidence of exceptional ability and strong drive.

Responsibilities

• You will own the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test system for the company's next-generation surgical robot, which performs brain surgery at scale by placing hundreds of tiny threads in the brain to enable brain-computer communication.
• Run the production surgical robot, controllers and firmware against controlled inputs, reproduce faults, and automate verification.
• Build and maintain the robot's HIL setup, which runs real hardware with production software and firmware.
• Write automated HIL tests covering integration, timing, faults and bring-up.
• Define pass/fail, coverage and acceptance criteria.
• Combine software-in-the-loop tests, HIL tests and hardware acceptance into a single CI pipeline that produces logs, traces and reproducible results.
• Own the tests that gate releases. When a failure gets past simulation or HIL, reproduce it and close the coverage gap.
• Keep the HIL system running unattended, day and night, so verification never stops.

Requirements

• Strong Rust skills, plus Python for test tooling and analysis. You are comfortable working close to drivers, firmware and buses.
• Experience with HIL, test rigs or system-level verification on robots, vehicles or similar hardware.
• Experience debugging async and concurrent systems, RPC, telemetry and timing failures across software and firmware.
• Experience building automated test pipelines.
• Bazel experience is a plus.
• You use AI agents effectively to speed up your work without sacrificing quality.
• You care deeply about repeatability, edge cases and traceability.
• Required: a bachelor's degree in a technical field such as engineering, computer science or physics, or equivalent practical experience.

Conditions

The anticipated base salary range is $151,000 to $281,000 USD. Actual base pay depends on job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

The company also grants equity in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs) to all full-time employees.

Equal opportunity statement: applicants are considered without regard to protected characteristics.

Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible for the benefits below.
• Work with some of the smartest experts from many different fields, with a real chance to change the world.
• Fast advancement for people who make an outsized impact.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance through a PPO plan.
• Paid holidays.
• Commuter benefits.
• Meals provided.
• Equity (RSUs), not offered to temporary employees or interns.
• 401(k) plan. Interns are initially excluded until they reach 1,000 hours.
• Parental leave, not offered to temporary employees or interns.
• Flexible time off, not offered to temporary employees or interns.