Join us in building brain implants that restore control of pathological brain circuits.
About Us
Psychiatric disorders like PTSD and addiction are not random chemical imbalances. They are brain circuits locked in the wrong state. Like any complex network, even the brain has control points — specific nodes where a precise intervention can shift the entire system. The challenge is finding them.
We are building brain implants that map neural activity in real time, identify these control points, and deliver targeted intervention to shift the circuit back. Observe, compute, intervene, repeat. A closed-loop system for the brain, engineered with the same rigor as any complex control system.
We are an extremely early-stage stealth startup based in the Bay Area. No bureaucracy, no legacy, no existing playbook. Just a hard problem worth solving and a team serious about solving it. Working at the intersection of neuroscience, semiconductor engineering, and clinical medicine.
Culture
The constraints are real. The requirements are clear. But nobody has built the right solution yet. You are not iterating on someone else's design. You are finding the answer from scratch.
The problem is defined. The mission is set. But how we get there is yours to figure out. You design the approach, choose the tools, and take responsibility for the outcome.
Every technical and product decision is documented and visible to the whole team. We write down not just what we decided, but why. No black boxes, no information silos.
We move fast and make decisions by consensus. Meetings are efficient and purposeful. The way we stay aligned is not through more meetings — it is through documentation.
Use whatever tools you work best in. We care about the output, not the tool. We expect everyone to heavily leverage AI across all aspects of their work. Orchestrate it, don't just use it.
We document everything in real time — short notes, rough thoughts, half-baked ideas. No polish required. The habit of writing frequently matters more than writing well.
Open Roles
As our founding Mechanical Engineer, you will own hardware development from the ground up. Your first 6 months are focused on one thing: building the research tooling, implantation instruments, and chronic implant fixtures that make our in vivo experiments possible. No blueprint to follow, no proven design to copy. Academic literature exists, but translating it into something that actually works in your hands is on you. There is no senior ME on the team. Build your own advisor network. We will support you in finding the right people, but the initiative is on you. The challenge is that what you build for research is not throwaway. Every tool you design must be built with productization in mind, because the path from rodent research to human-grade device starts with the decisions you make today. As the company grows, you will lead that entire journey.