Jobs at Rhoda AI

Design, build, and operate dynos, gear rigs, cooling benches, and durability fixtures to characterize motors and actuators. Define DAQ architecture, run high-throughput tests, ensure data integrity, and partner with modeling and design teams to validate performance and durability.

Design and deliver mechanical actuator components (motors, gear trains, housings) from concept through production. Create high-fidelity CAD and engineering drawings with GD&T, perform tolerance stack-ups, collaborate with modeling and test teams to define test plans, coordinate suppliers and RFQs, support characterization and iterative design, and ensure manufacturability, cost, and reliability for high-cycle electromechanical systems.

Lead AI system safety assurance for humanoid robots: perform STPA/FMEA hazard analyses, assess model-update risks, define AI safety requirements (inputs, confidence, OOD), develop V&V test cases, deploy validation cells, maintain traceability, and produce evidence packages for certification.

Lead system-level electrical design for industrial robotics: own schematics and PCB work in Altium, integrate sensors, motor drives, high-speed SerDes cameras, networking (EtherCAT/Ethernet/Wi‑Fi/5G), audio and display HMIs, cable harnesses, and industrial-grade designs. Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, supply chain, and manufacturing; run design reviews, validation, NPI support, and mentor engineers.

Support field POC and RaaS deployments under a Senior AE: install and integrate robot platforms and sensors, run tests, collect and analyze data, troubleshoot software/hardware, and document results while developing robotics systems competence and functional safety knowledge.

Manage procurement for New Product Introduction: source and evaluate suppliers, negotiate terms, expedite POs, handle ECNs, monitor inventory and on-time delivery, reduce cost/lead time/risk, and collaborate with engineering to protect build schedules.

Lead collision-avoidance safety for humanoid robots: hazard analysis (STPA, FMEA, FTA), define safety distances and SOTIF processes, derive functional and technical safety requirements, design V&V (HIL/SIL), implement monitoring and incident closure, and collaborate across perception, planning, and actuation teams to validate safe human-robot interactions.

Lead end-to-end program execution for software and controls across autonomy, perception, embedded firmware, and real-time control systems. Manage sprint planning, dependencies, risk, milestones, architecture reviews, and cross-functional coordination to deliver field-ready robotics software from prototype through production. Establish scalable program practices and ensure technical readiness against hardware and certification constraints.

Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, manage build artifact storage, operate cloud and GPU clusters, enhance MLOps training/deployment and observability, and harden security and multi-tenancy for robot infrastructure.

Lead design and integration of the robot mobile base: drivetrain, actuators, brakes, battery interface, suspension, structural cast base, thermal and ingress protection. Manage vendors, prototype builds, testing, BOMs/CAD, and mentor junior engineers to drive designs from concept through validation.

Work on the mono leg of a humanoid robot: design actuator packaging and cast structural parts, implement thermal paths, run basic structural and thermal tests, build prototypes, maintain CAD models/drawings/BOMs, and collaborate across actuation, electrical, base, and torso teams under senior engineer supervision.

Lead end-to-end mechanical design of a humanoid robot upper arm, including shoulder and elbow structures, interfaces to torso and lower arm, actuator integration, electrical packaging, harness routing, and thermal design. Drive FMEAs, validation and durability testing, CAD models, drawings, BOMs, prototype builds, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating cross-functionally to close interfaces and iterate from test results.

Hands-on role supporting design, bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting of embedded electronics for robots. Work includes debugging I2C/SPI/UART interfaces, using lab equipment, soldering and rework on PCBs, functional testing, documenting results, and collaborating with firmware and mechanical engineers.

Develop and maintain onboard control software for humanoid robots, including control loops, state estimation, actuator interfaces, and motion planning. Integrate learned policies with hardware, improve system reliability and fault recovery, debug sim-to-real discrepancies, and support hardware bring-up and field testing.

Own the end-to-end partner platform for Rhoda's robot foundation models: define APIs, tooling, integration boundaries, partner qualification, developer experience, documentation, and roadmap while working directly with partner engineering teams.

Lead external and internal communications, create social and press content, manage PR agencies, translate technical advances in generative AI/robotics for varied audiences, run events and tradeshows, and align messaging with product and executive teams.

Translate customer use cases into deployed robotic solutions: scope projects, design and prototype grippers/EOAT and fixtures, validate work-cells, debug systems, and collaborate on AI model deployment and data-collection strategies to drive robust field performance.

Build and operate cloud infrastructure powering data collection, robot field operations, and model training. Ensure reliability, low latency, and scalability across databases, object storage, compute, and backend services; develop observability, debug production incidents, and collaborate with research and robotics teams.

Build internal frontend interfaces, backend services, and tooling connecting cloud, data pipelines, and robot fleets. Own observability, scalability, and reliability of platform tools, collaborate with researchers and engineers, and integrate storage, APIs, and deployment/teleoperation systems.

Lead system-level safety for humanoid robots: perform hazard analyses and risk assessments, derive functional and technical safety requirements, design fail-safe and degraded-mode behaviors, develop V&V test cases, and deploy system safety validation equipment at HIL, SIL, and system levels.