# Optical Sensing Intern - Robot Perception at Rhoda

- Company: Rhoda
- What the company does: Redefining Robotic Intelligence. Backed by Khosla.
- Company website: https://www.rhoda.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: Mountain View
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rhoda-ai/df2aa2a4-ca56-4fa6-b106-89a7fc6a9bb4?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## About the role

Design experiments that answer real engineering questions, such as which sensor settings work best for each job, and whether a sensor still sees a person in direct sunlight Explain why a sensor fails, from the physics up: ambient light, dynamic range, multipath, reflectance, angle of incidence, heat Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Pursuing an MS in Optics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Vision or Robotics, with research or lab experience designing experiments
- Strong grasp of optical sensing physics: image formation, noise, dynamic range, time-of-flight and LiDAR principles
- Hands-on with cameras, LiDAR, time-of-flight or other optical sensors in a lab or on a robot
- Comfortable with sensor SDKs, drivers and configuration
- Python for numerical analysis and image or point-cloud processing (NumPy, OpenCV, Open3D or similar)
- Curiosity to dig past “it doesn’t work” to the cause, and creativity in finding fixes

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