# Senior Mechanical Engineer- Arm 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: Senior
- Location: Mountain View
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $175K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rhoda-ai/d0c1e633-da55-4866-95e0-420d655a404f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/rhoda-senior-mechanical-engineer-arm/

## About the role

Own the design of the upper arm end to end — shoulder and elbow joint structures, links, and housings — making the trade-offs between stiffness, mass, inertia, cost, and manufacturability under the highest structural loads in the arm chain Define and own the interface to the torso, including the structural mount, load paths into the frame, alignment and registration features, and the electrical pass-through that feeds the entire arm — driving this interface to closure with the torso team

## What they're looking for

- BS in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field (MS preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical design of robots, robotic arms, or complex electromechanical products
- Demonstrated ability to make and defend engineering trade-offs — stiffness vs. mass, integration vs. serviceability, performance vs. cost — with quantitative rigor
- Strong experience designing structural components for high-load dynamic systems, including structural analysis correlated to physical test
- Experience defining and driving interfaces with other engineering teams — negotiating requirements and holding designs to them
- Experience integrating high-torque actuators into structural assemblies, including load path design, mounting stiffness, and heat rejection

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