Redefining Robotic Intelligence. Backed by Khosla.
About the role
Own the drivetrain architecture for the mobile base, including wheel design and sourcing — evaluating off-the-shelf wheel vendors against a custom wheel development, and driving that decision to closure Lead actuator selection and integration for the drivetrain, interfacing directly with motor and gearbox vendors on specifications, customization, qualification, and supply
What they're looking for
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field (MS preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical design of mobile robots, vehicles, or complex electromechanical products
- Demonstrated experience with drivetrain design — wheels, motors, gearboxes, and brakes — including sizing actuators against dynamic requirements and integrating them into tight packages
- Track record of working directly with vendors on custom or semi-custom components: driving specifications, evaluating quotes, and managing qualification
- Experience designing battery packs, battery interfaces, or other user-serviceable electromechanical modules with attention to ergonomics and cycle life
- Experience packaging electronics with real thermal constraints, and validating thermal performance through analysis and test
More about this role
At Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and robot systems to the infrastructure and state-of-the-art foundation world models that control our robots. Our robots are designed to be generalists capable of operating in complex, real-world environments and handling long-tail edge cases, made possible by our cutting edge research and end-to-end system design. We've raised over $450M and are investing aggressively in model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up to make generalist robotics a reality.
We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own the mobile base of our humanoid robot platform. The base is the foundation of the entire system — it carries the drivetrain, battery, compute, and power electronics. You'll own the drivetrain architecture from wheels and actuators through brakes, define the battery interface and swap experience, drive the suspension strategy, and design the structural cast base that ties it all together. This is a high-ownership role spanning vendor engagement, precision actuator integration, structural design, and...
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