Redefining Robotic Intelligence. Backed by Khosla.
About the role
Own the mechanical architecture and packaging of the robot head, including cameras, speakers, microphones, and supporting electronics, within a tightly constrained envelope Drive compatibility between the internal packaging and the industrial design surfaces, negotiating trade-offs between ID intent, sensor fields of view, thermal performance, and serviceability
What they're looking for
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field (MS preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical design of complex electromechanical products — robotics, consumer electronics, camera systems, or similar
- Demonstrated experience packaging sensors, cameras, or dense electronics in tightly constrained, thermally challenging envelopes
- Strong command of mass properties analysis and the discipline to design to hard mass and CG budgets
- Experience with precision optical or sensor mounting — alignment, boresight stability, and tolerance analysis for optical assemblies
- Expert-level proficiency with CAD software (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Onshape, or similar) for complex part and assembly design
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 head of our humanoid robot platform. The head is one of the most constrained and cross-functional subsystems on the robot — it packages cameras, speakers, and sensors into a tight envelope that must satisfy industrial design intent, thermal and structural requirements, and strict mass and center-of-gravity targets driven by the neck it sits on. You'll drive the head's internal architecture, work shoulder-to-shoulder with perception, industrial design, and cladding teams, and coordinate closely...
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