# Staff Robot Controls Integration Engineer 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: $225K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rhoda-ai/f2b5d1e0-2c7a-43e5-999c-8c4c0c208741
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/rhoda-staff-robot-controls-integration-engineer/

## About the role

We're looking for a Staff Robot Controls Integration Engineer to own the bridge between our control algorithms and real-world hardware — the critical point where physics meets firmware. You'll integrate motor control stacks, real-time communication protocols, and sensing systems into a cohesive, predictable platform that performs reliably in demanding field conditions.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or closely related engineering discipline
- Hands-on motor controls : You've implemented or tuned PID loops, field-oriented control, torque control, or trajectory tracking on real hardware. Comfortable reasoning about poles, stability, and bandwidth
- Real-time systems and firmware : You understand interrupt latency, real-time constraints, and the gap between algorithm and implementation. Experience with real-time Linux, microcontroller programming, or RTOS
- Communication protocols : Solid experience with CAN, CAN FD, or EtherCAT — protocol analysis, debugging, timing verification. Familiar with CANoe, Vector tooling, or oscilloscope-based signal capture
- Sensor integration and validation : You've brought up encoders, IMUs, force/torque sensors. Understand aliasing, noise filtering, calibration, and how sensor delay cascades into control performance
- HiL and SIL : You design tests that matter — fault-injection tests that probe stability margins, saturation behavior, and graceful degradation. Experience with Simulink, FPGA platforms, or equivalent

Tags: Hardware