Rhoda AI

Rhoda AI

Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors & Imaging Systems)

Mountain View · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 56 days ago
Machine LearningComputer VisionPCB DesignFPGAEMI/EMCRoboticsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignSignal ProcessingSensorsResearchCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • 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.
  • This role is ideal for an engineer who has taken multiple sensor-driven products from concept to volume production and is energized by solving hard, cross-disciplinary problems.

Responsibilities

  • Drive camera and sensor selection across CMOS image sensors, ToF, mmWave radar, LiDAR, and thermal modules - evaluating resolution, FOV, sensitivity, dynamic range, frame rate, latency, and SWaP (size, weight, and power).
  • Own the camera signal chain, including ISP tuning and configuration, RAW/RGB pipelines, MIPI CSI-2 / parallel RGB interfaces, and characterization across lighting, temperature, and motion conditions.
  • Lead sensor fusion hardware design combining cameras, depth sensors, radar, and LiDAR for perception and object-detection workloads.
  • Define lighting and illumination strategies for active and passive imaging, including IR illuminators, structured light, and synchronized strobe designs.
  • Develop characterization and validation plans with lab measurements (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, optical bench) and statistical bring-up/qualification methodologies.
  • review designs, set best practices, and represent electrical engineering in architectural decisions.
  • Engage with external vendors and partners (sensor suppliers, module houses, ODMs) to evaluate roadmaps, negotiate specs, and resolve technical issues.
  • Mentor and influence engineers across the org; review designs, set best practices, and represent electrical engineering in architectural decisions.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Staff level: 10+ years of relevant industry experience designing electrical/sensor subsystems for shipping products.
  • Principal level: 15+ years with a demonstrated track record of leading the technical direction of multiple high-volume sensor-based products.
  • Strong understanding of optics fundamentals - Field of View (FOV), focal length, F-number, depth of field, distortion, and lens/sensor matching.
  • Experience designing illumination / lighting subsystems for cameras (visible, IR, NIR, synchronized strobes).
  • LiDAR: working knowledge of mechanical, MEMS, and solid-state LiDAR architectures and their electrical/interface requirements.

Nice to have

  • FPGA exposure - familiarity with FPGA-based sensor interfacing, bridging, and prototyping (Xilinx/AMD, Intel/Altera, Lattice).
  • Embedded HDL coding is not required
  • an architectural and integration-level understanding is sufficient.
  • Acoustic & audio hardware. experience with MEMS microphones, microphone arrays, 3D acoustic field capture / beamforming, and audio front-end design.

Skills

  • Experience taking products through EVT → DVT → PVT → MP and resolving production issues.
  • oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, optical/imaging test equipment.
  • Other high-end GPU / accelerator exposure - Qualcomm, Ambarella, AMD, or comparable platforms for vision and AI inference at the edge.
  • Experience with sensor fusion software stacks, ROS, or working closely with computer-vision / ML teams.
  • Published work, patents, or conference contributions in imaging, sensing, or perception.

Benefits

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with firmware/embedded, computer-vision/ML, mechanical, optical, and manufacturing engineering to drive designs from prototype through DVT, PVT, and mass production.

Company info

  • At Rhoda AI, we're building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots.
  • We are seeking a Staff or Principal Member of Technical Staff (MTS) - Electrical to lead the architecture, design, and technical execution of advanced multi-sensor imaging and perception systems.
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