Rhoda AI

Senior/Staff Robot Software Engineer (Simulation)

Mountain View · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 98 days ago

PythonC++Full-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningRoboticsHardware DesignResearchCommunicationCollaboration

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.

Build and maintain simulation environments for our humanoid robot platforms, including physics-based models (e.g., MuJoCo, IsaacSim, PyBullet, or similar) that closely match real hardware behavior
Develop and validate robot software - including motion planning, control loops, state estimation, and actuator interfaces - in simulation before deployment to physical systems
Collaborate with the AI/ML team to build sim-to-real pipelines that accelerate policy training and evaluation
Write production-quality code that other engineers can build on: clean interfaces, good documentation, and testable components
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.
You'll develop physics-based models that closely mirror real hardware, and own the software pipelines that bridge simulation and the physical world - from motion planning and control to sim-to-real transfer for AI policy training.
This is a high-impact role on a small team building foundational technology for Gen 0 and Gen 1 robot programs.

4+ years of experience in robotics software engineering or a closely related field
Proficiency with at least one major robotics simulation platform (MuJoCo, IsaacSim, PyBullet, Gazebo, or similar)
Hands-on experience with core robotics software: motion planning, control loops, state estimation, or actuator interfaces

Experience integrating software components across a complex stack - connecting simulation to perception, logging, or data collection systems
Comfort working directly with physical hardware and debugging sim-to-real discrepancies
Strong communication and collaboration skills - able to work closely with both hardware and AI/ML teammates
Familiarity with humanoid or legged robot platforms and the unique modeling challenges they present
Background in whole-body control, trajectory optimization, or model predictive control
Experience with ROS/ROS2 or similar robotics middleware in production or research contexts
Prior work on early-stage hardware programs (prototype or pre-production robots)
Work across the full stack alongside AI/ML researchers, perception engineers, and hardware teams on Gen 0 and Gen 1 programs that define the foundation of the platform

What We're Looking For
At Rhoda AI, we're building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots.
We're looking for a Robot Software Engineer to build and validate the simulation environments that underpin our humanoid robotics platform.

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