Rhoda AI

Technology

RobotPerceptionEngineer

$165–220k ~AI est. Palo Alto, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Robot Perception Engineer at Rhoda AI. Skills: Robotics perception, Computer vision, Real-time systems, Sensor fusion. Develop perception systems. Maintain perception systems”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years experience robotics perception, 4+ years experience computer vision, Software engineering fundamentals C++, Software engineering fundamentals Python, Software engineering fundamentals Rust, Hands-on sensor integration, Hands-on sensor calibration, Experience building real-time perception pipelines, Experience on embedded compute platforms, Experience on edge compute platforms, Familiarity with streaming systems, Familiarity with networking systems, Experience with ROS/ROS2, Ability to debug full stack

Nice to Have

Experience with safety-certified perception systems, Experience with safety-critical perception systems, Background in multi-sensor fusion, Background in calibration for robust perception, Familiarity with teleoperation systems, Experience deploying perception models on edge, Experience optimizing perception models on edge, Experience deploying perception models on onboard compute, Experience optimizing perception models on onboard compute, Familiarity with humanoid robot platforms, Familiarity with legged robot platforms, Prior work on early-stage hardware programs

What You'll Do.

Develop perception systems

Maintain perception systems

Transform sensor data

Build object detection systems

Build object tracking systems

Build scene understanding systems

Own streaming infrastructure

Bridge perception outputs

Bridge learned policy inputs

Ensure low-latency data delivery

Ensure high-reliability data delivery

Implement safety-certified perception components

Validate safety-certified perception components

Support bring-up new camera hardware

Support field testing new camera hardware

Support bring-up sensor configurations

Support field testing sensor configurations

Contribute to system reliability

Contribute to fault detection

Contribute to recovery logic

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with AI/ML team

Full Job Description

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 $400M 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 Robot Perception Engineer to develop and maintain the perception systems that give our humanoid robots a real-time understanding of the world around them. You'll own the software that transforms raw sensor data into reliable, actionable perception — from sensor integration and calibration to safety-certified object detection and streaming data to our foundation models and teleoperation stack. What You'll Do - Develop and maintain real-time perception pipelines — integrating and calibrating sensors (cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, depth sensors) with our humanoid robot platforms - Build and optimize object detection, tracking, and scene understanding systems for safe operation in complex, unstructured environments - Own the streaming infrastructure that delivers sensor data reliably to foundation models, teleoperation systems, and onboard control stacks - Work closely with the AI/ML team to bridge perception outputs and learned policy inputs — ensuring low-latency, high-reliability data delivery - Implement and validate safety-certified perception components, including object detection and collision avoidance, to meet real-world deployment requirements - Support bring-up and field testing of new camera hardware and sensor configurations - Contribute to system reliability, fault detection, and recovery logic for robust real-world p

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