Mechanical Design Structures Engineer

Location Mountain View Employment Type Full time Department Hardware Compensation $175K – $280K Offers Equity OverviewApplication 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. Structures Engineer You will design the structural skeleton of the hand system — the palms, fingers, linkages, and housings that must survive real-world abuse while holding the precision that fine manipulation demands. What You'll Do Design the structural architecture of the hand — palm, fingers, linkages, and pivotsOwn design-for-manufacturing of structural parts, including die-cast and injection-molded components, from prototype through productionIntegrate thermal paths with the actuation system so dense actuator packages stay within limitsEngineer for robustness: the hand must tolerate impacts, drops, and sustained real-world abuseHold the precision required for fine motor control and repeatable graspingDesign lightweight, body-safe structures for wearable devices What You Bring Experience with die-cast and injection-mold part design, including DFM for volume productionThermal design experience, especially integrating heat paths with actuators in dense packagesStrong background in linkage, pivot, and small-mechanism designProven ability to design robust systems that tolerate impact and sustained abuseAbility to design for precision where it matters, enabling fine motor control and reliable grasping Nice to Have Experience with wearable or body-worn product structuresFamiliarity with GD&T and tolerance-stack analysis for small mechanisms Compensation Range: $175K - $280K 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. Structures Engineer You will design the structural skeleton of the hand system — the palms, fingers, linkages, and housings that must survive real-world abuse while holding the precision that fine manipulation demands. What You'll Do Design the structural architecture of the hand — palm, fingers, linkages, and pivotsOwn design-for-manufacturing of structural parts, including die-cast and injection-molded components, from prototype through productionIntegrate thermal paths with the actuation system so dense actuator packages stay within limitsEngineer for robustness: the hand must tolerate impacts, drops, and sustained real-world abuseHold the precision required for fine motor control and repeatable graspingDesign lightweight, body-safe structures for wearable devices What You Bring Experience with die-cast and injection-mold part design, including DFM for volume productionThermal design experience, especially integrating heat paths with actuators in dense packagesStrong background in linkage, pivot, and small-mechanism designProven ability to design robust systems that tolerate impact and sustained abuseAbility to design for precision where it matters, enabling fine motor control and reliable grasping Nice to Have Experience with wearable or body-worn product structuresFamiliarity with GD&T and tolerance-stack analysis for small mechanisms Compensation Range: $175K - $280K 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. Structures Engineer You will design the structural skeleton of the hand system — the palms, fingers, linkages, and housings that must survive real-world abuse while holding the precision that fine manipulation demands. What You'll Do Design the structural architecture of the hand — palm, fingers, linkages, and pivotsOwn design-for-manufacturing of structural parts, including die-cast and injection-molded components, from prototype through productionIntegrate thermal paths with the actuation system so dense actuator packages stay within limitsEngineer for robustness: the hand must tolerate impacts, drops, and sustained real-world abuseHold the precision required for fine motor control and repeatable graspingDesign lightweight, body-safe structures for wearable devices What You Bring Experience with die-cast and injection-mold part design, including DFM for volume productionThermal design experience, especially integrating heat paths with actuators in dense packagesStrong background in linkage, pivot, and small-mechanism designProven ability to design robust systems that tolerate impact and sustained abuseAbility to design for precision where it matters, enabling fine motor control and reliable grasping Nice to Have Experience with wearable or body-worn product structuresFamiliarity with GD&T and tolerance-stack analysis for small mechanisms Compensation Range: $175K - $280K