Robot Perception Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Robot Perception Engineer to join our team at Rhoda AI. Our mission is to build generalist intelligent robots capable of operating in complex, real-world environments. With over $450M in funding, we are dedicated to advancing model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up.

Responsibilities

• 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 perception

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in robotics perception, computer vision, or a closely related field
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in C++, Python, or Rust
• Hands-on experience with sensor integration and calibration (cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, depth sensors)
• Experience building real-time perception pipelines on embedded or edge compute platforms
• Familiarity with streaming and networking systems for low-latency sensor data transport
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 or similar robotics middleware in production or research contexts
• Ability to debug across the full stack — from driver-level sensor issues to perception behavior on live hardware

Qualifications

• Experience with safety-certified or safety-critical perception systems (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or similar)
• Background in multi-sensor fusion and calibration for robust perception under real-world conditions
• Familiarity with teleoperation systems and the latency and reliability constraints they impose
• Experience deploying and optimizing perception models on edge or onboard compute (quantization, TensorRT, etc.)
• Familiarity with humanoid or legged robot platforms and the unique perception challenges they present
• Prior work on early-stage hardware programs (prototype or pre-production robots)

Skills

• Experience with safety-certified or safety-critical perception systems (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or similar)
• Background in multi-sensor fusion and calibration for robust perception under real-world conditions
• Familiarity with teleoperation systems and the latency and reliability constraints they impose
• Experience deploying and optimizing perception models on edge or onboard compute (quantization, TensorRT, etc.)
• Familiarity with humanoid or legged robot platforms and the unique perception challenges they present
• Prior work on early-stage hardware programs (prototype or pre-production robots)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Flexible working hours
• Professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and supportive team environment

Pay

• $100,000 - $150,000 annually

Schedule

• Full-time