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Mechanical Design Structures Engineer
Rhoda AIRobotics company
Mountain View, United StatesMid
Khosla Ventures
Capricorn Investment Group
Leitmotif
Matter Venture Partners
Mayfield
Premji Invest
New
About the role
TL;DR
Designs the structural components of a robot's hand system, ensuring robustness and precision.
- •Rhoda AI is building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots, owning the full robotics stack from hardware to foundation world models.
- •This role focuses on designing the structural skeleton of the robot's hand system.
- •Key Responsibilities Design the structural architecture of the hand, including palm, fingers, linkages, and pivots.
- •Own design-for-manufacturing of structural parts for die-cast and injection-molded components.
- •Integrate thermal paths with the actuation system to manage heat in dense actuator packages.
- •Engineer for robustness to tolerate impacts, drops, and sustained real-world abuse.
- •Design lightweight, body-safe structures for wearable devices.
- •Requirements Experience with die-cast and injection-mold part design, including DFM for volume production.
- •Thermal design experience, especially integrating heat paths with actuators in dense packages.
- •Strong background in linkage, pivot, and small-mechanism design.
- •Proven ability to design robust systems that tolerate impact and sustained abuse.
- •Ability to design for precision for fine motor control and reliable grasping.
Domain expertise
aerospaceai