Solution Engineer

Rhoda AI • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

Rhoda AI is building generalist intelligent robots, with an end-to-end robotics stack spanning hardware, robot systems, infrastructure, and foundation world models. The Application Engineering team works directly with customers to understand operational problems and lead the application of Rhoda’s AI from model post-training and data collection through robot tooling, work-cell design, and production deployment. The team works across engineering, product, deployment operations, and business, with members in the US and Germany. Application Engineering includes Application Engineers, Solution Engineers, and Technical Program Managers, who share ownership of production deployments.

The Solution Engineer owns the systems-engineering work that turns a successful proof of concept into a production deployment. After a customer issues a purchase order, this role translates customer requirements into a production solution, designs workflows and work cells, and integrates Rhoda’s robots and AI model with the customer’s environment, including sensors, conveyors, PLCs, and MES. The role carries the solution through Factory Acceptance Testing, commissioning, and Site Acceptance Testing.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial, or Robotics Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and deploying automation or robotic systems in manufacturing or logistics environments.
• Hands-on experience with industrial controls and integration, including PLCs, industrial networking and protocols (e.g., OPC UA, Profinet, EtherNet/IP), sensors, and conveyors.
• Experience integrating with MES or other plant-level systems.
• Strong understanding of work-cell design, machine safety standards, and risk assessment.
• Track record of taking systems through FAT, commissioning, and SAT.
• Ability to translate ambiguous customer needs into clear technical requirements and designs.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites, domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a systems integrator or robotics OEM.
• Experience with simulation tools for work-cell design and throughput analysis.
• Exposure to AI- or vision-based robotic systems.
• Familiarity with both US and European safety and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Gather, define, and negotiate customer production requirements, including throughput, uptime, safety, and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct feasibility analysis, including simulation, and provide proposal review and feedback during the purchase-order stage.
• Design production workflows and work cells, including layout, safety, material flow, and operator interaction.
• Lead system integration planning with the customer’s environment, including sensors, conveyors, PLCs, MES, and other plant systems.
• Integrate Rhoda’s AI model with task-related tooling and partner with Application Engineers on task engineering and strategy.
• Own the overall solution strategy and author workflow SOPs for production operations.
• Define solution requirements and shape product and site readiness ahead of deployment.
• Measure and report system performance through FAT and SAT, and support on-site commissioning.
• Feed production learnings back to product and engineering to shape the roadmap.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time