Rhoda AI
Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors & Imaging Systems)
$225K–$280K
Mountain View · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026
- Experience
- Staff: 10+ years of relevant industry experience designing electrical/sensor subsystems for shipping products. Principal: 15+ years, with a demonstrated track record of leading the technical direction of multiple high-volume sensor-based products.
- Education
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the architecture, design, validation, and production execution of imaging and multi-sensor electrical systems for generalist robots.
What you'll do
- Architect and integrate camera, depth, radar, LiDAR, and thermal sensing subsystems, including interfaces, illumination, and power.
- Own camera signal-chain design, sensor characterization, electrical reviews, and validation from prototype through mass production.
- Set technical direction, collaborate across engineering teams and vendors, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
- Hands-on expertise in CMOS image sensors, camera systems, optics, and image signal processing.
- Experience with ranging and perception sensors, including ToF, mmWave radar, thermal cameras, and LiDAR.
- Strong analog/digital design, PCB, power-delivery, signal-integrity, lab-debug, and product-production experience.
Nice to have
- NVIDIA Jetson, DRIVE, or other GPU/accelerator platforms; FPGA exposure.
- Sensor-fusion software, ROS, audio hardware, or published work/patents in imaging, sensing, or perception.
Pay
USD 225K – 280K base salary
Tools
CMOS image sensors, MIPI CSI-2, D-PHY, C-PHY, ToF, mmWave radar, LiDAR, NVIDIA Jetson
AI focus
Supports robot perception and object-detection workloads through sensor and imaging system design; no AI model development is specified.
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