Senior Robot Stability and Safety Systems Engineer

System Safety; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhoda AI is seeking a Safety Systems Engineer-Robot Stability to own design, implementation, and optimization of control systems for robust balance and dynamic locomotion in humanoid robots.

The role intersects AI, functional safety, and robotics, ensuring AI-driven perception, planning, and control meet safety standards. You will define safety requirements, lead verification, and build certification evidence with cross-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Robotics, Control Systems, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong background in dynamics, kinematics, and control theory.
• Experience with humanoid or legged robot control systems.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis.
• Hands-on experience with simulation tools (MuJoCo, Gazebo, Isaac Sim).
• Familiarity with state estimation techniques (Kalman filters, sensor fusion).
• Hands-on experience with data collection and data analysis in Verification and Validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop safety requirements for Robot Stability through analysis, empirical derivation, and testing.
• Derive requirements for performance and stability of advanced control algorithms for whole-body stability, balance, and posture regulation in humanoid platforms.
• Architect fail-safe methodology for robot stability to influence design and implementation of real-time controllers (e.g., ZMP, MPC, inverse dynamics, whole-body control).
• Define requirements, performance and fail-safe methods for sensor feedback (IMU, force/torque, vision) for state estimation and disturbance rejection.
• Invent novel and improve existing techniques for robustness against external perturbations, uneven terrain, and dynamic interactions.
• Collaborate with perception, planning, and hardware teams to ensure seamless system integration.
• Simulate, test, and validate control strategies in both virtual environments and physical robots.
• Contribute to safety-critical features, including fall prevention and recovery strategies.

Skills

Dynamics

Kinematics

Control theory

Python

Data analysis

Education

MS or PhD in Robotics, Control Systems, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

MuJoCo

Gazebo

Isaac Sim

Job description

Rhoda AI is seeking a Safety Systems Engineer-Robot Stability to own design, implementation, and optimization of control systems for robust balance and dynamic locomotion in humanoid robots.

The role intersects AI, functional safety, and robotics, ensuring AI-driven perception, planning, and control meet safety standards. You will define safety requirements, lead verification, and build certification evidence with cross-disciplinary teams.