Solution Engineer

As a Solution Engineer, you own the systems-engineering work that turns a successful POC into a production deployment. Taking the lead once a customer issues a purchase order, you’ll translate customer requirements into a production solution, design the workflow and work cell, and integrate Rhoda’s robots and AI model with the customer’s environment - sensors, conveyors, PLCs, and MES. You’ll carry the solution through Factory Acceptance Testing, commissioning, and Site Acceptance Testing., * Gather, define, and negotiate customer requirements for production, including throughput, uptime, safety, and acceptance criteria.

• Conduct feasibility analysis (including simulation) and provide proposal review and feedback during the PO stage.
• Design production workflows and work cells, including layout, safety, material flow, and operator interaction.
• Lead system integration planning with the customer environment - 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, shaping both product and site readiness ahead of the 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.

• 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: 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 (domestic and international).

Nice to Have

• 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.

Compensation Range: $175K - $250K

At Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and robot systems to the infrastructure and state-of-the-art foundation world models that control our robots. Our robots are designed to be generalists capable of operating in complex, real-world environments and handling long-tail edge cases, made possible by our cutting edge research and end-to-end system design. We’ve raised over $450M and are investing aggressively in model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up to make generalist robotics a reality.