Optical Sensing Intern - Robot Perception
Rhoda AI · Mountain View
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At a glance
Highlights
- Help decide how warehouse robots see around people in real settings.
- Run experiments to find where sensors break and how to fix them.
- Findings feed directly into sensor choices and detection algorithms.
Ideal candidate
MS student in optics, physics or robotics who loves hands-on lab work and digging into why sensors fail. Curious experimenter who wants their optical physics insight running on real warehouse robots.
Requirements
- Pursuing MS in Optics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Vision or Robotics
- Research or lab experience designing experiments
- Strong grasp of optical sensing physics: image formation, noise, dynamic range, time-of-flight and LiDAR
- Hands-on with cameras, LiDAR, time-of-flight or other optical sensors in lab or on robot
- Comfortable with sensor SDKs, drivers and configuration
- Python for numerical analysis and image or point-cloud processing
- Curiosity to dig to root cause of failures and creativity in finding fixes
- Explains results clearly in writing and with plots
Lab profile
About Rhoda AI
Building generalist intelligent robots via full-stack hardware and foundation world models.
What they build
- Generalist intelligent robots
- Foundation world models for robot control
Known for
- Full-stack ownership from hardware to AI
- Generalist robots for complex real-world environments
- End-to-end system design and cutting-edge research
Key facts
- Raised over $450M
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