Staff Thermal Systems Integration Engineer

About the Company

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop system-level thermal requirements and decompose to subsystems and components
• Own thermal management of the entire robot platform including cooling devices, thermal paths, and heat dissipation strategies
• Partner with Hardware sub-teams to ensure thermal requirements are met and cooling device placement is optimized
• Create detailed thermal simulations and lead thermal verification across diverse operating environments
• Collaborate with Control Engineers to develop thermal management algorithms, derating, and shutdown strategies
• Work with Safety Engineers to integrate thermal constraints into system safety analyses
• Validate subsystem and robot-level thermal performance and document specifications and test plans
• Provide technical guidance on thermal design principles and best practices

Requirements

• At least 10 years of related experience in thermal systems analysis
• Expertise in heat transfer principles, thermal modeling, and cooling device design
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline
• Hands-on experience with thermal simulation tools
• Strong systems-thinking across mechanical, electrical, and control layers
• Experience decomposing system-level requirements into component specifications
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Hardware, Controls, and Safety teams
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CFD tools such as ANSYS Fluent, COMSOL, or OpenFOAM
• Proficiency in MATLAB / Simulink for thermal modeling or control algorithms
• Experience with Python for thermal data analysis and automation
• Exposure to functional safety standards like ISO 26262 or IEC 61508
• Experience with requirements management tools like Jama or Polarion
• Background in robotics or high-performance hardware platforms