Provide critical technical direction and coaching to data collectors. Demonstrate correct execution, calibrate collectors against quality standards, and develop their troubleshooting skills and judgment.
Assess operational and technical risks, including equipment readiness, unsafe conditions, data loss, and quality degradation. Determine when to continue, pause collection, or escalate, and coordinate recovery within established safety and technical boundaries.
Own collection performance metrics, including usable-data yield, rework, station availability, and iteration turnaround time. Use dashboards and root-cause analysis to identify recurring issues and verify that corrective actions improve results.
Lead operational improvement projects that reduce collection failures and iteration delays. Develop and implement reusable workflows, troubleshooting guides, readiness checks, and lightweight tooling, and drive adoption across relevant stations, shifts, and partner teams.
Coordinate technical and nontechnical stakeholders, including researchers, engineering, operations, and annotation partners. Communicate priorities, trade-offs, risks, and decisions clearly, and escalate issues that threaten delivery commitments.
Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks
Bachelor's degree or above in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or experience working in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
Experience diagnosing hardware, software, or process issues, using evidence to identify root causes and implement corrective actions
Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills, including the ability to assess risks and make sound technical decisions with incomplete information
Working understanding of how collection quality, task coverage, and consistency affect model training and evaluation, with the ability to translate research requirements into executable procedures and quality checks
Demonstrated ability to train and mentor others and communicate complex information clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences, including remote teams and colleagues who use English as a second language
Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and dependencies across multiple collection tasks
5+ years of experience in technical operations, engineering, technical project management, or a related role involving hands-on ownership of complex systems or workflows
Experience developing SOPs, technical documentation, performance metrics, and process improvements, and ensuring their adoption
Experience with robotics, teleoperation, egocentric video, or multimodal sensor data
Experience supporting ML/AI data collection, annotation, quality assurance, or model evaluation workflows
Familiarity with sensor calibration, timestamp synchronization, pose tracking, and data integrity checks
Experience using vibe coding agents to build and maintain lightweight operational tools
Experience taking an experimental workflow from initial pilot through repeatable execution across multiple stations or teams
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, San Francisco - 128,000.00 - 214,000.00 USD annually
