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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
Ann ArborMichiganUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Sep 1, 2026
Salary
$150,000–$180,000 a year
Full-time

Manager Data Operations & Annotations, Autonomy Data

Job description

Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who…

Job responsibilities

  • Lead the organization and end-to-end operations that collect, annotate, validate, and deliver high-quality real-world data at the scale, speed, and cost required for ML and autonomy development.
  • Partner with ML and autonomy teams to translate model needs into data requirements, collection strategies, and operational priorities.
  • Design and improve annotation, validation, and quality-control workflows, using tooling, automation, and metrics to optimize quality, coverage, speed, and cost.
  • Develop managers and teams, establish clear ownership, and build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Lead cross-functional programs and drive decisions across operations, engineering, ML, and autonomy.
  • Use operational data and feedback to identify bottlenecks and drive automation or engineering improvements that increase scale without proportional growth in manual effort or cost.

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