Robot Operator, Data Collection

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Pilot the robots. Operate leader/follower rigs and other control setups to run robots through industrial manipulation tasks: pick and place, bin sorting, fastener driving, connector seating, tool use.
• Produce data the models can learn from. Execute repeated demonstrations to a consistent standard — clean motion, consistent framing, sensible recovery when something goes wrong — and develop the eye to tell a usable…
• Own the quality of your own output. Review, label, and flag your own bad episodes rather than letting them through, and keep clear session logs another person can act on.
• Work safely, so we can work fast. Run pre-power-up safety checks, know where the stop is, follow lockout procedure, and raise concerns early. Careful people let us move quickly.
• Run new tasks from a cold start. Take an unproven task description, work out a repeatable approach on the hardware, and document what you found.
• Feed findings back into how the work is designed. Report rig ergonomics problems, ambiguous instructions, and task setups that don't survive contact with reality to the engineers and researchers who own them.
• Help the next person. Train new operators on tasks you've mastered and sharpen the written procedures as you go.
• Expect to be on your feet and moving for roughly 5–6 hours of the day. Operating the rigs is sustained, full-body work: reaching, bending, crouching, twisting, holding position, and extended use of both arms and hands.

Job requirements

• Roughly one year or more of work history where you were accountable for your own output: showed up on time, held to a standard, dealt with the consequences when something went wrong. The industry doesn't matter;
• Genuine interest in robots and AI. You don't need expertise. You do need to want to know how the thing works, and to get a little excited when it does something new.
• A demonstrated safety mindset. Steady around powered equipment, follows procedure without being watched, comfortable stopping work to raise a concern.
• Strong hand/eye coordination and spatial reasoning. You pick up physical skills quickly and can explain what makes one approach better than another.
• Tolerance for high-repetition work at a consistent quality bar across a full shift.
• Clear, plain written communication. Enough to log what happened in a session so someone else can understand and act on it.
• Comfort with direct feedback, both getting it and giving it.
• Tolerance for change. Early-stage means unfinished. If that sounds fun rather than stressful, that's a good sign.