Data Collection Manager

The posting, as Agility Robotics wrote it

Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.

About the Role

We are seeking a Manager, Data Collection to lead and scale the team responsible for teleoperation data collection supporting robot learning at Agility Robotics.

This role owns the daily operating rhythm of data collection: operator staffing and training, rig and station readiness, campaign execution, vendor and contract labor management, and the throughput and data quality metrics that determine whether our AI teams get the data they need at the volume and quality they need it.

Data collection is the input to our learned policies. The quality of this operation directly gates model progress. We are looking for someone who treats it as a production operation with measurable output, not as a support function.

About the Work

Team Leadership & Talent

• Build, train, and lead the data collection team, including robot operators and data collection specialists in Fremont.
• Own hiring for the function: define the operator profile, build the interview process, and scale the team against collection demand.
• Develop onboarding and ongoing training programs, including certification on teleoperation rigs, capture hardware, and task protocols, so that operator output is consistent across people and shifts.
• Manage shift scheduling and coverage to match campaign demand, including extended hours or weekend coverage when program milestones require it.
• Build a career path from data collection into system test, robot operations, and other technical roles across the organization.
• Promote a culture of safety, including proper use of teleoperation and capture equipment, ergonomics, and adherence to safety procedures.

Data Collection Operations & Throughput

• Own day-to-day readiness of teleoperation stations, capture rigs, robots, and workcells used for data collection, and coordinate with engineering and technical support on calibration, configuration, and return to service.
• Plan and execute collection campaigns against the task taxonomy and volume targets set with AI Engineering, including scoping, scheduling, and progress reporting.
• Identify bottlenecks through workflow analysis, time studies, and capacity modeling, then drive practical fixes.
• Lead root cause analysis on recurring operational issues, including rig downtime, capture failures, and protocol drift, and follow through on corrective actions.
• Create and maintain SOPs, work instructions, task protocols, and process controls, and manage change control when protocols or hardware are updated.
• Support rollout of new capture hardware, sensors, and tooling in partnership with Eng

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fit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.

• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Time Off:
• Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
• Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

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