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Senior Data Operations Engineer

FieldAI· Engineering
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Boston, MA$110k - $140kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Data Operations Engineer responsible for running day-to-day data operations, building tooling and pipelines, hands-on testing, and managing interns/contractors within FAIRI to scale the in-house data function and set technical/operational standards.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain hardware sensor suites — sensor harnesses, camera arrays, mounting fixtures, wearable sensor stacks (including soldering and cable assembly).
  • Write and maintain QA scripts for in-house and vendor data drops.
  • Build and maintain annotation software and other internal data tooling.
  • Run motion capture, teleoperation, and human-subjects data collection sessions yourself.
  • Annotate robotics/AV datasets (object interaction, contact state, multi-agent) against FAIRI’s evaluation framework.
  • Use hands-on collection and annotation work to surface tooling gaps and drive the tooling roadmap above.
  • Manage and schedule data collection interns and contractors; own day-to-day throughput and quality.
  • Onboard and train interns/contractors on equipment, SOPs, and the informed-consent process.
  • Write and maintain SOPs and other supporting documentation for data collection, annotation, and lab operations.
  • Own first-level QC and escalation for intern/contractor output; flag protocol or safety issues.
  • Learn the product stack and operate various robotic platforms to demonstrate FieldAI FFM capabilities.
  • Support demo planning and execution, coordinating with the Research Operations Partner.
  • Help produce content showcasing FieldAI’s ability to deploy robots on dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs.
  • Troubleshoot hardware and software issues live during demos with stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Soldering and cable assembly
  • Motion capture systems (e.g., Vicon, OptiTrack, markerless/IMU)
  • Data annotation for robotics or autonomous vehicles
  • QA for hardware and/or software
  • 3D scanning and 3D printing
  • Data collection and human subjects research (IRB/consent familiarity a plus)
  • AR/VR development or production
  • Python, Java, or equivalent scripting
  • LIDAR
  • Robotics (platforms, sensors, or control)
  • Linux command line
  • Blender or Unity
  • Film/TV production

Skills

Required:Sensor hardware toolingQA toolingAnnotation toolingMotion captureData collectionPython/Java

Benefits

  • Be part of a growing R&D team
  • Opportunity to lead Data Operations Engineering track and scale the team
  • Collaborative, interdisciplinary environment
  • Competitive compensation package
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About FieldAI

Robot intelligence built for the real-world.

FieldAI is the leader in deploying general-purpose robots in unstructured environments, providing a universal brain that works across many robots, and many tasks.

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