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# Senior Data Operations Engineer

- **Company:** Field Ai
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Video Game Development, Python (Programming Language), Linux Commands, Motion Capture, DataOps, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Lidar
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_29cb7aedc2be02e5c2123cf0e4fe42b3

## About the Role

* Background in film/TV production, game development, data operations, or another field where wearing every hat is normal
 * Interest in humanoid robotics and how machines learn from human movement

## Description

* 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.

Data Collection & Annotation - 25%

 * Run motion capture, teleoperation, and human-subjects data collection sessions yourself - the fastest way to dogfood and stress-test tooling and protocols before handing them to the team.
 * 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.

Team Management & Documentation - 25%

 * 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.

Technical Demo Support - 25%

 * Learn the product stack and operate various robotic platforms to demonstrate FieldAI FFM (Field Foundation Model) 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 important stakeholders.

What You Bring

You don't need every skill below, but you should bring real, hands-on depth in several of them:

 * 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

Beyond the toolkit:

 * Comfortable moving between hardware and software in the same day: genuinely hands-on, not hands-off.
 * High ownership: you can take an open-ended ask ("troubleshoot why this data had issues ") and run with it without much hand-holding.
 * Strong documentation habits: you leave SOPs and processes better than you found them.