Founding Operations Manager

Human Archive; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Human Archive is seeking a field deployments lead to manage global deployments from site readiness through closure. You will run high-velocity data collection campaigns and coordinate with sensing hardware, deployment kits, upload systems, and offloading workflows.

Join a fast-moving team where strong execution, ownership, and excellent communication are essential to coordinating field operations across multiple sites and partners.

Qualifications

• Strong execution ability and ownership in fast-moving environments.
• Ability to manage deployments and field teams under real-world constraints.
• Strong technical intuition and comfort working directly with hardware and operational tooling.
• Strong communication skills and ability to make decisions quickly with limited information.
• Highly resilient, resourceful, and capable of solving difficult operational problems.

Responsibilities

• Source and manage deployment partnerships globally
• Own field operations from site readiness through post-site closure
• Lead field teams and ensure reliable execution during deployments
• Run high-velocity data collection campaigns under real-world constraints
• Work directly with sensing hardware, deployment kits, upload systems, and offloading workflows
• Troubleshoot hardware, deployment, and operational issues in the field
• Improve operational systems across deployments, audits, inventory, and payouts
• Work closely with hardware, software, and operations teams during deployments

Skills

Deployment management

Field team leadership

Hardware familiarity

Excellent communication

Job description

About the Company

Human Archive is a research lab focused on modeling human embodied intelligence. Founded by Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers, we build custom hardware products and deploy them globally to recover human embodied intelligence as a learned model for robotics and world modeling.

Responsibilities

• Source and manage deployment partnerships globally
• Own field operations from site readiness through post-site closure
• Lead field teams and ensure reliable execution during deployments
• Run high-velocity data collection campaigns under real-world constraints
• Work directly with sensing hardware, deployment kits, upload systems, and offloading workflows
• Troubleshoot hardware, deployment, and operational issues in the field
• Improve operational systems across deployments, audits, inventory, and payouts
• Work closely with hardware, software, and operations teams during deployments

Requirements

• Strong execution ability and willingness to take ownership in fast-moving environments
• Ability to manage deployments and field teams under real-world constraints
• Strong technical intuition and comfort working directly with hardware and operational tooling
• Strong communication skills and ability to make decisions quickly with limited information
• Highly resilient, resourceful, and comfortable solving difficult operational problems
• 1-5 years of experience or an exceptional dropout