Lead, Robotics Data Collection & Quality

Amazon Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC's Frontier AI & Robotics team seeks a hands-on data collection specialist to own end-to-end data collection workflows for advanced robotics, translate research objectives into reliable collection processes, and coach a distributed team of data collectors.

You will diagnose hardware and software issues, refine SOPs, manage risk, and collaborate with researchers, engineers, and operations to deliver training-ready data for model training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or STEM
• Ability to deliver independently within defined objectives and coordinate multiple partner teams
• Experience diagnosing hardware, software, or process issues with evidence-based root-cause actions
• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills with risk assessment
• Understanding of how collection quality affects model training and evaluation
• Ability to train and mentor others and communicate with both technical and nontechnical audiences

Responsibilities

• Own the technical execution and improvement of early-stage data collection for advanced robotics and guide data collectors
• Manage end-to-end collection iterations from requirements to training-ready data and meet quality/turnaround goals
• Develop SOPs, translate objectives into instructions, maintain version control and adoption
• Serve as SME for data collection workflows, diagnose complex issues across hardware, sensors, calibration, and data integrity
• Provide daily technical direction and coaching to data collectors and calibrate against quality standards
• Assess risks, equipment readiness, and data loss, and coordinate recovery within safety boundaries
• Coordinate stakeholders and clearly communicate priorities, risks, and decisions

Skills

Independent delivery

Diagnostics (hardware/software)

Problem solving

Quality control

Mentoring

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in STEM/related field

Tools

Vibe coding agents

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC's Frontier AI & Robotics team seeks a hands-on data collection specialist to own end-to-end data collection workflows for advanced robotics, translate research objectives into reliable collection processes, and coach a distributed team of data collectors.

You will diagnose hardware and software issues, refine SOPs, manage risk, and collaborate with researchers, engineers, and operations to deliver training-ready data for model training.