Manager Data Operations & Annotations, Autonomy Data

The Robot Age; Detroit, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline is seeking a manager for data operations and annotations within autonomy data in Detroit or remotely in the U.S. You will oversee autonomy data operations and annotation workflows, turning robot and flight data into signals for autonomy teams.

The role requires coordinating quality, throughput, and process for labeling work, and supporting evaluation loops for Zipline's autonomous delivery systems. You will partner with engineering and data science teams to ensure clean, scalable data

Qualifications

• Experience managing data operations and annotation workflows.
• Ability to improve process quality while keeping high-volume workflows moving.
• Comfort partnering with technical teams that depend on clean evaluation data.
• Ability to work from Detroit or remotely within the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Manage autonomy data operations and annotation workflows
• Help turn robot and flight data into usable signals for autonomy teams
• Coordinate quality, throughput, and operational process for labeling work
• Support evaluation loops for Zipline's autonomous delivery systems

Skills

Data ops management

Annotation workflows

ML ops / autonomy data

Cross-functional collaboration

Annotation platforms

Tools

Annotation platforms

Job description

What the role actually is

Zipline is hiring a manager for data operations and annotations within autonomy data. The role supports the data workflows that help Zipline's autonomous logistics system understand, evaluate, and improve behavior.

The location is listed as Detroit or remote in the U.S., making it a rare remote-friendly autonomy operations leadership role.

What you would work on

• Manage autonomy data operations and annotation workflows
• Help turn robot and flight data into usable signals for autonomy teams
• Coordinate quality, throughput, and operational process for labeling work
• Support evaluation loops for Zipline's autonomous delivery systems

What they are asking for

• Experience managing data operations, annotation, autonomy data, or similar ML operations work
• Ability to improve process quality while keeping high-volume workflows moving
• Comfort partnering with technical teams that depend on clean evaluation data
• Ability to work from Detroit or remotely within the U.S.

Why this one is worth a look

Autonomy teams often improve only as fast as their data and evaluation loops allow. This role is worth watching because it sits in the unglamorous but critical layer between robot data, human annotation, and better autonomous behavior.