Robotics Data Acquisition Lead — Systems & Scale

Rozgoo; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Technical Program Manager to own and scale robotic data acquisition systems across development and evaluation environments. You will drive end-to-end programs that combine robotics hardware, sensing, operator tooling, and data pipelines into production-ready workflows.

You will lead cross-functional teams to translate research needs into scalable infrastructure, with strong emphasis on reliability, SLAs, and data quality for model training and evaluation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or operations in hardware, robotics, or infrastructure-heavy environments.
• Strong systems-level thinking across hardware, software, and operational workflows.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs with high ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own DAQ Program Delivery – Lead the roadmap, execution, and scaling of robotic DAQ systems, ensuring alignment with research, engineering, and operational priorities.
• Drive Cross-Functional Integration – Coordinate across robotics hardware, software, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver tightly integrated, deployment-ready data collection systems.
• Operationalize Data Collection Systems – Translate experimental and research workflows into repeatable, scalable DAQ processes with clear SLAs, metrics, and reliability targets.
• System Readiness & Deployment – Ensure DAQ stations (robots, sensors, compute, operator interfaces) are fully integrated, validated, and ready for production use across multiple sites.
• Program Execution & Risk Management – Build and manage detailed program plans, identify risks early, and drive mitigation across technical and operational domains.
• Capacity & Throughput Planning – Model and plan DAQ capacity (stations, operators, uptime) to meet evolving data demands, balancing speed, cost, and quality.
• Quality & Data Integrity Oversight – Partner with engineering and data teams to define and enforce data quality standards, ensuring consistency and usability for downstream model training.
• Continuous Improvement – Drive improvements in system reliability, utilization, and efficiency through instrumentation, feedback loops, and process optimization.

Skills

Technical program management

Systems engineering

Operations

Cross-functional leadership

Data pipelines

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Technical Program Manager to own and scale robotic data acquisition systems across development and evaluation environments. You will drive end-to-end programs that combine robotics hardware, sensing, operator tooling, and data pipelines into production-ready workflows.

You will lead cross-functional teams to translate research needs into scalable infrastructure, with strong emphasis on reliability, SLAs, and data quality for model training and evaluation.