Robotics Data Programs Manager

Menlo Research; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Menlo Research is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own how robot data is used across research teams. This hands-on role spans debugging a teleop rig to designing data ingestion workflows across sites and operators.

You will translate research goals into collection protocols, manage rigs, and track KPIs for throughput, quality, and cost. This position requires strong cross-functional communication and a bias for action.

Qualifications

• Track record running technical programs with real operational complexity.
• Comfort in hardware and data; reason about sensor rigs and data pipelines.
• Hands-on data collection experience, not just management.
• Strong data QA across collection to training and diagnosing data issues.
• Data-driven mindset; measure and improve what you run.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of robotics data collection programs, from research requirements to delivered datasets.
• Translate research goals into concrete collection protocols, task designs, and quality bars.
• Run collection operations across multiple sites and teleoperators, keeping throughput, quality, and cost on track.
• Partner with engineering to build and improve pipelines for high-fidelity sensor data such as video, robot logs, and teleop trajectories.
• Set up and maintain physical collection rigs and hardware, and scale them as demand grows.
• Define and track KPIs like throughput, yield, cost per hour of data, and turnaround time.
• Find the bottlenecks, then build the fix. Do not just flag problems.
• Keep researchers, engineers, and operators aligned on priorities and timelines.

Skills

Technical program management

Data collection programs

Robotics data

Cross-site coordination

Data QA

Diagnostics & debugging

SQL or Python basics

Telemetry workflows

Job description

Menlo Research is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own how robot data is used across research teams. This hands-on role spans debugging a teleop rig to designing data ingestion workflows across sites and operators.

You will translate research goals into collection protocols, manage rigs, and track KPIs for throughput, quality, and cost. This position requires strong cross-functional communication and a bias for action.