Robotics Lab Data & Ops Specialist

HCL Technologies Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a dedicated Robot Wrangler Specialist to lead daily lab operations and robotics research. The role requires hands-on setup, maintenance, and precise data collection across hardware and software configurations, bridging engineering, research, and operations to produce reliable datasets.

The ideal candidate will work with ROS, Unity, Gazebo in simulations or remote environments, ensuring adherence to protocols and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Technical degree or equivalent or a related field.
• Proven hands-on experience in setting up, maintaining, and operating robotic systems, ideally in a research or lab environment.
• Strong understanding of configuration management principles for both hardware and software systems.
• Experience in data collection, cleaning, and labeling processes, particularly for machine learning or robotics datasets.
• Familiarity with remote operation and/or simulation environments (e.g., ROS, Unity, Gazebo) is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to effectively coordinate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to follow precise experimental protocols

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily robot setups and operations; monitoring, maintaining, and conducting lab experiments.
• Collect/retrive/fill/label datasets related to robot operations and performance.
• Maintain hardware and software configurations of robots and related systems.
• Execute manipulation tasks in simulations and remote control environments to collect clean data.
• Ensure robotic hardware and software configuration control and troubleshoot issues.
• Create and refine company documentation and procedures.
• Write code to support robot setups and ensure operations meet standards.
• Coordinate and assist researchers, engineers, managers, and other wranglers on daily tasks and projects.
• We are hiring a dedicated Robot Wrangler Specialist to be the backbone of lab operations and robotics research.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team coordination

Education

Technical degree or equivalent

Tools

ROS

Unity

Gazebo

Job description

HCLTech is seeking a dedicated Robot Wrangler Specialist to lead daily lab operations and robotics research. The role requires hands-on setup, maintenance, and precise data collection across hardware and software configurations, bridging engineering, research, and operations to produce reliable datasets.

The ideal candidate will work with ROS, Unity, Gazebo in simulations or remote environments, ensuring adherence to protocols and collaboration across teams.