Robotics Lab Engineer & Data Wrangler

HCLTech; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in New York is looking for a dedicated Robot Wrangler Specialist to support lab operations and robotics research. This hands-on role covers daily setup, maintenance, and precise data collection to keep our research fleet running smoothly.

The ideal candidate bridges hardware maintenance, software configuration, and experimental execution, delivering clean, reliable datasets and well-documented procedures for the team.

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 various lab experiments.
• Collect/retrieve/fill/label datasets related to the operations of the robot and its performance of various assigned tasks.
• Maintaining both the hardware and software configurations of the company’s robots and associated hardware.
• Execute various manipulation tasks in a gaming simulation and remote-control environment with an aim in collecting clean datasets.
• Ensure robotic hardware and software configuration control.
• Troubleshoot, report, and resolve any test results or issues relating to robotic hardware and software.
• Create and refine the company's documentation and procedures.
• Write code in the relevant language and ensure all robot setups operate to applicable company standards.
• Should coordinate and assist researchers, engineers, managers, and other wranglers through various daily tasks and projects.

Skills

Robotics setup

Data labeling

Config management

ROS Gazebo

Team coordination

Communication

Education

Technical degree or related field

Tools

ROS

Unity

Gazebo

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited in New York is looking for a dedicated Robot Wrangler Specialist to support lab operations and robotics research. This hands-on role covers daily setup, maintenance, and precise data collection to keep our research fleet running smoothly.

The ideal candidate bridges hardware maintenance, software configuration, and experimental execution, delivering clean, reliable datasets and well-documented procedures for the team.