Robotics Operations Lead: Fleet & Site Deployment

Watney; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Watney Robotics is seeking an Operations Lead to keep our autonomous robot fleet running across HQ and customer sites in San Francisco. You’ll own end-to-end operations, from site setup to on-site deployment, against live hardware and construction constraints.

You’ll design scheduling, coordinate logistics, and serve as the escalation point between technicians and engineering to deliver pilots on time while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience running physical operations under hardware constraints.
• Proven ability to stand up new physical sites with vendors and permitting.
• Comfort with shift-based or 24/7 operations and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own robot allocation and fleet readiness across competing internal demands.
• Stand up and run new customer sites through construction, security, and network build-out, and drive production-cycle pilots to a real, time-boxed conclusion.
• Build the scheduling and coordination processes.
• Be the escalation point between technicians, engineering, and site logistics.

Skills

Fleet management

Site deployment

Operational planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Watney Robotics is seeking an Operations Lead to keep our autonomous robot fleet running across HQ and customer sites in San Francisco. You’ll own end-to-end operations, from site setup to on-site deployment, against live hardware and construction constraints.

You’ll design scheduling, coordinate logistics, and serve as the escalation point between technicians and engineering to deliver pilots on time while maintaining safety and quality standards.