Robotics Research Operations Analyst

Rhoda; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhoda AI is building next-gen generalist robots and seeks an Operations Support role to assist research with high-quality experiments and data collection in Mountain View. You will translate research needs into concrete experiment plans, help set up scenes, and manage end-to-end data delivery with strong attention to data quality and traceability.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, problem-solving, and ownership, with collaboration across Research and platform teams to improve workflows and

Qualifications

• Some understanding of robotics, ML, or experimental workflows.
• Computer science, engineering, or other technical background; hands-on coding experience preferred.
• Rigorous and detail-oriented, with the ability to understand the intent behind an experiment rather than simply follow instructions.
• Strong hands-on execution, problem-solving, and ownership.
• Experience in robotics, data collection, lab operations, testing, or QA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate research needs into clear experiment plans, operating procedures, and data collection protocols.
• Support researchers with robot data collection, including task setup, scene/object preparation, pilot execution, and data QA.
• Own experiment execution end-to-end: model or task handoff station readiness execution QA results/data delivery.
• Train and coordinate research operations pilots; ensure consistency across people, shifts, and stations.
• Identify and troubleshoot issues related to hardware, setup, operators, data quality, and experiment execution.
• Maintain robot stations, resets, randomization, metadata, and experiment traceability.
• Track data quality, throughput, and operational bottlenecks; continuously improve research workflows.
• Partner closely with Research, Robot Data, and platform/infrastructure teams.

Skills

Robotics concepts

Data collection

Experiment workflows

Python coding

Education

CS/Engineering background

Tools

Python

Git

Job description

Rhoda AI is building next-gen generalist robots and seeks an Operations Support role to assist research with high-quality experiments and data collection in Mountain View. You will translate research needs into concrete experiment plans, help set up scenes, and manage end-to-end data delivery with strong attention to data quality and traceability.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, problem-solving, and ownership, with collaboration across Research and platform teams to improve workflows and