Senior Robotics Data Platform Engineer

Welocalize; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Welocalize is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the systems powering a large-scale data collection operation in Santa Clara, CA. You will design, deploy, and maintain the teleoperation stack, data pipeline, and fleet tooling, while directing a team of teleoperators daily.

The role requires 3+ years building real robot software, strong Python/Linux, ROS 2, and experience shipping observable, reliable systems.

Qualifications

• MS in CS, Robotics, EE/ME, or related field (or BS with equivalent hands-on experience).
• 3+ years building software for real robot systems - not simulation only.
• A system you designed and shipped that other people depended on daily, and that you kept running.
• Strong Python and Linux; Docker, git, CI, and SSH-based fleet administration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the software behind our data collection stations - teleoperation stack, multi-camera recording, and session tooling.
• Deploy and upgrade that stack across the fleet without stopping collection; keep workstations, containers, and networking healthy.
• Own the data pipeline end to end: automated validation, conversion into our dataset format, upload, metadata, and versioning.
• Build the QA tooling that catches dropped frames, stream desync, bad calibration, and mislabeled episodes before data reaches training.
• Direct a team of teleoperators - define task protocols and SOPs, onboard them on new tasks and embodiments, review session quality, and unblock them daily.
• Own fleet reliability: calibration and firmware pipelines, sensor and end-effector integration, root-cause analysis of recurring faults, and vendor escalation.
• Bring up new stations and new embodiments; report throughput, yield, and data health to the research team.

Skills

Python

Linux

Docker

Git

CI

SSH-based fleet administration

ROS 2

Data pipelines

Team leadership

Education

MS in CS, Robotics, EE/ME or BS with hands-on experience

Tools

ROS 2

Vendor SDKs

Job description

Welocalize is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the systems powering a large-scale data collection operation in Santa Clara, CA. You will design, deploy, and maintain the teleoperation stack, data pipeline, and fleet tooling, while directing a team of teleoperators daily.

The role requires 3+ years building real robot software, strong Python/Linux, ROS 2, and experience shipping observable, reliable systems.