Data Collection Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.</p></div><h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are seeking a <strong>Manager, Data Collection</strong> to lead and scale the team responsible for teleoperation data collection supporting robot learning at Agility Robotics. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This role owns the daily operating rhythm of data collection: operator staffing and training, rig and station readiness, campaign execution, vendor and contract labor management, and the throughput and data quality metrics that determine whether our AI teams get the data they need at the volume and quality they need it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Data collection is the input to our learned policies. The quality of this operation directly gates model progress. We are looking for someone who treats it as a production operation with measurable output, not as a support function.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Work</strong></span></h2> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Team Leadership & Talent</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build, train, and lead the data collection team, including robot operators and data collection specialists in Fremont.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Own hiring for the function: define the operator profile, build the interview process, and scale the team against collection demand.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Develop onboarding and ongoing training programs, including certification on teleoperation rigs, capture hardware, and task protocols, so that operator output is consistent across people and shifts.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Manage shift scheduling and coverage to match campaign demand, including extended hours or weekend coverage when program milestones require it.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build a career path from data collection into system test, robot operations, and other technical roles across the organization.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Promote a culture of safety, including proper use of teleoperation and capture equipment, ergonomics, and adherence to safety procedures.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Data Collection Operations & Throughput</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Own day-to-day readiness of teleoperation stations, capture rigs, robots, and workcells used for data collection, and coordinate with engineering and technical support on calibration, configuration, and return to service.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Plan and execute collection campaigns against the task taxonomy and volume targets set with AI Engineering, including scoping, scheduling, and progress reporting.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><spa