Technical Program Manager, Robotics Data Acquisition
About Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments. Working across the full model and systems stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors.
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Technical Program Manager, Robotics Data Acquisition at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments. Working across the full model and systems stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors.
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- Own DAQ Program Delivery Lead the roadmap, execution, and scaling of robotic DAQ systems, ensuring alignment with research, engineering, and operational priorities.
- Drive Cross-Functional Integration Coordinate across robotics hardware, software, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver tightly integrated, deployment-ready data collection systems.
- Operationalize Data Collection Systems Translate experimental and research workflows into repeatable, scalable DAQ processes with clear SLAs, metrics, and reliability targets.
- System Readiness & Deployment Ensure DAQ stations (robots, sensors, compute, operator interfaces) are fully integrated, validated, and ready for production use across multiple sites.
- Program Execution & Risk Management Build and manage detailed program plans, identify risks early, and drive mitigation across technical and operational domains.
- Capacity & Throughput Planning Model and plan DAQ capacity (stations, operators, uptime) to meet evolving data demands, balancing speed, cost, and quality.
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