Project The Persian | Robotics Lead

Weloglobal

🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Staff / Principal
17 hours ago
$50 / hour

Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning

17 hours ago

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Overview

We’re hiring an onsite lead to run day-to-day execution for our robotics data collection pilot, built around I2RT YAM bimanual robotic arms. You’ll guide a team of data collection operators, keep operations safe and consistent, and act as the main onsite point of contact for client stakeholders.

Please note that this role does not own staffing schedules or inventory management.

Project Details

Location: Palo Alto, CA — 100% onsite
Type: Contract
Schedule: Full-time; 8 hours/day, 5 days/week
Duration: Minimum 2-week pilot; potential extension through year-end and beyond
Start: ASAP
Compensation: $50/hour
Work authorization: Must be authorized to work onsite in the U.S.

Key responsibilities

- Oversee daily execution and station readiness; enforce SOPs, quality, and safety protocols.
- Coach operators on teleoperation and HRI execution; provide on-the-spot refreshers and corrective guidance.
- Monitor live sessions and data quality; perform first-level troubleshooting and escalate issues appropriately.
- Maintain concise daily notes and issue trackers; communicate blockers, risks, and needs to client teams.
- Contribute to SOP and checklist refinements based on observations.
- Utilize client-provided equipment, SOPs, examples, and hands-on training to align the team on best practices.

Qualifications

- Hands-on experience leading robotic teleoperation and/or HRI data collection.
- Strong communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills in lab/field environments.
- Comfortable driving consistency, safety, and quality in repetitive workflows.

Please note that in order to verify work authorization as is required by Federal law (I-9 process), all new employees must complete a live video verification with their selected IDs and provide photos of these selected IDs within their first 3 days of employment. To know more details (Click here) In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. In addition, we employ anti-fraud checks to ensure all candidates meet the requirements of the program. As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them.www.welocalize.com To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Project The Persian | Robotics Lead · Weloglobal

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