We're hiring full-time Robot Operators cum Technicians to power our real-world data operations. You'll operate at the frontier where AI meets reality — capturing high-value manipulation and interaction data that trains frontier world and robotics models.
You'll work across two modes:
Teleoperation Mode: Control robot and robotic arms to perform real-world manipulation tasks while capturing synchronized robot data for embodied AI training.
Egocentric Mode: Wear a VR headset and perform similar physical tasks using your own hands to capture high-fidelity, human-centric data.
Between sessions, you'll also maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot the robotic systems and sensors that make this large-scale data collection possible.
Key Responsibilities
Robot Teleoperation & Data Collection
- Operate robotic arms and grippers through teleoperation systems to perform manipulation tasks such as picking, placing, assembling, sorting, or tool handling
- Capture synchronized robot-centric data (joint states, sensor feedback, camera feeds, gripper signals) during teleoperation sessions
- Ensure safety, accuracy, and repeatability across repeated trials and environments
- Monitor robot behavior and log operational outcomes, anomalies, and recovery data
- Collaborate with the engineering team to optimize teleoperation latency, control response, and data capture quality
- Maintain organized metadata logs (object type, tool, environment, success/failure outcome)
Egocentric Data Collection
- Wear a VR headset to perform diverse real-world tasks (e.g., pick-and-place, open/close containers, use tools, sort, and assemble objects)
- Capture first-person (egocentric) visual and sensor data for pretraining and multimodal learning
- Follow task scripts and protocols to ensure consistency across environments and conditions
- Review and annotate data captured
Robot Maintenance & Lab Support
- Conduct mechanical and electrical maintenance on robots, robot arms, grippers, and sensors
- Assist in setting up new robot workcells: mechanical mounting, cabling, calibration, and safety verification
- Troubleshoot connectivity and hardware issues
- Keep the workspace organized and ensure compliance with safety standards
Requirements
- Diploma or above in Mechatronics, Robotics, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
- Hands-on experience with robotic arms, teleoperation systems, or automation equipment
- Comfortable working with tools, sensors, and mechanical fixtures
- Strong hand–eye coordination, spatial reasoning, and attention to detail
- Physically capable of performing manual manipulation tasks and wearing a VR headset for extended sessions
- Methodical, safety-conscious, and motivated to work in a fast-paced, experimental environment
Preferred Experience
- Basic knowledge of ROS / ROS 2, Linux (Ubuntu), and hardware communication (CAN bus, serial, Ethernet)
- Experience in robot data collection, motion capture, or human-in-the-loop control
- Familiarity with AI / robotics research pipelines or foundation-model training
- Competence in debugging sensors, cameras, or actuator control systems
- Understanding of synchronization and calibration across multi-sensor setups
Work Environment
- Hybrid of lab-based and onsite workplace operations across industrial, office, and service environments
- Requires wearing a VR headset for egocentric sessions (a few hours per session)
Why Join Cortex
- Work directly on the frontier of physical AI — where human action and robotic intelligence converge
- Your data will train world and robotics foundation models used by leading labs and companies
- Collaborate with a high-energy team of engineers and roboticists
- Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art teleoperation rigs, VR capture systems and multi-sensor robots
- Clear growth path into robot operations leadership, integration, or research engineering
How to Apply
Send your CV and any robotics or VR project videos to [email protected]
Subject line: Robot Operator & Technician