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Robot Operator

Job in California, Moniteau County, Missouri, 65018, USA
Listing for: Cortex AI
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-08
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Robotics
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 90000 USD Yearly USD 60000.00 90000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

We're hiring full-time Robot Operators 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 basic 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
  • Assist in troubleshooting of connectivity and hardware issues
  • Keep the workspace organized and ensure compliance with safety standards
Requirements
  • 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
  • Hands-on experience with robotic arms, teleoperation systems, or automation equipment
  • Comfortable working with tools, sensors, and mechanical fixtures
  • Methodical, safety-conscious, and motivated to work in a fast-paced, experimental environment
Preferred Experience
  • Experience in robot data collection, motion capture, or human-in-the-loop control
  • 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 contribution will help train world and robotics foundation models used by leading labs and companies
  • Collaborate with a high-energy and passionate engineers and roboticists
  • Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art teleoperation rigs, VR capture systems and multi-sensor robots
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