Zipline International Inc.
Manager Data Operations & Annotations, Autonomy Data
Detroit, Michigan, USA; Remote in USA
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About the role
- About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service.
- Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
- The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with ML and autonomy teams to translate model needs into data requirements, collection strategies, and operational priorities.
- Develop managers and teams, establish clear ownership, and build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional programs and drive decisions across operations, engineering, ML, and autonomy.
- Use operational data and feedback to identify bottlenecks and drive automation or engineering improvements that increase scale without proportional growth in manual effort or cost.
- Experience leading and scaling operational or technical teams, including developing managers.
- A track record of using metrics, tooling, and automation to drive measurable operational improvements.
- Clear communication and the ability to drive alignment and decisions across technical and operational teams.
- We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
- Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics.
- You will also lead and develop the organization behind these systems, while partnering closely with technical teams to ensure data operations evolve with the needs of our autonomy stack.
Requirements
- Lead the organization and end-to-end operations that collect, annotate, validate, and deliver high-quality real-world data at the scale, speed, and cost required for ML and autonomy development.
- Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role.
Compensation
- The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
Benefits
- With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
- You will lead the team responsible for turning real-world data into high-quality, cost-effective datasets for Zipline's machine learning and autonomy teams.
- You will set the strategy for how data is collected, annotated, and validated, while building an operation that continuously improves its quality, coverage, speed, and economics.
- Design and improve annotation, validation, and quality-control workflows, using tooling, automation, and metrics to optimize quality, coverage, speed, and cost.
Company info
- We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
- We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
- What Will Make You Stand Out
- Ultimately, you will own a critical part of how Zipline learns from the real world.
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