Maven Robotics
Head of Data Operations
Santa Clara, CA
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About the role
- You will work closely with robot learning, evaluation, infrastructure, hardware, and data teams to translate model failures and research priorities into scalable collection programs, robust data pipelines, and training-ready datasets.
Responsibilities
- Own Maven's end-to-end data strategy and operations, spanning data collection, evaluation operations, data quality, dataset development, and delivery of training-ready datasets
- Lead the teams responsible for data collection and evaluation operations, including staffing, processes, quality standards, throughput, and performance
- Partner with research and infrastructure teams to build scalable pipelines from raw robot data through validation, processing, curation, and training dataset generation
- Own external data partnerships and evaluate opportunities to collect, acquire, license, partner for, or generate data that accelerates model development
- Build operational processes and tooling that make data programs reproducible, measurable, and scalable as Maven's fleet and research organization grow
Requirements
- Experience leading teams and cross-functional programs spanning data collection, evaluation, or dataset development
- Experience using model evaluation, failure analysis, or research outcomes to inform data collection and dataset priorities
- Ability to work closely with researchers and engineers and translate ambiguous research needs into concrete, scalable operational programs
- Strong ownership and a track record of independently defining and executing strategy in a fast-moving environment
Nice to have
- Experience negotiating or managing external data, technology, or research partnerships
Benefits
- Define data quality standards and build systems for measuring coverage, diversity, throughput, utilization, cost, and dataset effectiveness
- Experience building and scaling data, operations, or technical programs in robotics, autonomous systems, machine learning, or another data-intensive technical environment
- Strong technical fluency with machine learning data pipelines, including ingestion, processing, validation, curation, and training dataset generation
- Strong analytical ability to reason about data quality, coverage, throughput, cost, utilization, and operational bottlenecks
Company info
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Equal opportunity
- Maven Robotics is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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