Data Collection Operations Lead

Posted 10 months ago San Francisco, CA full-time About This Role Lead Avala's global data collection operations for Physical AI training. Manage distributed teams of annotation experts and coordinate data collection workflows across autonomous vehicle and robotics domains. Be the bridge between engineering requirements and operational execution. Key Responsibilities Plan and coordinate data collection schedules across global annotation teams Monitor equipment health, annotation quality metrics, and team performance Schedule and manage shifts for distributed annotation operators Conduct regular data audits to identify and correct errors or discrepancies Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance collection efficiency Serve as point of contact between annotation teams and engineering Requirements 3+ years experience managing operations teams, preferably in data/ML ops Experience managing and motivating distributed hourly teams Strong problem-solving skills with aptitude for quickly learning new systems Proven track record executing projects with sensitive deadlines Experience managing multiple competing projects with limited resources Highly flexible attitude that adapts to rapid changes in a growing environment Operations Team Leadership Data Collection Quality Assurance Project Management What We Offer Competitive salary and meaningful equity in the team building Fleet Learning Infrastructure for Physical AI Full health, dental, and vision coverage, plus FSA and unlimited PTO Work on the closed-loop data infrastructure that the next generation of autonomous systems learns from A team that built Tesla Autopilot's data infrastructure, now building something bigger #J-18808-Ljbffr Avala