Manager, Manipulation Data Farm

What the role actually is

Path Robotics is hiring a manager for its Manipulation Data Farm in Columbus. The role turns manipulation-data collection into a repeatable operation, leading operators, scheduling work, managing equipment readiness, and delivering usable robot data to machine learning and robotics teams.

It is an operations role, but the product-research relevance is clear: the person owns the human-run data system that determines whether manipulation models get enough high-quality real-world evidence to improve.

What you would work on

• Manage day-to-day data collection for robotic manipulation systems
• Lead and coach a team of data collection operators
• Translate robotics and ML data requests into executable operating plans
• Define quality, throughput, uptime, and delivery metrics for data operations

What they are asking for

• Experience managing operations, production teams, labs, or technical data collection workflows
• Ability to work closely with machine learning, robotics, software, and product teams
• Comfort building repeatable processes, staffing plans, and quality systems
• Practical judgment around safety, equipment readiness, and execution under schedule pressure

Why this one is worth a look

Robot learning depends on the unglamorous machinery of data collection. This role is worth tracking because it sits where human process, robot capability, and model improvement all meet in a real production environment.