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You will own that outcome, with clear standards for quality, capacity, and delivery.\nYou will validate captures yourself, resolve constraints with engineering and operations, and build plans grounded in measured output.\nWhat You'll Do\nTurn dataset requirements into capture programs with clear quality standards, capacity plans, and delivery milestones.\n\nOwn program readiness and delivery across device availability, operator training, recording capacity, and data review.\n\nPlan and validate pilot captures before expanding operations.\n\nInvestigate data-quality issues with engineering and operations teams, and verify that corrective actions work.\n\nUse measured capacity and data acceptance rates to forecast delivery, identify risks, and adjust the plan.\n\nWhat You Bring\nMust-have:\nExperience delivering technical programs that combine hardware, software, and field operations.\n\nAbility to build practical schedules, map dependencies, and resolve technical blockers across teams.\n\nUnderstanding of sensor data, calibration, synchronization, and common recording failures.\n\nSkill in analyzing throughput, quality, capacity, and cost using spreadsheets, queries, or scripts.\n\nAbility to inspect recordings and diagnostic logs and verify that a fix works.\n\nClear written communication, including operating procedures, technical decisions, and realistic delivery forecasts.\n\nNice-to-have:\nExperience with robotics datasets or recording programs involving several sensor types.\n\nExperience improving operator workflows or automating data-quality checks.\n\nAbout You\nYou are ambitious about what you build. 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