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Our work demands reliability, robustness, and readiness for the unexpected-on time, every time. We're assembling a mission-driven team focused on delivering real impact in heavy industry, from construction and mining to energy. If you're driven to build rugged, reliable products that solve real-world problems, we'd love to talk.\nPosition Overview\nNoble Machines is hiring a Senior Robotics Teleoperator to lead our teleoperations function. You'll be the most skilled operator on the team, executing our hardest and highest-stakes tasks yourself, setting the standard for how our robots are operated, and coaching the rest of the teleoperator team. As the team scales, this role grows into managing a direct report and owning team scheduling.\nKey Responsibilities\nTeleoperation Leadership: Serve as the team's most skilled operator; take point on the hardest, highest-stakes manipulation and mobility tasks using VR headsets, specialized controllers, or haptic devices.\nTeam Development: Train, coach, and set quality standards for teleoperators; onboard new operators as the team grows.\nScheduling & Operations: Own shift/session scheduling for the teleoperations team, ensuring coverage and readiness - a direct report will join this role as the team scales.\nProtocol Ownership: Define and refine operating and testing protocols; ensure consistency across sessions and operators.\nPhysical Skill Evaluation: Push robotic platforms to their limits; own reporting on dexterity, strength, and adaptability findings across simulated and real-world environments.\nCross-Functional Partnership: Be the primary point of contact between teleoperations and hardware/software/AI engineering; surface and help resolve robot ergonomics, control latency, and physical limitations.\nField & Lab Support: Oversee test environment setup and hardware management; support client-facing/field operations as needed, including travel.\nRequirements\n1-2+ years of hands-on teleoperation or robot operation experience, or an equivalent high-precision technical/physical skill background.\nDemonstrated ability to lead, train, or mentor others in a technical or physical-skill environment.\nExceptional hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, and fine motor skills.\nTechnical aptitude with hardware, basic computer troubleshooting, and terminal or robotics interfaces.\nStrong communication skills - able to translate hands-on physical feedback to engineering teams and give clear direction to operators.\nComfortable owning scheduling and day-to-day operational decisions in a fast-paced startup environment.\nNice to Have\nExperience with VR interfaces, haptic control systems, or gaming peripherals.\nFamiliarity with Linux environments, ROS/ROS2, or Python scripting.\nPrior supervisory, shift-lead, or team-lead experience.\nBackground or interest in heavy industry, construction, or mechanical systems.\nWhat We Offer\nPay: $35-$45/hour, depending on experience.\n Clear Growth: A defined path into people management (a direct report) and broader operations leadership as the team scales.\n Cutting-Edge Impact: A leadership role in shaping how Noble Machines operates and trains the next generation of industrial, multi-purpose robots.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3512,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T21:04:59Z"}],"liveness":{"score":5,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.176,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":124,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:6","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":90000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/noblemachines-teleoperator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/noblemachines-teleoperator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T03:34:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3302,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1698,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}