Lead Data Scientist, Robotics

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Build predictive maintenance models that predict MTBF and remaining useful life of components (actuators, cameras, compute, power systems)
• ▹Analyze fleet performance and RaaS unit economics from telemetry and logs
• ▹Quantify the cost of human intervention and its drivers
• ▹Build root-cause and anomaly detection tooling
• ▹Manufacturing quality and feedback loops: join end-of-line test data with field performance
• ▹Possibly: experimentation and fleet A/B framework, data quality and instrumentation strategy, demand/capacity and deployment economics models, safety statistics
• ▹Set technical direction for the data team and partner with hardware, software, manufacturing and business stakeholders

Requirements

• ▹10+ years applying data science and statistical modeling to real-world problems
• ▹Deep expertise in some combination of reliability/survival analysis, time-series and anomaly detection, predictive maintenance and causal inference
• ▹Production-quality Python, SQL and modern data stacks
• ▹3+ years as a technical lead or senior-most IC on cross-functional efforts
• ▹Experience with large-scale, messy, multi-modal operational data (sensor/telemetry, logs, event streams)
• ▹Authorization to work in the USA

Nice to have

• ▹Prior work in robotics, autonomous systems, hardware, IoT or industrial settings
• ▹Familiarity with fleet operations, RaaS unit economics or SRE-style operational metrics
• ▹Exposure to manufacturing quality systems (end-of-line test, SPC, yield/defect analytics)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Base salary range of $218,000-$340,000 USD
• ▹401(k) with a 6% company match
• ▹Company stock options
• ▹100% company-paid medical, dental, vision and disability insurance
• ▹Benefits from the first day
• ▹Employee Assistance Program
• ▹Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays with a winter shutdown
• ▹Generous paid parental leave
• ▹Professional development and tuition reimbursement
• ▹Relocation assistance and annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles
• ▹Catered lunches and snacks at the Salem and Pittsburgh locations

About the company

Agility Robotics deploys its Digit humanoid robot into warehouses and factories under a Robots-as-a-Service model. The robots take on physically demanding, repetitive tasks in warehouses, manufacturing facilities and distribution centers.