Robotics Data Annotator

About the role

HireArt is helping our client find a Robotics Data Annotator to join its team during an exciting stage of growth. In this role, you'll work closely with engineering, product, and research teams to produce high-quality annotations that directly improve robotic system performance. Your work will help train models, refine data quality standards, and shape annotation guidelines and workflows. We welcome candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including robotics, computer vision, video annotation, linguistics, STEM fields, quality assurance, research, and military experience. Prior robotics experience is not required for consideration; however, candidates with 2–3 years of relevant robotics experience who also meet the preferred qualifications may be considered for the higher end of the compensation range. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, reliable, and motivated to contribute to real-world robotics systems. You have strong spatial reasoning, communicate observations clearly, and thrive in deadline-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Review robot demonstration and teleoperation videos to segment tasks, subtasks, and manipulation events
• Write clear, precise descriptions of robot actions and behaviors within each segment
• Annotate perceptual data, including drawing bounding boxes, labeling object classes, and tracking objects across frames
• Follow detailed annotation guidelines to ensure consistent, high-quality outputs
• Identify edge cases, ambiguities, and failure modes, and escalate findings with actionable feedback
• Perform quality assurance checks on your own and peers' work to maintain data integrity
• Execute annotation tasks across multiple robot platforms, environments, and use cases
• Contribute to improving annotation tools, guidelines, and workflows

Requirements

• Ability to perform focused, repetitive tasks with strong attention to detail
• Strong spatial reasoning and ability to interpret motion, object interactions, and manipulation sequences
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to clearly describe physical actions and spatial relationships
• Proficiency with Windows, macOS, or Linux, and standard productivity tools
• Authorization to work in the United States (U.S. citizenship required due to business or legal requirements)
• Typing speed of at least 40 words per minute
• Flexibility to work varying schedules, including evenings, weekends, or holidays as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-3 years of relevant experience in robotics or a closely related robotics environment
• Experience annotating robotics, autonomous vehicle, or computer vision data (e.g., temporal segmentation, action labeling, bounding boxes, object tracking)
• Background in robotics, mechanical engineering, or a related field
• Experience with video annotation workflows (frame-level or clip-level labeling, keyframe interpolation, multi-object tracking)
• Familiarity with command-line tools, GitHub, or version-controlled environments
• Ability to work onsite three days per week, as needed

Pay

33.00 - 40.00 USD Per Hour

Benefits

• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer (HireArt) subsidized Healthcare Benefits
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• HireArt covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package