Robot Operator
Location: Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Team: Operations & Data Collection
Type: Full-Time
The Role
We’re hiring full-time Robot Operators to power our real-world data operations. You’ll operate at the frontier where AI meets reality — capturing high-value manipulation and interaction data that trains frontier world and robotics models.
You’ll work across two modes:
Teleoperation Mode: Control robot and robotic arms to perform real-world manipulation tasks while capturing synchronized robot data for embodied AI training.
Egocentric Mode: Wear a VR headset and perform similar physical tasks using your own hands to capture high-fidelity, human-centric data.
Between sessions, you’ll also maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot the robotic systems and sensors that make this large-scale data collection possible.
Key Responsibilities
Robot Teleoperation & Data Collection
Operate robotic arms and grippers through teleoperation systems to perform manipulation tasks such as picking, placing, assembling, sorting, or tool handling
Capture synchronized robot-centric data (joint states, sensor feedback, camera feeds, gripper signals) during teleoperation sessions
Ensure safety, accuracy, and repeatability across repeated trials and environments
Monitor robot behavior and log operational outcomes, anomalies, and recovery data
Collaborate with the engineering team to optimize teleoperation latency, control response, and data capture quality
Maintain organized metadata logs (object type, tool, environment, success/failure outcome)
Egocentric Data Collection
Wear a VR headset to perform diverse real-world tasks (e.g., pick-and-place, open/close containers, use tools, sort, and assemble objects)
Capture first-person (egocentric) visual and sensor data for pretraining and multimodal learning
Follow task scripts and protocols to ensure consistency across environments and conditions
Review and annotate data captured
Robot Maintenance & Lab Support
Conduct basic mechanical and electrical maintenance on robots, robot arms, grippers, and sensors
Assist in setting up new robot workcells: mechanical mounting, cabling, calibration, and safety verification
Assist in troubleshooting of connectivity and hardware issues
Keep the workspace organized and ensure compliance with safety standards
Requirements
Strong hand–eye coordination, spatial reasoning, and attention to detail
Physically capable of performing manual manipulation tasks and wearing a VR headset for extended sessions
Hands-on experience with robotic arms, teleoperation systems, or automation equipment
Comfortable working with tools, sensors, and mechanical fixtures
Methodical, safety-conscious, and motivated to work in a fast-paced, experimental environment
Preferred Experience
Experience in robot data collection, motion capture, or human-in-the-loop control
Work Environment
Hybrid of lab-based and onsite workplace operations across industrial, office, and service environments
Requires wearing a VR headset for egocentric sessions (a few hours per session)
Why Join Cortex
Work directly on the frontier of physical AI — where human action and robotic intelligence converge
Your contribution will help train world and robotics foundation models used by leading labs and companies
Collaborate with a high-energy and passionate engineers and roboticists
Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art teleoperation rigs, VR capture systems and multi-sensor robots
How to Apply
Send your CV and any robotics or project videos to ••••@cortexrobot.ai.
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