Research Engineer, Data Infrastructure

About 1X
We’re an AI and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California, on a mission to build a truly abundant society through general‑purpose robots capable of performing any kind of work autonomously.
We believe that to truly understand the world and grow in intelligence, humanoid robots must live and learn alongside us. That’s why we’re focused on developing friendly home robots designed to integrate seamlessly into everyday life.
We’re looking for curious, driven, and passionate people who want to help shape the future of robotics and AI. If this mission excites you, we’d be thrilled to hear from you and explore how you might contribute to our journey.

Role Overview
As a Research Engineer in Data Infrastructure, you will design and implement a “data engine” that uploads the data collected by the robot fleet, makes this data easy to query and train on. Your work ensures high‑quality data pipelines are built and maintained, enabling rapid model development, large‑scale annotation, and smooth integration between on‑robot, on‑premise, and cloud systems.

Responsibilities

• Optimize operational efficiency of data collection on the NEO fleet

• Design triggers on the robot to determine if and when data should be uploaded

• Automate ETL pipelines so fleet‑wide data is easily queryable and available for training

• Work with external dataset providers to prepare diverse multi-modal pre-training datasets

• Build frontend tools for visualizing and automating labeling of very large datasets

• Develop machine learning models to automatically label and organize datasets

• Strong experience in building data pipelines and ETL systems

• Ability to design and implement systems that collect, upload, and manage data from robotic fleets

• Familiarity with architectures combining on‑robot components, on‑premises clusters, and cloud systems

• Experience with data labeling tools or building tooling for dataset visualization and annotation

• Skills in creating or applying machine learning models for dataset organization / automated labeling
  

Benefits & Compensation

• Salary Range: $180,000-$250,000

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Paid time off and holidays
  

Equal Opportunity Employer
1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.