Pilot, train and service humanoid robots
Measured from 11 distinct advertised hourly rates, across 3 employers. 5 of these 16 openings give no hourly figure.
Hands-on jobs with humanoid robots: piloting them, recording the demonstrations they learn from, running them at customer sites and keeping them working. 16 roles are open right now at 5 humanoid makers, including Figure AI, Dexmate and 1X Technologies. We re-read each maker's job board every day, so closed jobs drop off.
Shifts named in today's titles: day or morning 2, afternoon or swing 2, night 2.
Remotely pilot a physical robot, through a VR headset, a leader-follower arm, a joystick, or a haptic rig, so its motions become training demonstrations, or step in to guide an autonomous robot when it stalls. This is one entry point into robot training: humanoid labs run teleoperation shifts around the clock, and gaming or VR familiarity often matters more than a degree.
Robot Operator II (opens the job details)
Agility Robotics · Onsite- Fremont, CA, United States· 2mo agoDetails
Produce the physical demonstrations a robot learns from directly: teleoperated demos, kinesthetic teaching (guiding the robot's arms by hand), bimanual ALOHA-style rigs, and provided-hardware capture. On-site studio operators are the backbone of every humanoid data engine, and the work needs dexterity and consistency rather than a technical background.
Operator - Data Collection (Swing Shift) (opens the job details)
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
Keep deployed robots running in the real world: remotely monitor and teleassist delivery and service robots when they get stuck, and work on-street as an attendant who retrieves, resets, and recharges units. Interventions may supply edge cases for further evaluation and training, and the work splits between remote-from-home monitoring and in-city on-site shifts.
Robot Service Technician (opens the job details)
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA, United States· 5d agoDetails
Before you apply
Every company here calls its robot a humanoid in its own words. 5 of them have hands-on roles open on this board today; the others hire for the same work from time to time, so their pages keep their facts and you can follow them.
Robot: Figure humanoids (Helix model)
Humanoid Robot Operators and Pilots run the robots through tasks in shifts at its San Jose base and at customer sites, logging failures and the data Helix learns from.
Robot: NEO
Data-collection operators pilot NEO in VR to record demonstrations, and service technicians keep the fleet running, in shifts at its San Carlos, California base.
Robot: Optimus
Data Collection Operators wear a motion-capture suit and VR headset and walk set routes for hours to record the movement Optimus learns from, in Palo Alto shifts.
Tesla's careers site blocks automated reading, so its openings are not listed here. Search Tesla's own careers site for "Optimus".
Tesla (Optimus): what they hire for →Robot: Digit
Robot Operators run Digit through daily test workflows and collect test data at its Fremont, California site.
Robot: Apollo
Robot Operators teleoperate Apollo through a VR headset and hand controllers to collect training data at its Austin, Texas robot park.
Robot: HMND 01
AI Data Collectors teleoperate the robot and record demonstrations with handheld capture rigs in London, including night shifts.
Robot: Atlas
Its Atlas data operations team hires hourly Robotics Operations Technicians who teleoperate robots to collect training data, in Massachusetts and Georgia.
Robot: Vega (a wheeled humanoid)
Robotics Data Collection Operators teleoperate Vega to record task data, on 1099 contracts in Fremont, California, and in Singapore.
Robot: Phoenix
Robot pilots operate its teleoperation rigs to guide the robot through tasks and collect training data, on contract in Vancouver.
Pay posted is what today's open postings state; otherwise the figure is from the company page's last check.
Read from the requirements in all 16 open humanoid postings today. Preferred qualifications are not counted.
None of them is remote, and they are open in 3 countries. For roles a beginner can apply to across every kind of robot work, see entry-level robotics jobs.
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Most of the work is making the robot do a task, again and again, so it can learn it. A pilot or operator controls the humanoid, often through a VR headset and hand controllers or a capture rig, while it records what you do; on site, an operator runs the robot through its daily workflow, watches for failures and logs them. Data collectors at some makers wear the capture gear themselves, and service technicians keep the fleet running. Each posting states its own duties, and the makers section above says what each company's people do.
The middle half of the hourly rates these postings state runs $29 to $32 an hour, with a median of $30 (11 distinct advertised rates from 3 employers, read today). The highest rate posted is $65 an hour (Figure AI, Robot Service Technician (Morning Shift)). Advertised pay is not guaranteed earnings, so check shift differentials and contract terms.
Almost never. None of the 16 humanoid robot roles open today is listed as remote. The robots, the capture rigs and the safety staff are in a lab, a test site or a customer's building, so even piloting a humanoid through a headset is done on site. For work you can do from home, see the remote robot training jobs page.
Humanoid fleets run long days, so many roles are posted per shift. Today's open titles name these shifts: day or morning (2), afternoon or swing (2), night (2). Whether a later shift pays more, and how long you stand during it, is in each posting.
Usually not a degree. None of today's open humanoid postings requires a college degree outright, and 2 say they train you or need no prior experience. What makers ask for instead is reliability, comfort with hardware and VR, attention over a long shift and the stamina to stand and lift (up to 50 lb in the postings that say). Some on-site roles want robot or mechanical troubleshooting experience; separate required skills from preferred ones.
Tesla hires Optimus Data Collection Operators directly on its own careers site, which blocks automated reading, so those openings are not listed here. A copy of the posting from May 2026 listed $25.25 to $34.50 an hour plus stock, a height of 5'7" to 6', and walking more than seven hours a day in a motion-capture suit carrying up to 30 lb, in Palo Alto. Search Tesla's careers site for "Optimus" and confirm the current terms there. The other makers on this page hire for similar work and their openings are listed above.