Deployment Associate - Field Operations

Location: India ABOUT THE ROLE Human Archive runs large-scale field deployments to collect egocentric robotics data. We are hiring a Deployment Associate to be our person on the ground at every site. You will be the site lead for your deployment - setting up and running the capture devices, building and maintaining the task taxonomy that defines what gets collected, supervising the workers performing the tasks, and making sure every hour of data that leaves the site is clean, complete, and correctly labelled. This is the role that decides whether a deployment produces usable data or unusable data. It is hands-on, detail-heavy, and best suited to someone who is equally comfortable talking to workers on a shop floor and enforcing a strict data protocol. WHAT YOU WILL DO Own the taxonomy - Build and maintain the task and activity taxonomy for each deployment - the breakdown of tasks, sub-tasks, objects, and environments being captured - Study the site's real workflows and translate them into a clear, consistent, collectable structure - Keep naming conventions, labels, and category definitions consistent across sites, days, and operators - Flag gaps, overlaps, and ambiguous categories, and refine the taxonomy as new environments are onboarded Run the site - Act as site lead for the deployment - first point of contact for the client site, the workers, and the internal team - Brief workers on what is being captured, how, and why, and keep them productive through the day - Supervise, correct, and re-train operators in real time so capture quality does not drift - Track daily targets - hours captured, tasks covered, sessions completed - and report progress Deploy the hardware - Set up, fit, calibrate, and troubleshoot capture devices (head-mounted cameras, sensors, recorders, batteries, storage) - Manage charging, storage cards, device assignment, and end-of-day teardown - Diagnose and resolve device failures on the spot; escalate and swap when they cannot be fixed - Maintain accurate device, accessory, and inventory records for dispatch and return Own the data - Run data collection end to end - capture, offload, verification, backup, and upload - Check every session before it leaves the site: correct framing, complete recordings, no corrupt or missing files, correct metadata - Maintain session logs mapping every file to task, worker, device, location, and timestamp Follow and improve SOPs - Execute deployment SOPs exactly - setup checklists, consent and safety protocols, capture standards, upload procedures - Enforce compliance across the whole site team, not just yourself - Document what breaks in the field and turn it into better SOPs, checklists, and training material - Help train new associates and team leads as we scale to more sites and cities WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR - 1–4 years of experience in field operations (in companies like Swiggy, Zomato, Snabbit, Urban Company, Blinkit etc), data collection, production, QC, or a similar hands-on execution role. Someone who has managed the cluster or area and lead the team. - Genuinely detail-oriented - you notice a mislabelled folder, a wrong angle, or a missing file before anyone else does - Quite comfortable with travel as it can be hectic like - 1st week in Assam then next to Bihar, and 3rd can be in Chennai. - Comfortable with structure: checklists, naming conventions, logs, spreadsheets, and daily reporting - Practically minded with hardware - you can set up, debug, and maintain equipment without needing an engineer - Able to lead and direct a group of workers with respect and clarity, including people from very different backgrounds - Calm and decisive when a device dies, a worker doesn't show up, or a site changes plans mid-day - Willing to travel and be on-site full time, including in factories, warehouses, kitchens, workshops, and other working environments - High agency and high urgency - you take full ownership of your site's output Experience in field data collection, data operations or ground operations at companies like Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy, Urban Company, Delhivery, Amazon, or Flipkart is a strong advantage. This is not a desk role. You will spend your days on site, with the devices, the workers, and the data.