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Figure AI is hiring a night-shift coordinator to oversee humanoid robots
Figure AI is advertising a night-shift coordinator job in Santa Clara, California, to oversee its humanoid robots and the people who operate them, Business Insider reported on 10 November.
According to the report, the contract-to-hire role involves scheduling and coaching the team, troubleshooting robot failures and safety issues, and sometimes operating the machines. It pays $40 to $45 an hour, runs from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m., and includes a weekend shift. The posting says the coordinator will be on their feet most of the time and must be able to lift, carry and manoeuvre equipment or humanoid hardware weighing up to 50 pounds.
Business Insider quoted the job ad: "You'll set priorities, keep robots running for real commercial use cases, solve problems as they come up, and hand the day team a clear, accurate picture of what happened overnight. You'll be the one making the calls."
The opening sits alongside other human roles Figure is advertising. The company is also seeking humanoid robot operators to work directly with the machines to test and validate new behaviours and skills, the report said.
Figure, founded in 2022, has said it is focused on work that people do not want to do, starting with structured, repetitive tasks in manufacturing, shipping and logistics, warehousing and retail. Business Insider quoted the company's website: "Robots that can think, learn, reason, and interact with their environments will eventually be capable of performing tasks better than humans." The site also said that, over time, "humans could leave the loop altogether as robots become capable of building other robots." Those are the company's stated aims, not an independent assessment of current systems.
The overnight coordinator job is a reminder that Figure's present operations still depend on human supervision. A vacancy for a graveyard-shift lead is not, on its own, evidence of how many robots the company has in commercial use, or of how often they fail. It does show that Figure wants someone on site through the night to keep robots running and to brief the day team.
Business Insider also recapped earlier Figure fundraising and a recent public listing by rival Agility Robotics. Those points are background from that report and are not the subject of the new job posting.