Maps Operation Specialist

Avride • Austin, TX

12h • Onsite

About The Position

We're looking for a detail-oriented Map Operations Specialist to own the quality and delivery of HD maps for our autonomous vehicles and delivery robots. You'll interpret sensor and imagery data to extract and verify road features, review map data against our accuracy standards, and act as the point of contact for map requests across the company. You'll also help shape our custom map format and the validation processes behind it — work that directly affects the performance and safety of autonomous navigation.

Requirements

• 2+ years in mapping, GIS, remote sensing, or a similar geospatial role
• Strong image and sensor data interpretation skills
• Proficiency in QGIS or ArcGIS
• SQL for querying and validating spatial data
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment on ambiguous cases
• Exceptional attention to detail and consistency across large data volumes
• Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort coordinating with engineering teams
• Candidates are required to be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with HD maps for autonomous driving
• Knowledge of geodesy and experience working with DTM
• Python for geospatial data processing and automation
• Linux environments, Git, and version control
• OSM data and tools like iD and JOSM
• Experience defining or enforcing data quality standards

Responsibilities

• Interpret imagery and sensor data to extract, verify, and correct road features — lanes, signs, signals, curbs, and crossings
• Review map data against accuracy and consistency standards, and provide clear, actionable feedback on issues you find
• Own the intake, triage, and turnaround of map requests from engineering, operations, and other teams
• Investigate map-related issues reported from the field and determine root cause
• Contribute to the definition of our custom HD map format, specifications, and quality criteria
• Help improve mapping workflows and validation processes as the team and coverage scale

Benefits

• The employer is not offering relocation, sponsorship, and remote work options are not available.
• Avride is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities to ensure they have equal access to employment opportunities.
• Avride complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with the application or hiring process, or to perform the essential functions of a job, please email [email protected].

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed