Senior Mapping Specialist

The role

The Senior Mapping Specialist owns the quality of map information for autonomous vehicles and sets annotation standards. This person defines testing strategies, leads mapping tests, and manages map version deployment across the vehicle fleet.

What you will do

• Own the quality of map information for autonomous vehicles
• Set annotation standards and best practices for the mapping team
• Define the strategy and plan for testing and validating new maps
• Lead mapping tests with the Testing team
• Drive the analysis of collected onboard sensor data to find and resolve map issues
• Own map version deployment and update planning across the vehicle fleet
• Mentor and guide Mapping Specialists and review their work
• Collaborate with the Mapping and Localization team to improve mapping tools, workflows and automation

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, Engineering, Robotics, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience with GIS applications
• Experience planning and running map validation or testing
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and handle ambiguity
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work across teams

Nice to have

• Experience with ROS
• Experience with real-world robotics or autonomous vehicle deployment
• Experience leading or mentoring a team
• Experience with scripting (e.g. Python) to automate mapping workflows
• Experience with agentic development, such as using AI coding agents or LLM-based tools to automate and speed up mapping workflows

About the company

Venti Technologies is a leader in safe-speed autonomous logistics systems. The company has autonomous systems deployed in Asia for industrial and logistics sites.