Mapping Technician

Title: Mapping Technician (x5)
Job Type: Contract
Contract Length: 6 months
Pay Range: $40-45/hr
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Hybrid - Foster City, CA

About the Opportunity:

Our client, a leader in Autonomous Vehicle Technology, is looking for a skilled Mapping Technician to join their team for a 6 months engagement. This project involves monitoring mapping pipelines, coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensuring the quality and delivery of high-fidelity map data across multiple concurrent mapping initiatives. This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables:

This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables. Your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring and validating data ingest and orchestration pipelines, ensuring smooth transitions between stages and escalating issues as needed.
• Performing basic quality assurance to identify repeat errors and flag systemic issues impacting mapping output.
• Prioritizing, curating, and managing releases for multiple concurrent mapping jobs, requiring coordination with roadmap managers and geosite stakeholders.
• Maintaining a close working relationship with the maintenance team and triaging escalations related to map updates.
• Communicating mapping progress, risks, and milestones to management and geosite teams.
• Breaking down mapping areas using internal tools (e.g., MyMaps, Mapdash) and submitting mapping requests to Fleet Operations while managing scheduling, priority shifts, and timeline changes.
• Collaborating with requesting stakeholders on mapping strategies for special locations, including PUDOs, test tracks, and sites requiring limited access.
• Providing operational feedback on mapping pipelines, suggesting improvements, and identifying potential process gaps.
• Inspecting new imagery tiles in ZRN Editor to validate readiness of maintenance updates and new geofence expansions.

Required Skills & Experience:

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements. The ideal candidate will have:

• Prior experience with mapping operations, data pipelines, or geospatial workflows is a bonus.
• Deep expertise in strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy, validation, and operational readiness. This isn't a learning role—you need to be a subject matter expert.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple parallel efforts while adapting to shifting priorities (Time Management), and comfortable working independently while remaining aligned with broader team objectives (Autonomy).
• Experience with working in a fast-paced, operations-driven environment with evolving priorities, and the ability to interpret mapping or spatial data to support decision-making.
• Strong communication skills to provide clear, concise status updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• W2 only (No C2C or 1099 contractors)

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