# Mapping Specialist

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $85k – $110k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Hd Mapping, Gis, 3D Modeling, Lidar, Point Clouds, Aerial Imagery, Satellite Imagery, 3D Visualization, Python, SQL, Git, GitHub, Jira, Lanelet2, Opendrive
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Creates and maintains centimeter-precise HD maps for Level 4 autonomous vehicles using lidar, imagery, and 3D geospatial data. The role requires 3+ years of mapping experience, a bachelor’s degree, and familiarity with autonomous-vehicle mapping standards and tools.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Create, edit, and maintain high-definition maps supporting Level 4 autonomous vehicle operations.
- Digitize road-network geometry, semantic attributes, and related infrastructure using lidar point clouds, high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, street-level imagery, and other geospatial inputs.
- Apply detailed mapping specifications to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Complete revision cycles based on validation, performance, robustness, and system-integration criteria.
- Triage, troubleshoot, and identify root causes of map-related disengagement issues.
- Provide structured feedback to improve internal tools, workflows, and mapping specifications.
- Collaborate with software engineers using Git, GitHub, Jira, Google Workspace, and Slack.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of experience creating and maintaining maps, preferably in autonomous-vehicle mapping, GIS, or 3D game design.
- Bachelor's degree or higher.
- Strong understanding of centimeter-precision lane-level geometry, routing, and HD map structures used in autonomous driving.
- Experience with point-cloud data, 3D visualization environments, or lidar-based annotation tools.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow precise digitization protocols.
- Comfort with repetitive, accuracy-focused tasks and versioned map delivery.
- Ability to work independently and stay organized in a fast-paced, asynchronous environment.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with autonomous-vehicle maps, AV datasets, or HD-mapping pipelines.
- Background in HD-map pipelines for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or mapping platforms.
- Experience with ADP, Apollo, Lanelet2, OpenDRIVE, or similar HD-map standards and formats.
- Experience using browser-based map editors or web-based 3D tools.
- Basic scripting skills in Python or SQL and command-line tooling.
- Familiarity with feedback loops between mapping, perception, and planning teams.
- Familiarity with log-based resimulation and simulation-based map validation.

## Similar jobs

- [Operations Manager](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/2f149fe4-bd6d-4377-a21d-d0cadab2d012) - Flexport - San Bernardino, CA - $88k – $110k/yr
- [KYC Investigator - Ongoing Due Diligence](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/98adae0d-ae63-43fa-82a8-893d09d3456a) - Mercury - Remote - $77k – $96k/yr
- [Reinsurance Underwriter](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/738a7f2f-bbab-4630-a956-7c862768fb52) - Coalition Security - Remote - $95k – $119k/yr
- [Paid Voice Acting Work](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/e91f4e2a-8fc3-4a96-8fc5-c817d349cecf) - HumanSignal - Columbus, OH - $104k – $104k/yr
- [Scientist](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/9f9cccd7-cc21-4f51-b557-3899a9c657dc) - Axle - Rockville, MD - $110k – $113k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/767665a0-ff13-4536-99f3-a11613ae9def
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/767665a0-ff13-4536-99f3-a11613ae9def