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Rivian’s Self-Driving Data Team is responsible for Delivering high quality data for ADAS development. To that end, we are seeking a Data Analyst who is detail oriented, data-driven, problem solver. You will plan upcoming annotation projects with multiple stakeholders and companies. Maintain ongoing relationships with vendors to ensure quality, track bug fixes and feature requests. Define labeling policy, annotate sensor data and quality control labeled data.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of machine learning concepts to understand the process of model training.
• Assess the level of effort and execute projects end-to-end. Conclude if it can be done in-house or need to outsource.
• Collect labeling requirements and define labeling policy for each project.
• Develop annotation certificate and define performance and quality metrics.
• Conduct QA/QC analysis, ensure we provide high quality data to annotators and check the quality of annotations.
• Implement process for labeling efficiency. Measure effectiveness for continual refinement of processes.
• Work with multiple vendors and understand the contracts & quotes for 3rd party annotations.
• Collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure consistent process implementation, with the ability to automate basic processes.
• High level of motivation, project ownership, engagement, focus and personal accountability.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a technical/related field or 5+ years of experience
• Experience leading a team, training/mentoring junior team members, executing projects with offshore teams.
• Experience with image annotation or lidar point cloud annotation.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and deliver under tight timelines.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering and annotation teams across multiple time zones.
• Experience building or iterating on existing processes and tools.
• Basic scripting knowledge in Python, SQL, Databases or Visualization a plus.