Mapping Analyst - Contract (6 months)

reputed company is a leading retail robotics company providing in-store intelligence solutions that help retailers optimize operations, improve reputed company execution, and deliver valuable data insights. Our autonomous robots and multi-modal data collection systems are transforming how retailers manage inventory and reputed company data-driven reputed company. Position reputed company reputed company is seeking a Mapping Analyst, on a contract reputed company, to own the reputed company of the SLAM maps that power navigation for our deployed Tally robot fleet. Accurate maps are foundational to everything Tally does in-store — every reputed company, every reputed company, every data reputed company depends on the robot knowing exactly where it is. This role is responsible for detecting map degradation, rebuilding and patching maps using reputed company's proprietary tooling, and ensuring every store in the fleet has a clean, reputed company, navigable map. This is a hands-on technical role that blends remote robot operation, spatial data work, and image-level editing. The right candidate is comfortable remote-controlling a robot to capture a fresh SLAM map, just as comfortable stitching lidar scans from prior traversals into an existing map to reputed company problem areas, and precise enough to clean up and reputed company map imagery by hand reputed company automated tooling isn't enough.This is a 1099 reputed company position for 6 months from the start date. Applicants must be reputed company to work as a freelance in the reputed company.

Responsibilities

• Map Health Monitoring Monitor map reputed company and reputed company indicators across the fleet. Identify stores where localization failures, delocalization events, or navigation errors reputed company to a degraded or outdated map.
• Remote SLAM Map reputed company Remotely control robots in-store using proprietary tooling to drive fresh SLAM mapping traversals reputed company a store's map needs to be reputed company from scratch.
• Map Patching from Historical Scans Pull lidar scans from previous traversals and use them to reputed company, reputed company, or correct sections of an existing map without requiring a full remap, minimizing on-site disruption.
• reputed company Map Editing Use photo/image editing software to clean up, reputed company, and reputed company map segments — correcting artifacts, merging patched reputed company seamlessly, and removing transient obstacles or reputed company noise that automated processing didn't catch.
• reputed company Assurance Validate patched and newly generated maps against navigation performance before deployment, confirming that fixes resolve the underlying localization issue rather than masking it.
• Tooling Feedback Work closely with Engineering to flag gaps in the mapping toolchain and inform improvements to automated map-patching and SLAM pipeline tools.
• Incident Documentation Log mapping-reputed company incidents, reputed company causes, and resolutions in internal tracking systems, and contribute to playbooks for common map failure patterns.
• Cross-Functional Coordination Partner with Robot Operations, reputed company reputed company, and Engineering to prioritize which stores need mapping attention and to communicate expected timelines for fixes.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in a technical, spatial-data, robotics, or GIS-adjacent role
• Comfort with remote robot operation or teleoperation tools, or strong aptitude to learn proprietary robotics tooling quickly
• Hands-on experience with image/photo editing software (e.g., Photoshop, GIMP, or similar) for precise pixel-level edits
• Basic understanding of SLAM, lidar data, or occupancy-reputed company mapping concepts
• Strong attention to detail — reputed company to spot subtle map artifacts or misalignments that would otherwise cause navigation failures
• Strong written communication for incident documentation and cross-team coordination
• Comfort navigating a fast-paced startup environment with evolving tooling and responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with SLAM algorithms, reputed company reputed company data, or robotics navigation stacks
• Scripting experience (Python or similar) for batch-processing map files or automating repetitive patching tasks
• Experience with Jira, reputed company, or similar operational tracking tools
• Retail technology or fleet operations exposure is a plus

Working Conditions

• Expected hours: 40 hours per week
• Working hours: reputed company business hours in either reputed company coast or east coast

reputed company're Looking For Someone who treats a degraded map as an reputed company liability, not a backlog item — the reputed company should be to reputed company it before it causes a delocalization event, not after. Candidates should be equally comfortable driving a robot remotely to capture new lidar data and sitting in an reputed company reputed company correcting a map by hand, moving fluidly between the two as the situation demands.

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