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BlackSky · 1 month ago

Senior Image Annotation/Quality Control Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $115K/yr

5+ years exp

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company operating a cutting-edge space-based intelligence platform. The Senior Image Annotation/Quality Control Analyst will manage data labeling teams, oversee the quality of AI/ML training data, and collaborate with product and machine learning teams to enhance computer vision products.

Defense & Space

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead and manage data labeling teams, providing oversight for labeling campaigns

Research for AI product development, identifying geographic areas where objects exist, developing object ontologies, building annotation instructions, and identifying imagery for annotation

Collaborate with machine learning and product teams to define metrics, assess, and report on the quality of machine learning models in development and production using statistical and quality assurance approaches

Work with the machine learning and product teams to define and measure the performance of machine learning models against SLAs

Identify customer requirements and liaise with computer vision team to codify specifications for training datasets

Create processes, tools, and scripts to manage and track data quality and labeling performance

Take part in the entire project lifecycle from requirements development to deployment

Innovate and streamline data annotation processes

Other job-related duties as assigned

Qualification

Data quality engineeringImage analysisMachine learningAnnotation platformsGIS datasetsQuality assurance practicesPythonTeam leadershipAttention to detailCommunication skills

Required

Minimum of five (5) years of hands-on experience as a data quality engineer, imagery analyst, GIS analyst, or quality assurance engineer in the space of satellites, computer vision, or machine learning

Bachelor's Degree or higher in one of the following fields: computer science, GIS, data science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another scientific field

Experience interpreting satellite imagery to identify objects, behaviors, or activities and working with GIS datasets

Hands on experience with annotation platforms such as LabelBox, SuperAnnotate, AWS Sagemaker, or CVAT

Experience managing remote annotation workforces such as CloudFactory, Hive, or iMerit

Collaborates well with others and able to communicate ideas to those with other backgrounds

Experience with quality assurance practices, model testing & evaluation, and computing metrics & statistics from data

Attention to detail and ability to define, enforce, and follow rigorous process controls for managing data

The program this role will support requires Us-born citizenship

Preferred

Experience with AI advancements in image annotation such as the Segment Anything Model (SAM)

Embeddings and other AI Assistance tools

Experience writing code and scripts, especially for processing and evaluating large amounts of data

Proficiency with Python for automation and data manipulation tasks

Knowledge and experience working in an AWS Cloud environment

Demonstrated ability to lead and manage small teams

Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance + BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!

15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more

401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs

Employer matching donations

Professional development

Mac or PC? Your choice!

Awesome swag

Company

BlackSky

BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that delivers real-time imagery with global rapid revisit, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events.

Founded in 2013

Herndon, Virginia, US

201-500 employees