About this role
Responsibilities
Below are the set of responsibilities that this team would be required to perform:
- Do market research around trends in Auto industry.
- P0: Speed limits, EVCS.
- P1: Other ADAS.
- Work with the policy team on the policy creation for these countries and provide local context as needed.
- Do meta QC and random checks to figure out quality issues.
- Create a country metric for quality and conduct in-country drives to provide feedback and data to client working groups.
- Be an owner for the country for queries from any other team as well for other basemap features other than Transit.
- Curate region-specific implicit/statutory speed limits and rules (for e.g., arterials in a town should be 20 vs. a state-wide rule of 30).
- Research news articles, notices from govt./highway construction/other agencies, when there are scheduled maintenance/repair.
- Identify edge cases (like unique sign variations, urban area polygon logic, etc.) that might get missed. Similarly, identify gaps in algorithms.
- Provide inputs to prioritize issues more proactively, and with local knowledge (i.e. which missing signs are causing the most problems, what errors are most egregious for users).
- Support proactive outreach with govt. and transit authorities to understand upcoming changes, systematic issues with our data, etc. (To be disambiguated with Outreach and Partnerships, who will own data collection/feeds).
- Support the partnerships and other outreach teams in local knowledge and context as needed.
- Consult on all sign types to provide local context and understanding and interpretations of various road signs.
- Assist with quality assurance and country certification processes to ensure that the highest quality level is reached and maintained in the assigned country.
Experience / Skills
- 3+ years of experience in the automotive industry or Urban planning, Traffic/Transit/Signals/Signages.
- Strong understanding of market research methodologies and techniques.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the local language and in English.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical, excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.