GIS Specialist

We are hiring a Photogrammetrist / GIS Specialist to make our processing pipelines faster, more accurate,and more reliable - and to produce the deliverables that come out the other end.

What you'll do

• Run drone imagery through our existing photogrammetry pipelines and deliver orthophotos, digital surface models, point clouds, and 3D models that meet our quality standards per product line.
• Improve those pipelines. We have our own dispatch logic, job queues, and cloud-compute orchestration - we want someone who can identify where they are slow, fragile, or producing inconsistent results and help us make them better.
• Tune processing parameters across product types so we get predictable outputs with less manual intervention.
• Quality-check outputs after processing - geometric accuracy, color balance, completeness -before they reach the customer.
• Maintain coordinate-system discipline across every deliverable so our outputs line up cleanly with customer base maps and downstream tools.
• Document the pipeline so the next person on the team understands how it works and how to extend it.

What we expect

• Geospatial accuracy is the standard. Customers act on what you produce.
• An engineering mindset for the pipeline. You measure throughput, failure rates, and quality drift, and you propose specific improvements.
• Honest reporting on what the data supports and what it does not. If a reconstruction is weak, you determine what the origin was and correct it.
• Steady throughput on production work even while you are improving the system that runs it.
• Willingness to write code, scripts, and configuration changes - not just operate a GUI.
• Experience in working with drone data, or heavy aerial imagery pipelines.

• Working experience with photogrammetry software and engines (Pix4D, Agisoft Metashape, OpenDroneMap, RealityCapture, or equivalent).
• Working experience with GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS, or equivalent).
• Comfort with coordinate reference systems, projections, and geospatial file formats.
• Scripting and command-line proficiency. Python preferred. Comfort working in cloud environments.
• Experience tuning a photogrammetry pipeline for throughput, cost, or quality - and being able totalk about what you changed and what it improved.
• Strong attention to detail and the patience to QC your own work.
• Clear written communication for documentation and post-mortems.

Helpful but not required: point-cloud processing, mesh and texture optimization, FAA Part 107, contributions to open-source photogrammetry tooling.

Pulled from the full job description

• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Life insurance

Drone Institute has unlocked condition intelligence for the built world at scale. We capture aerial imagery across thousands of properties and convert it into the orthophotos, 3D models, and condition reports our customers use to manage portfolios, defend warranties, support claims, and prioritize capital.