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HERE needs a technical leader who can determine whether models are accurate, robust, controllable and genuinely useful in downstream products.\nYou will lead evaluation and data strategy for AI, vision and perception systems. You will connect quantitative analysis, artifact review and real-world use cases to reveal failure modes, prioritize fixes and establish credible production-readiness standards.\nYour work will shape what the team builds next, what data it needs and when a model is ready to move forward.\nWhat will you do?\nDefine evaluation strategy, metrics, test sets and release gates for advanced AI, vision and perception capabilities.\nBuild reproducible evaluation pipelines across model quality, robustness, controllability, coverage and downstream utility.\nAnalyze model outputs and artifacts to identify failure patterns that summary metrics miss.\nTranslate model behavior into prioritized recommendations for model, data and product teams.\nDesign data-improvement loops, including dataset audits, gap analysis, sampling and targeted data acquisition or generation.\nPartner with scientists and engineers on experiment design, benchmarking and statistically sound comparisons.\nCommunicate evidence clearly to technical leaders and product stakeholders, including tradeoffs and readiness decisions.\nWho are you?\nYou are a rigorous applied scientist who can move between statistics, model behavior, data quality and product impact.\nStrong experience evaluating machine-learning, computer-vision, multimodal or generative-AI systems.\nAdvanced Python and SQL skills with experience building scalable analysis or evaluation workflows.\nStrong foundations in statistics, experimental design, error analysis and model validation.\nExperience converting ambiguous quality questions into measurable criteria and actionable decisions.\nAbility to inspect model outputs deeply, identify patterns and explain what should change next.\nTechnical leadership skills and the ability to influence across data science, engineering and product.\nIt would be great if you also bring\nExperience with spatial, geospatial, sensor, map, trajectory or simulation data.\nExperience evaluating generative models, temporal consistency or perception systems.\nFamiliarity with data-centric AI, active learning, synthetic data or human-evaluation programs.\nGraduate degree in a quantitative or technical discipline\nThe expected base salary range for this position is $160,000 to $170,000 per year. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as skills and experience. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, which is subject to company and individual performance.\nLife at HERE comes with generous benefits to support your health and overall wellness. Benefits available to US-based HERE employees include health (Medical/Dental/Vision) insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off & leave policies.\nAs part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a background verification process. Offers of employment and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a background verification. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, HERE will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nHERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.\nUnder Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and VEVRAA, we have developed an affirmative action program (AAP) for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. Portions of the AAP are available for review by applicants and employees through our People Team.\nWho are we?\nHERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes - from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.\nAt HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. 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