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Training Manager / Computer Vision Annotation (Secret+)

Figure Eight Federal (F8F) : Leading the Future of AI Training Data

Figure Eight Federal (F8F) provides accurate and reliable human annotated datasets that fuel AI and machine learning for some of the world's biggest brands. With more than 25 years of industry knowledge, F8F's technology powers many of the AI interactions we experience every day. Our solutions and expertise empower our clients to achieve their AI goals and make a significant impact in their industry.

The Training Manager will lead the development, implementation, and modernization of training programs for employees responsible for labeling and annotating EO and SAR imagery, including video formats. This role involves optimizing annotation workflows, developing best practices, maintaining high annotation accuracy, and ensuring compliance with project guidelines. This role requires expertise in AI-assisted annotation tools, regulatory compliance, and the evolution of best practices in AI-driven image analysis. The Training Manager will work closely with engineers, analysts, and policy experts to ensure that employees adhere to U.S. regulations and ethical standards governing AI-generated labels, including transparency, bias mitigation, and content authenticity.

Responsibilities :

• Training & Development, providing structured training programs for data annotators, covering labeling techniques, accuracy improvement, and tool proficiency, using the latest F8F machine learning-powered annotation tools and automation platforms.
• Design and modernize curricula for annotators to label and annotate EO / SAR imagery, to include video formats.
• Develop specialized training for machine assisted automated object detection on SAR imagery, metadata tagging, and transparency labeling.
• Coordinate with platform engineering, project managers, and specialists to improve automated validation scripts for bounding box, segmentation, and object classification tasks.
• Provide hands-on training and mentorship to enhance workforce skills in automated image classification and AI-assisted video analysis.
• Partner with analysts, pod leads, and data specialists to help design upskilling pathways based on review insights and align quality training with mission goals.
• Implement continuous learning strategies, offering refresher courses on regulatory updates and technological advancements.
• Establish evaluation metrics to measure employee proficiency in AI-assisted annotation techniques.
• Ensure annotation approach is in compliance with President Biden's Executive Order on AI (2023) and emerging federal / state laws governing AI-generated labels.
• Implement watermarking and metadata requirements in training, following the 2024 bipartisan bill mandating AI-generated content disclosure.
• Educate employees on bias mitigation, fairness in AI annotations, and consumer protection laws outlined by the FTC and customer requirements.
• Process optimization to develop best practices for efficient annotation workflows and continuously refine labeling guidelines within conditions and standards.
• Tool management and improvement, work alongside geospatial and AI experts to refine annotation guidelines and accuracy benchmarks, utilizing feedback loops on labeling tools and applications to enhance functionality.
• Monitor industry trends and integrate advanced AI techniques for annotation into curriculum updates.
• Stay informed on AI-driven innovations for video labeling and deepfake detection to enhance transparency.
• Documentation & Reporting for audits and optimization, enhance labeling procedures, generate reports on annotation performance metrics, and optimize AI-assisted segmentation models for EO / SAR imagery.
• Other duties as assigned.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.