Cartographic Product Engineers - Redlands, CA
Monday June 23rd 2008
Filed Under GIS Analyst
Title
Cartographic Product Engineers
General
The Opportunity:
Use your map making expertise to create maps and document best mapping methods through instructions and examples. This is a challenging opportunity to create a variety of base maps to support broad general use of ArcGIS.
Department
Software Products
The Team:
As a GIS professional at ESRI your contributions have a real impact on the next generation of GIS technology. Our product development staff works in a creative and challenging team setting where their ideas are encouraged and welcomed. This dynamic work environment allows employees to collaborate and guide a product along, giving them the opportunity to see an idea become a successful GIS software solution. We are looking for GIS professionals who have the skills and the mindset to thrive in a constantly changing, cutting-edge environment.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and manage maps and data content for the ArcGIS user community.
Develop and publish mapping and cartographic workflow automation methods and tools.
Document best practices for high quality mapping and cartography of all types on ESRI’s Mapping Center Web site.
Develop and prove best methods and practices to produce ESRI’s base maps and then document them to help the ArcGIS user community build their own base maps and mapping applications.
Requirements
Bachelors or masters in geography, cartography, or GIS-related field, depending upon position level.
A minimum of three years of professional, predominantly hands-on map making experience with ArcGIS 9.0 through 9.2.
Ability to create and modify features with ArcEditor.
Working knowledge of Maplex and the tools in ArcGIS 3D Analyst and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extensions.
Previous geoprocessing experience including scripting (Python).
Strong familiarity with geodatabase concepts and objects.
Strong communication skills.
Recommended Qualifications
Ability to track progress and decisions accurately and efficiently.
Additional experience creating an online mapping product using ArcGIS Server and the animation framework in ArcGIS 9.2.
The Company:
Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. We develop and support innovative tools for visualizing, analyzing, and managing geographic data on the desktop, on a server, across the enterprise, in a mobile environment, and on the Web. With annual revenues of $660 million and our software used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide, ESRI is the market leader in GIS.
ESRI employs 2,500 people in the U.S., 1,800 of whom are based at our Redlands headquarters, a community ideally located in Southern California. We offer exceptional benefits, competitive salaries, 401(k) and profit sharing programs, scholarships, tuition assistance, a Cafe complete with Starbucks coffee bar, an onsite fitness center, and much more.
Learn more about a career in Product Development at ESRI and apply online at www.esri.com/giscareers.