Data Labeling Specialist (Contractor) Ranchi, India

Location:

Onsite in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Job Description:

We are a cutting-edge defense technology firm that is renowned for building next-generation AI systems for national security applications. We seek highly motivated, data annotation/labeling professionals in Ranchi, India to join our team as Data Labeling Specialists for an urgent and high-priority client deliverable involving text, video, and overhead imagery analysis.

This role is ideal for candidates with strong data labeling who thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments. You’ll combine your annotation and analytical expertise to train advanced AI models by labeling and interpreting video, text, and imagery data with exceptional precision and analytical rigor. This is an ideal role for individuals who are extremely detail-oriented, can work independently, are deeply analytical, and excited to contribute to impactful defense-related AI work.

About the Role

As a Data Labeling Specialist (Contractor) you will play a critical role in annotating and interpreting text, video, and overhead imgaery that fuels our AI systems. You’ll operate within a tightly focused, collaborative team, applying your knowledge to ensure labeling accuracy, consistency, and adherence to quality standards.

This position is perfect for individuals who can proficiently:

• Identify, analyze, and label objects in overhead imagery, video, and text.
• Proactively communicate with project leadership, provide updates, and raise issues about labeling and data workflows, day after day, week after week, month after month.
• Cultivate expertise and leadership in the imagery analysis domain and gain basic machine learning knowledge to better understand how labels are utilized by our algorithms.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure precision in all labeled datasets — understanding projection systems, coordinate accuracy, and spatial relationships.
• Apply sound logic on ambiguous cases; document reasoning to maintain labeling consistency.
• Proactively communicate with project leadership and technical teams on progress, challenges, and workflow improvements, including QA.
• Help refine labeling standards and contribute to process automation or quality improvements where possible.
• Develop deeper expertise in imagery analysis and labeling workflows, and gain basic familiarity with how these labeled data sets train machine learning models.

Qualifications:

• Able to be onsite at Rhombus Power India facility in Ranchi.
• At least an undergraduate degree; please list your GPA in your CV.
• Prior experience with HANDS ON Data Labeling experience is required. Imagery analysis, video, and text labeling is highly preferred.
• Strong command over Microsoft Suite and Google tools such as Excel, Word, Sheets, etc. You must be well versed in file management — we want those who are highly organized!
• Proven analytical and logical reasoning skills — able to manage multiple datasets and tasks with precision and consistency.
• Self-starter with a bias for action, strong attention to detail, and ability to maintain accuracy and productivity under tight deadlines.
• The perfect candidate for this role is someone who is adaptable, highly dependable, and can apply logic to multiple different scenarios concurrently. We’re seeking candidates with proven analytical skills, and are excited to solve complex problems.
• Candidates must be able to reliably produce, at a high degree of accuracy, over sustained timelines.
• You must be extremely quality focused, a self-starter with bias for action, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.