Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Survey & Annotation Specialist – Freelance AI Trainer Project

About the Position

Are you a pavement professional or roadway inspector with hands-on experience conducting or interpreting Pavement Condition Index (PCI) surveys? Advanced AI systems are being developed to understand roadway conditions, interpret inspection imagery, and support infrastructure maintenance planning. High-quality training data based on real PCI survey practices is essential to ensure these systems accurately recognize pavement distress and condition ratings. This project relies on your expertise to help train and evaluate next-generation AI models.

Responsibilities

• Review roadway images, inspection records, and AI-generated outputs to determine the accuracy of pavement distress types, severity levels, and condition assessments.
• Annotate or validate pavement features and distress patterns to help models better identify cracking, rutting, spalling, patching, weathering, and other common pavement conditions.
• Analyze roadway imagery or survey excerpts, validate AI-generated classifications of pavement distress, and provide written feedback on misidentifications or misinterpretations.
• Help clarify how inspectors distinguish between similar distress categories, how sampling units are evaluated, and how real-world field conditions influence PCI scoring and reporting.

Requirements

• Experience working with inspection imagery, condition reports, or roadway maintenance planning.
• Familiarity with PCI surveys and the ability to consistently apply pavement distress definitions and rating criteria.
• Clear written communication skills and the ability to explain inspection reasoning and classification decisions in a structured way.

We Offer

• Pay range of $6 - $20 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location.
• Flexible freelance/contract work from a remote location.
• Training and project guidelines will be provided.

About the Company

This project is well suited for pavement engineers, civil or transportation engineers, DOT specialists, highway inspectors, and other professionals who have conducted or reviewed PCI surveys or pavement condition assessments. No prior AI or technical background is required.

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As a contractor, you will supply a secure computer and high-speed internet; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.