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Norway | Sept. 2, 2026

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Company: STATENS KARTVERK HØNEFOSS

Country: Norway

Type: Onsite

Employment: Full-time

Description: About the position

Kartverket has an exciting opportunity for you who are interested in geodesy, calculations and precision. We are looking for a committed and technically skilled geodesist who wants to help ensure that coordinates and geographical data work seamlessly across reference frames, data sets and systems.

We are strengthening our professional environment and are looking for you who want to help manage and further develop Norway's geodetic reference frames and transformation services. With us, you get to work with the development and quality assurance of transformations, technical solutions and international standards that form the basis for the correct use of geographical information throughout society. The work also contributes to the development of National Joint Solutions for geographic information, among other things by ensuring the correct storage and transformation of coordinates in GIS solutions. We are looking for someone who combines professional quality and precision with an understanding of the users' needs, and who wants to develop solutions that create value for the users of geographic information.

The position is suitable for you who thrive at the intersection between geodesy, data analysis, calculations and standardisation. You are motivated by solving complex problems based on user needs and want to contribute to solutions that are used by the entire geomatics sector. The position may also provide the opportunity to contribute to research and development work in geodesy in collaboration with other divisions in the Mapping Authority and external partners.

The geodesy division in the Mapping Authority is responsible for reference frames and the height base in Norway, and our work extends beyond national borders, within, among other things, satellite navigation, space weather and earth observation. With a team of over 50 committed employees, we are an important player in the development of methods that support research, navigation and mapping - both nationally and internationally.

We offer an inclusive work environment with high competence and great commitment. We look forward to hearing from you about how you can contribute to our exciting work!

Place of work is at our head office in Hønefoss.

Work tasks will include:

• Maintenance and further development of geodetic reference frames and transformations in collaboration with skilled colleagues across the Mapping Authority
• Development, implementation and quality assurance of new transformations
• Management and further development of the Mapping Authority's transformation services
• Improvement and documentation of work processes, routines and technical solutions
• Work with software and standards such as PROJ, GDAL and EPSG
• Follow up and contribute to international standardization work (OGC, ISO and EPSG) and the professional collaboration forums in the Nordic and European Commission for Geodesy (NKG and EUREF)
• Contribute as subject expert in communication work towards internal and external users of transformation services
• Other tasks may be assigned to the position, such as participation in research and development projects

• Master's degree in geomatics, geodesy, or similar. Foreign education must be approved by the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir)
• Knowledge of working with transformations or reference frames
• Good Norwegian skills, both written and spoken
• Good English skills, both written and spoken
• Programming, preferably with Python and/or C++

Desirable requirements:

• Relevant work experience
• Additional education or experience in system development
• Experience from research and development projects

Personal qualities:

• Is open and sincere
• Good collaboration skills and team-oriented, works willingly with others towards common goals and direction
• Takes responsibility and ownership for the organization, the team and for oneself commitments, including the consequences of incorrect decisions or mistakes
• Promotes change, open to new initiatives and improvements
• Identifies root causes and finds solutions
• Have an eye for important details to ensure quality

At the Swedish Mapping Authority, we combine proud traditions with forward-looking technology to solve socially critical tasks. The value of the joint solutions and the geographical infrastructure managed by the Mapping Authority is estimated at NOK 30 billion annually within important societal areas such as safety and preparedness, climate, environment and nature, municipal administration and private business.

We believe in modern ways of working. With a product-organized approach, we put users at the center and ensure rapid value through continuous deliveries. We have an ambition to give all our employees an everyday life where mastery and job satisfaction are highly in focus. You influence the development of society and get to contribute to the solutions of the future.

• Exciting tasks and good development opportunities in a culture that encourages professional development
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of a leading geodetic professional environment with links to international networks within geodesy and earth observation
• Good welfare schemes such as company sports teams, training rooms and one hour of training per week in working hours
• Flexible hours and summer time
• Flexible workplace up to two days a week
• Salary as a senior engineer/senior engineer, code 1087/1181, depending on qualifications
• Security and good conditions with a pension scheme and opportunities for a home loan through the State Pension Fund

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Positive special treatment

Kartverket is concerned with diversity and wants to be an inclusive workplace that reflects the population. We need employees with different backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives to solve our social mission. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply. If there are qualified candidates with a disability, gaps in the CV or an immigrant background, we will call in at least one applicant from each of these groups for an interview. In order for you to be assessed as an applicant in these groups (to receive positive special treatment), you must meet certain requirements. You can read more about affirmative action on the employer portal.

The applicant list is public - If you wish to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified.

If you need technical help with the application, contact support at Grade Jobbnorge

• support@jobbnorge.no
• 75542220

About the employer:

From sea to land. From outer space to the deepest seabeds. We at the Mapping Authority know that everything happens somewhere, and that geographical information and property information are important components in the development of sustainable societies and new digital products and services.

Our ambitions on behalf of Norway are great. We are over 800 proud map office employees who get up every day and contribute to Norway becoming a leader in the use of geographical information. In 2024, we were awarded the prestigious "Bedre Stat" award for our work in digitizing interaction in property trading.

Our job is to make it easy to collect, process and share location-based information. Our data plays a key role in the future's sustainable society and in finding answers to the future's climate challenges. We are the state's professional body for maps, geodata and property information. Our task is to build and maintain national geographical infrastructure for sea and land, and to cooperate with municipalities, state bodies and private actors.

We have 13 office locations from south to north, as well as an earth observatory at 79 degrees north. The Mapping Authority was established in 1773 and is the oldest technical agency in Norway.

We always need more people on the team. Maybe you will become one of us? 

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