Senior Technical Docs & Parts Annotation — Remote

Zekai; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Zekai is seeking a Senior Technical Documentation, Parts and Annotation Specialist for a 100% remote contract. You will convert drawings, BOMs, and catalogs into precise assembly instructions and provide defensible rationales for model training.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in mechanical technical writing, parts analysis, or production pattern planning, with strong ability to interpret drawings and identify correct parts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in mechanical technical writing, industrial parts analysis, production pattern planning or computer vision annotation quality assurance.
• Exceptional proficiency with interpreting engineering drawings, BOMs and technical documentation, or demonstrated expertise with parts identification and catalog research.
• Strong analytical, visual and spatial reasoning abilities, particularly in pattern interpretation or assembly process documentation.
• Proven track record of producing clear, structured records, reports or manuals to industry standards.
• Experience adjudicating or reviewing work within complex ontologies or quality control environments.
• Comfort working autonomously and communicating reasoning in written form for project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Transform engineering drawings and BOMs into precise, dependency-correct assembly procedures suitable for technical manuals.
• Identify, verify, and document industrial replacement parts and components based on photos, nameplates, and catalogs, ensuring accurate fitment and application details.
• Interpret production patterns, markers, and cutting-room plans for apparel or industrial fabrication, verifying layout efficiency and technical correctness.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews on annotated image batches, adjudicating label accuracy against established project ontologies and annotation guidelines.
• Produce clear, defensible rationales for decisions and recommendations, capturing expert thought processes for model training purposes.
• Review and refine real-world documents, photos, patterns, or annotation data, delivering outputs at the standard expected from a senior practitioner.
• Collaborate remotely with project coordinators, submitting deliverables through digital platforms within agreed project timelines.

Skills

Technical writing

Parts analysis

BOM interpretation

Catalog research

Quality assurance

Ontology review

Remote collaboration

Documentation proficiency

Pattern interpretation

Job description

Zekai is seeking a Senior Technical Documentation, Parts and Annotation Specialist for a 100% remote contract. You will convert drawings, BOMs, and catalogs into precise assembly instructions and provide defensible rationales for model training.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in mechanical technical writing, parts analysis, or production pattern planning, with strong ability to interpret drawings and identify correct parts.