Senior Technical Documentation, Parts and Annotation Specialist

Confidential; United States; À distance; USD 55 000 - 124 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

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.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Technical writing

Parts analysis

BOM interpretation

Catalog research

Quality assurance

Ontology review

Remote collaboration

Documentation proficiency

Pattern interpretation

Description du poste

Role Title: Senior Technical Documentation, Parts and Annotation Specialist

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

our partner is engaging Senior Technical Documentation, Parts and Annotation Specialists to contribute their deep domain expertise to a customer's innovative project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

• Transform engineering drawings and bills of materials (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 manufacturer or distributor 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 in your field.
• Collaborate remotely with project coordinators, submitting deliverables through digital platforms within agreed project timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in one or more of the following domains: mechanical technical writing, industrial parts/application 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, and accurate 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 purposes.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration platforms and remote project participation is a plus.

This is a 100% remote contract role, open to applicants worldwide in the countries the employer accepts.