Data Annotation - Teams responsible for manual labeling and quality assurance of multimodal sensor data. * AI Automation Engineering - Engineers who build and maintain auto-labeling, AI-assisted ...
Data Annotation - Teams responsible for manual labeling and quality assurance of multimodal sensor data. * AI Automation Engineering - Engineers who build and maintain auto-labeling, AI-assisted ...
AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation)
Dallas, TX · Remote
$20/hr
As an AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation), you'll play a key role in helping train and improve artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Your work will directly support how AI models learn to ...
AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation)
Dallas, TX · Remote
$20/hr
As an AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation), you'll play a key role in helping train and improve artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Your work will directly support how AI models learn to ...
AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation)
Dallas, TX · On-site +1
$20/hr
As an AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation), you'll play a key role in helping train and improve artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Your work will directly support how AI models learn to ...
AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation)
Dallas, TX · On-site +1
$20/hr
As an AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation), you'll play a key role in helping train and improve artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Your work will directly support how AI models learn to ...
AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation)
Dallas, TX · Remote
$20/hr
As an AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation), you'll play a key role in helping train and improve artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Your work will directly support how AI models learn to ...
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AI Training Specialist (Data Annotation)
Dallas, TX · Remote
$20/hr
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AI Trainer - Freelance Data Annotator
Dallas, TX · Remote
$23/hr
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AI Trainer - Freelance Data Annotator
Dallas, TX · Remote
$23/hr
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Freelance Annotator (English) - AI Trainer
Dallas, TX · Remote
$23/hr
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Freelance Annotator (English) - AI Trainer
Dallas, TX · Remote
$23/hr
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Irving, TX · On-site
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Irving, TX · On-site
$109K - $132K/yr
Support the development of autonomous mining machines by executing manual data annotation, sensor data fusion, and rigorous QA review, creating high-quality datasets for advanced AI models ...
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Irving, TX · On-site
$109K - $132K/yr
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Irving, TX · On-site
$109K - $132K/yr
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Irving, TX · On-site
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Dallas, TX · On-site
Manages explosive inventory monthly for both high and low explosives as applicable to each site and ensures annotation in GlobalView. * Ensures Site Lead completes a GK9PG equipment inventory for the ...
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Dallas, TX · On-site
Manages explosive inventory monthly for both high and low explosives as applicable to each site and ensures annotation in GlobalView. * Ensures Site Lead completes a GK9PG equipment inventory for the ...
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Fort Worth, TX · On-site
Experience * 2 years experience in genomic data processing, variant annotation, or large-scale data analysis * Demonstrated proficiency in R and/or Python, SQL, Linux/Unix environments, and common ...
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Fort Worth, TX · On-site
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Fort Worth, TX · On-site
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Fort Worth, TX · On-site
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Technical Product Manager (Data Collection & Pipeline)
Irving, TX · On-site
$130 - $165/hr
You will own the end‑to‑end data ecosystem, including data collection, acquisition strategies, annotation and labeling operations, quality frameworks, and scalable pipelines. Responsibilities
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Texas Job Type: Full Time Job Opportunity Required Skills: - Spring Framework 4 (Ryder code includes annotation based as well as XML based config). - Hibernate 4 with Spring Data JPA - J2EE ...
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Irving, TX · On-site
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Technical Product Manager (Data Collection & Pipeline)
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$160K - $185K/yr
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What is an annotation?
An annotation job involves labeling or tagging data, such as text, images, audio, or video, to help train artificial intelligence and machine learning models. Annotators manually or semi-automatically add metadata, such as identifying objects in images, transcribing speech, or categorizing text. This process improves AI accuracy by providing high-quality training data. Annotation work is crucial for industries like autonomous driving, healthcare, and natural language processing.
Are those data annotation jobs real?
What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the annotation position?
Excelling in an Annotation role generally requires keen attention to detail, strong analytical abilities, and a high level of accuracy, often backed by a relevant educational background. Familiarity with annotation tools, data labeling software, and sometimes basic programming or data management platforms is valuable. Effective time management, consistency, and clear communication are soft skills that differentiate top performers. These competencies are crucial to ensuring data quality and supporting the development of machine learning and AI systems.
What are annotation jobs?
What are the typical projects or tasks an annotation specialist works on?
Annotation specialists typically work on projects involving the labeling and categorizing of data—such as images, videos, audio, or text—to train machine learning models. Weekly tasks may include reviewing raw data, applying specific tagging guidelines, performing quality checks on completed annotations, and collaborating with team members or machine learning engineers to ensure accuracy and consistency. Frequent feedback sessions and ongoing updates to annotation instructions are common as project requirements evolve. This role often requires close teamwork and clear communication within a collaborative environment, especially for large-scale or rapidly changing projects.

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Posted 10 days ago
Caterpillar Inc. rating
7.5
Based on 477 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
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Job description
Technology, Digital and Data
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Help Build the Future of Caterpillar.
At Caterpillar, technology always has a purpose, which is to solve our customers' toughest challenges. Through Cat Technology, we are solving problems by building the intelligence layer that connects machines, data, and people to make jobsites safer, more productive, and more sustainable. By combining deep domain expertise in physical systems with software, connectivity, autonomy, and AI, we deliver solutions that work in the real world-on real jobsites, on a global scale.
You'll build and deploy against one of the most unique data foundations-over 1.6 million connected assets generating real-world data daily. These data and platform capabilities are enabling the development of AI models, edge computing architectures, and software systems that scale across fleets, products, and industries. The result will be a new generation of machines that continuously learn, improve, and deliver performance at scale.
Be Part of What's Next in Autonomous Construction Sites
Construction autonomy is one of the most complex challenges in applied AI, and at Caterpillar, advancements in physical AI, simulation, sensing, and edge computing are turning things that once felt impossible-intelligent machines operating in dynamic jobsites-into reality.
Our connected ecosystem brings together massive volumes of high-quality data to create a foundation where engineers like you can build and deploy against.
If this work motivates you, we invite you to join our team. In these roles, you'll work at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds. You'll help design and deliver intelligent systems that enable machines to perceive their environment, make informed decisions, and support safer, more productive operations.
Apply today to build the new era of construction autonomy at Caterpillar.
Role:
We are seeking a Data Annotations & Quality Manager to lead the teams responsible for producing, automating, and validating the datasets that power Physical AI, autonomy, robotics, and machine learning systems.
This leader will oversee three critical functions:
- Data Annotation - Teams responsible for manual labeling and quality assurance of multimodal sensor data.
- AI Automation Engineering - Engineers who build and maintain auto-labeling, AI-assisted annotation, and human-in-the-loop systems to improve scalability and efficiency.
- Data Quality Engineering - Engineers responsible for measuring, monitoring, and enforcing data quality standards across the data lake to ensure datasets remain fit for AI training and production use.
The successful candidate will build and lead a high-performing organization that transforms raw sensor and operational data into trusted, high-quality datasets that enable machine learning, simulation, digital twin, and autonomy initiatives. This role requires a combination of people leadership, operational excellence, data-centric AI expertise, and quality engineering discipline.
What You Will Do
Lead Data Annotation Operations
- Manage teams responsible for labeling image, video, LiDAR, radar, telemetry, geospatial, and other machine-generated data.
- Establish scalable annotation processes, standards, and quality controls.
- Own annotation throughput, quality, cost, and delivery metrics.
- Drive continuous improvement of annotation workflows, instructions, and quality assurance practices.
- Partners with AI and software engineering teams align annotation priorities with model development needs.
Lead AI-Powered Annotation Automation
- Build and lead teams developing auto-labeling, pre-labeling, active learning, and human-in-the-loop annotation solutions.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted labeling tools to improve annotation speed and reduce costs.
- Establish strategies for maximizing automation while maintaining quality and trustworthiness.
- Define success metrics for automation effectiveness, precision, recall, and reviewer effort reduction.
- Collaborate with machine learning teams to incorporate model feedback into annotation workflows.
Lead Data Quality Engineering
- Establish the enterprise data quality strategy for AI training datasets.
- Define data quality standards, acceptance criteria, and service-level objectives.
- Implement quality monitoring, anomaly detection, validation rules, and observability capabilities across the data lake.
- Develop quality scorecards and dashboards that measure dataset health over time.
- Detect and respond to data degradation, schema drift, annotation drift, missing data, and quality regressions.
- Ensure training datasets maintain fitness for intended AI use cases.
Deliver Trusted AI Training Data
- Define data readiness criteria for model training and evaluation.
- Establish governance for annotation standards, ontologies, labeling guidelines, and dataset versioning.
- Drive consistency across datasets produced by internal teams and external vendors.
- Partner with data engineering teams to improve upstream data quality before annotation begins.
- Partner with machine learning teams to understand model failures and prioritize data improvements.
Build and Develop High-Performing Teams
- Recruit, develop, and mentor annotation leaders, automation engineers, and data quality engineers.
- Establish career paths and skills development across all disciplines.
- Foster a culture focused on quality, innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Manage budgets, staffing plans, vendor relationships, and operational priorities.
What You Will Have
Leadership
- Experience leading technical and operational teams in data, AI, machine learning, analytics, or software engineering environments.
- Track record of building and scaling high-performing teams.
Data-Centric AI Expertise
- Strong understanding of how training data impacts machine learning and AI performance.
- Experience with annotation workflows, ontology management, or dataset development.
Data Quality & Governance
- Experience establishing data quality standards, monitoring frameworks, and governance processes.
- Understanding data observability, data validation, and quality measurement techniques.
Software & Automation
- Experience working with engineering teams building scalable software systems.
- Familiarity with automation, machine learning workflows, and human-in-the-loop systems.
- Communication & Influence
- Ability to communicate effectively with engineering, product, AI, research, and business leaders.
- Strong stakeholder management and decision-making skills.
Top Candidates Will Have
- Experience supporting Physical AI, autonomy, robotics, simulation, perception, or digital twin systems.
- Experience with multimodal data including image, video, LiDAR, radar, GPS, IMU, telemetry, and geospatial data.
- Experience leading annotation programs involving internal teams, vendors, and AI-assisted labeling systems.
- Experience building data quality monitoring platforms and observability solutions.
- Familiarity with active learning, auto-labeling, synthetic data, and human-in-the-loop AI workflows.
- Experience developing data quality metrics such as completeness, consistency, accuracy, coverage, bias, and drift detection.
- Experience with cloud-scale data platforms and large data lakes.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams.
Additional Details:
- This position requires the candidate to work full-time at the Irving, Texas office.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
- Visa sponsorship is available with this position
Summary Pay Range:
$159,120.00 - $258,570.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Posting Dates:
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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