Technical Writer

TechDigital
  • Boston, MA
    12 days ago

    Job Description

    JD:
    **Requirements:**
    - Excellent English language communication and writing skills.
    - Bachelor's degree in engineering with 5 to 9 years of technical writing experience.
    - Extensive knowledge of Document Development Life Cycle (DDLC), structured authoring, content reuse, and single-sourcing.
    - Proficiency in content authoring, publishing, and governance tools such as MS WORD, DITA-XML, OxygenXML Editor, Adobe FrameMaker, CCMS (Ixiasoft), Fluid Topics (Content Delivery Platform), SnagIt, Acrobat Pro, and ServiceNow helpdesk.
    - Flexibility to adjust work times to collaborate with remote and local teams.
    - Ability to collaborate with stakeholders across various geographies, conduct online meetings in different time zones, and work comfortably with team members from diverse cultures.
    - Capability to track tasks, actions, and provide regular updates.
    - Competence in creating and maintaining tasks and documentation trackers.

    **Key Responsibilities:**
    - Develop and update technical documentation for end users and service engineers, including User's Manuals, Upgrade Procedures, Service Procedures, Site Prep, and Safety Manuals.
    - Conduct SME interviews with various users and technical/engineering/product staff to gather data for complex documentation for hardware applications.
    - Interface with functional organizations to develop content for procedures.
    - Create, develop, and edit operational, instructional, or maintenance procedures for software applications.
    - Adhere to documentation best practices, formats, and templates, ensuring output conforms to company documentation and quality assurance standards.
    - Support testing and validation of new procedures and methods.
    - Engage stakeholder rs from various departments to assess and update documentation needs.
    - Monitor content quality, implement editorial suggestions, and make technical changes independently.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBoston, MA
    IndustryOther/Not Classified
    Company Size100 to 499 employees

    Skills

    • Adobe Acrobatunmatched
    • Adobe FrameMakerunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Content Delivery/Distributionunmatched
    • Content Developmentunmatched
    • Content Structureunmatched
    • Data Collectionunmatched
    • Diversityunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Help Deskunmatched
    • Insurance Documentationunmatched
    • Interviewing Skillsunmatched
    • Microsoft Wordunmatched
    • Needs Assessmentunmatched
    • Operations Planningunmatched
    • Procedure Developmentunmatched
    • Product Lifecycleunmatched
    • Quality Assuranceunmatched
    • Quality Metricsunmatched
    • Quality Monitoringunmatched
    • ServiceNowunmatched
    • Single Source Publishingunmatched
    • Software Administrationunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • TechSmith SnagItunmatched
    • Technical Writingunmatched
    • User Documentationunmatched
    • Validation Testingunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched
    • XML (EXtensible Markup Language)unmatched

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