Senior Technical Writer

Description

• Support special projects involving content review, proofreading, editing, and formatting for internal and external audiences.
• Update documentation to reflect changes in product versions, features, specifications, and industry standards.
• Review and edit documentation for grammar, accuracy, clarity, and technical correctness.
• Create complete, high-quality product documentation from the ground up, adhering to organizational standards and project timelines.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards such as IEEE, ISO, and JEDEC when documenting processes or specifications.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and Quality teams to gather technical information and simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
• Maintain a single source of truth for documentation to support consistent outputs across multiple formats.
• Contribute to the development of standard diagrams, illustrations, videos, and presentations.
• Use structured authoring methodologies (e.g., DITA) to create reusable content modules.

Requirements

• Work effectively with both local and global teams across different time zones.
• Strong command of English writing, editing, and technical communication standards.
• Experience using collaboration tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience writing and maintaining programming guides, user manuals, firmware guides, feature descriptions, and release documentation for semiconductors or SoC products.
• Exposure to documentation automation workflows (CI/CD publishing, Git branching, versioning pipelines, or scripted builds).
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferably ECE, EEE, CSE), Technical Communication, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience working with product engineering teams, understanding development lifecycles, sprints, and review workflows.
• Experience documenting APIs, AT command sets, SDK workflows, or developer-facing technical content.
• Experience collaborating directly with SMEs such as design engineers, firmware developers, and validation teams to extract technical information.
• Familiarity with semiconductor terminology, chip architecture, block diagrams, and hardware development concepts.
• Ability to design clear technical diagrams, architecture workflows, and visuals using Visio, Draw.io, or Adobe Illustrator.
• Proficiency in industry-standard documentation tools such as Oxygen XML Editor or equivalent XML/DITA-based editors.
• Strong experience with CCMS platforms and structured authoring methodologies to drive content reuse and maintain version control.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to validate technical content against design specifications, datasheets, and release notes.
• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Writer, preferably in semiconductor hardware, software, and firmware documentation.
• Proven ability to manage documentation projects throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Experience with CCMS-based documentation tools, preferably Vasont Inspire.
• Ability to create multimedia content such as short videos, tutorials, or animations for product documentation.
• Knowledge of documentation automation, scripting, or Git-based workflows.
• Proven expertise in DITA XML authoring and single-sourcing practices.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance