Technical Writer

Technical Writer

Technical Writer

Onsite | Full-time | Steisslingen, Germany

**Responsibilities**:

- Draft, update, and/or release user, software, installation, and service manuals, FRU and upgrade procedures, quick start guides, operation method sheets, and spare parts lists in MadCap Flare XML editor.
- Maintain company documentation standards and write to the company style guide.
- Use CAD models to investigate key functions of Brooks products and draft procedural steps.
- Collaborate weekly with other technical writers across the globe.

Qualifications:

- 2-3 years of technical writing experience, preferably in hardware documentation
- Bachelor’s degree in related field such as English, Journalism, or Technical Writing or a certificate and/or minor in IT or Professional Writing/Technical Communications or Technical Writing
- Experience with MadCap Flare and structured XML
- Able to understand target audiences with the ability to create and develop content in effective ways.
- Eagerness to interact with engineering models using Pro-Engineering, Solidworks, and Autodesk to help with the creation of documentation and training materials
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally to other company offices to document off-site products when needed
- Willingness to pivot between multiple projects with effective project management skills
- Team oriented and a great collaborator within a medium sized writing group
- Experience with Microsoft Word
- Familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Adobe Acrobat)
- Fluent in English and German

Not required, but useful skills:

- Smartsheet
- MadCap Lingo (for translations)
- Excel

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