Technical Writer

Description

We are looking for a Technical Writer to join our team full-time in our Steißlingen, Germany office. The successful candidate will produce high quality customer-facing documentation by following our internal quality management process for reviews, revisions, and publication. As part of a larger technical communications group, you will use single-sourcing methodologies to create digital, interactive, and print documentation.

What You Will Do:

You 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).

You maintain company documentation standards and write to the company style guide.

You collaborate with engineers on subject-matter and attend design reviews.

You will use CAD models to investigate key functions of Brooks products and draft procedural steps.

You'll have the opportunity to collaborate weekly with other technical writers across the globe.

What You'll Bring

At least 2-3 years of technical writing experience, preferably in hardware or software documentation.

You have a 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.

You are able to understand target audiences with the ability to create and develop content in effective ways.

You possess the 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 occasionally domestically and internationally to other company offices to document off-site products.

You are Willing to pivot between multiple projects with effective project management skills.

Experience with MadCap Flare and structured XML.

Familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Adobe Acrobat).

Fluent in English and German.

Nice-to-have

Smartsheet knowledge

Experience with MadCap Lingo (for translations)

Excel skills

SharePoint experience

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