Localization Academy

Sr Technical Writer

  • Create software and hardware technical documentation
  • Closely collaborating with the project team/offer development team
  • Investigate relevant information from Offer development and Offer management
  • Transfer technical input into readable, easy understandable content / topics with the right text and illustration mix for your target audience. Brief technical illustrators
  • Being part of an international technical documentation team, collaborate on guidelines and new technologies for digitizing our information (e.g. html 5 responsive)
  • Manage DITA content in our authoring system (PTC Arbortext) for efficient reuse and standardization
  • Manage translation and localization process
  • Publish created information on the web and prepare files for the printing office
  • At least 5 years of experience as technical writer, ability to create technical manuals from scratch autonomously.
  • Ability to structure information and translate complicated concepts into easy to follow instructions, education as technical writer is a must
  • Very good understanding of technical writing concepts such as ANSI safety warnings, consistent terminology, unambiguous language…
  • Ideally a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Fluency in English, strong writing skills in English, native speaker an advantage
  • Experienced with using technical writing tools (ideally Arbortext or comparable XML editor, Adobe technical communication tools) and collaboration tools (Teams, Planner…).
  • Experience with working in an agile environment
  • Strong communicating and coordination skills
  • Motivated to introduce new methods for providing technical documentation
  • Fluent in both spoken and written English
  • Positive and open attitude, flexibility.
  • Collaborative working style, team-player

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