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Technical Writer

Echodyne Corp

Responsibilities

  • Own the planning, development, validation, publication, localization, and lifecycle maintenance of documentation for assigned radar hardware products.
  • Create user guides, quick-start guides, installation and configuration procedures, system-integration guides, operation and troubleshooting content, and other customer-facing technical materials with a focus on hardware components and assemblies.
  • Partner with systems, hardware, software, test/QA, product, support, program management, manufacturing or operations, and training stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Author and maintain modular content using DITA XML or other approved structured-authoring formats, applying topic-based writing, metadata, conditional content, and reuse strategies.
  • Contribute through Git-based docs-as-code workflows, including branches, commits, pull requests, peer review, issue tracking, change traceability, and automated build or publishing processes.
  • Manage multiple documentation initiatives independently, communicate risks early, and adapt plans as product priorities change.

Requirements

  • Six or more years of professional technical-writing experience, including substantial experience documenting complex hardware-and-software products or systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn through hands-on product use and to validate documentation against hardware, software, or realistic test environments.
  • Ability to interpret complex engineering source material and translate it into content that technical and less-technical audiences can understand and act on.
  • Strong project-management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to independently prioritize multiple documentation deliverables in a changing environment.
  • Bachelor's degree in technical communication, engineering, computer science, English, communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred

  • (Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)
  • Experience documenting radar, aerospace, defense, government, industrial, embedded, electronic, or other mission-critical systems.
  • Proficiency with Oxygen XML Editor and experience with a component content management system (CCMS), DITA Open Toolkit, XSLT, CSS, or related publishing technologies.
  • Familiarity with Agile product development, engineering change control, release management, and documentation traceability.
  • Experience creating technical diagrams, annotated product images, or other visual explanations from engineering source material.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

A portfolio or work samples demonstrating clear, task-oriented documentation for technical products; installation, operation, maintenance, integration, or troubleshooting samples are especially relevant.

Experience with DITA XML or another topic-based structured-authoring methodology, including content reuse, metadata, conditional publishing, and multi-format output.

Hands-on experience with docs-as-code workflows and Git, including repositories, branches, commits, pull requests or merge requests, peer review, and issue tracking.

DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • This is an exempt role.
  • The expected annual salary range for this role is
  • $124,733
  • $187,048 USD
  • If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that’s a great fit for you!
  • We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:
  • RSU (Restricted Stock Units)

Generous Benefits

  • Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
  • Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
  • Virtual Care – 98Point6
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
  • Travel Assistance Insurance
  • Company Paid Life Insurance

Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability

  • Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
  • 401(k) match
  • Pet Insurance
  • Prepaid Legal Program
  • Commuter Benefits

Paid Company Holidays

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.