Top Senior Technical Writer Jobs

Creates clear, user-friendly documentation by interviewing subject matter experts, documenting processes and workflows, and maintaining content quality and standards. Collaborates with product, marketing, operations, and customer success teams in a regulated environment. Develops discussion guides, manages knowledge intake and scheduling, and oversees other writers. This is a six-month hybrid contract role requiring office attendance in New York City two to three days weekly.

Own documentation strategy for a software product area, write and edit technical guides and reference documentation, test features using APIs and command-line tools, maintain docs-as-code content, collaborate with product managers, engineers, field teams, and other technical writers, and improve documentation workflows, version control, automation, and platform capabilities.

Leads the creation, editing, governance, and lifecycle management of technical documentation for mission systems, analytic tools, and intelligence workflows. Produces system documents, user guides, SOPs, compliance artifacts, briefings, and executive summaries; coordinates reviews across technical, security, legal, and program stakeholders; ensures classification and accessibility compliance; mentors writers; and supports agile and DevSecOps environments. The role is performed daily in a SCIF and requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Leads the planning, creation, editing, and lifecycle management of technical documentation for intelligence, software, data, cloud, and enterprise IT systems. Develops guides, procedures, design documents, compliance artifacts, and executive materials; establishes documentation standards; coordinates reviews across technical and security stakeholders; manages classification markings; supports docs-as-code workflows; and mentors junior writers. The role requires working in a daily SCIF and handling sensitive information.

Leads technical documentation for mission systems, analytics tools, intelligence workflows, software, cloud, and enterprise IT environments. Researches, writes, edits, and reviews system documents, guides, procedures, compliance artifacts, training materials, and executive content. Establishes documentation standards, style guides, templates, and lifecycle processes; coordinates reviews across technical, security, legal, and program stakeholders. Ensures classification markings and accessibility compliance, mentors junior writers, and supports agile, DevSecOps, proposal, and program-review activities.

Updates, develops, reviews, revises, and maintains programmatic and acquisition documentation for intelligence programs. Produces materials such as program management plans, acquisition strategies, capability statements, requirements documents, test plans, cybersecurity strategies, and sustainment plans using approved government templates. Requires strong technical writing and editing skills, familiarity with acquisition terminology, organization, initiative, and the ability to work independently with customer-specific terminology.

Develops and coordinates global technical documentation, including instructions for use and user manuals, for medical devices and therapies. Translates complex technical information for clinicians, patients, and other audiences; collaborates with engineering, international business, quality, and regulatory teams; coordinates vendors, translations, schedules, and multiple documentation projects; and ensures compliance with quality systems, standards, and applicable regulations.

Maintains, revises, authors, and edits Canadian Forces Technical Orders and related technical documentation for naval platforms. Integrates OEM manuals, specifications, maintenance routines, and LSAR data while ensuring editorial quality, configuration control, revision tracking, and compliance with National Defence standards. Collaborates with engineers, LCMMs, procurement, and configuration management teams; coordinates verification, validation, indexing, cataloguing, translation support, and technical data package updates. The role is hybrid, may involve dockyard or shipboard work, and requires occasional domestic travel.

Creates, edits, and manages scientific and technical content for NSF’s Office of Legislative and Public Affairs. Produces articles, white papers, fact sheets, press releases, blogs, web pages, and policy summaries; translates complex topics into plain language; conducts research and fact-checking; ensures Plain Writing Act and Section 508 compliance; and mentors junior writers.

Independently investigates manufacturing process deviations and customer complaints, performs risk and root-cause analyses, and recommends corrective and preventive actions. Reviews manufacturing and laboratory data, assesses product and patient safety impacts, maintains quality management system records, performs trend analysis, supports technical problem-solving, and ensures investigations and follow-up actions are completed accurately, thoroughly, and on schedule in compliance with applicable procedures.

Independently investigates pharmaceutical manufacturing process deviations and customer complaints, performs risk and root-cause analyses, and recommends corrective and preventive actions. The role evaluates impacts on product quality and patient safety, analyzes manufacturing and laboratory data, maintains quality management system records, conducts trend analysis, supports technical problem-solving, and ensures investigations and follow-up actions are completed accurately, thoroughly, and on schedule.

Creates and maintains online help, release notes, concept, task, and reference documentation for cloud-based legal technology products, including AI-enabled features. Collaborates with product and engineering teams throughout Agile development, improves content usability and consistency, and translates complex software information into clear user-focused materials. The role may also produce feature-tour videos and requires experience with MadCap Flare, XML, CSS, enterprise B2B software, and development-tracking tools.

Lead technical documentation for software applications, IT systems, GEOINT capabilities, and mission-critical technologies. Collaborate with engineers, architects, analysts, program leaders, and subject-matter experts to translate complex information into user guides, SOPs, technical manuals, release notes, and system documentation. Manage assignments independently across Agile development teams, maintain documentation standards, and work within controlled and classified environments.

Creates and maintains technical documentation for complex fintech and SaaS products, translating information from product managers and engineers into clear content. Owns content from drafting through publication, manages documentation pipelines in Jira, maintains knowledge-base standards, uses AI tools such as Claude, supports editorial improvements, and mentors junior writers.

Creates, edits, reviews, and manages formal technical documentation supporting IT infrastructure design, installation, and configuration for Command and Control Facilities. Collaborates with systems, network, and infrastructure engineers, drives documents through review, ensures clear and concise communication, and maintains compliance with applicable standards and style guides. The role also supports U.S. Space Command activities and may use artificial intelligence tools to develop prompts and automate meeting-minute collection.

Leads technical writing and laboratory investigations for NJ Stability Lab Operations. Develops GMP-compliant SOPs, validation documents, reports, and CAPAs; investigates root causes; recommends corrective actions; reviews data; identifies documentation gaps; tracks approvals; trends historical data; supports inspections and escalations; mentors writers and analysts; and contributes to continuous improvement and global projects.

Create, maintain, and manage technical documentation for embedded and IoT hardware products, including API guides, SDK documentation, manuals, troubleshooting content, diagrams, and reference materials. Collaborate with engineering, product, QA, support, and offshore teams; manage documentation projects alongside product releases; review other writers’ work; mentor junior writers; support localization; and maintain documentation standards using advanced authoring and content management tools.

Creates technical documentation, tutorials, learning paths, implementation guidance, and best practices for ServiceNow platform development experiences. Partners with product managers, engineers, designers, and developer experience teams to translate complex technical concepts into actionable content for developers, administrators, and solution builders. Builds prototypes, explores web technologies, identifies content gaps, maintains DITA-based documentation, improves content processes, and contributes to content strategy and customer enablement.

Create, update, and maintain developer-focused documentation for SDKs and APIs, including technical guides, concepts, code samples, and release notes. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, architects, and developer experience teams to ensure technical accuracy, consistent style, and effective information architecture. Test documentation and SDK applications, troubleshoot issues, incorporate stakeholder feedback, and support AI-ready, machine-readable documentation practices.

Develops, revises, and manages DoD-compliant technical documentation and CDRL deliverables for ABMS digital infrastructure programs. Collaborates with systems engineers, network architects, cybersecurity professionals, software developers, and program managers to translate complex technical information into manuals, architecture guides, procedures, reports, briefings, and cybersecurity artifacts. Reviews documentation for accuracy and compliance, coordinates delivery schedules, and supports RMF, MBSE, network architecture, logistics, and acquisition documentation.

Develop and maintain field service documentation for complex medical device hardware. Independently investigate systems through laboratory, engineering, and field demonstrations; translate technical concepts into clear procedures; establish documentation standards; manage document releases and change records; improve workflows and tools; and mentor junior writers and contractors. The role requires strong technical judgment, DITA XML expertise, Adobe tools proficiency, medical device experience, and on-campus laboratory work at least three days weekly.

Produces, edits, and maintains audit-ready NERC compliance procedures, policies, guidelines, and process maps. Translates complex technical and regulatory requirements into clear documentation, verifies alignment with actual practices and NERC standards, and coordinates revisions with compliance specialists, subject matter experts, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders. Supports meeting facilitation, documentation planning, process improvement, and adherence to writing and formatting standards.

Own and produce developer documentation, including guides, tutorials, reference content, and code examples for an enterprise AI platform. Investigate complex technical concepts, conduct content gap analyses, manage documentation projects, and collaborate with engineers, product managers, writers, and customers. Maintain high standards for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and timeliness while contributing to documentation standards, tools, and processes.

Authors, edits, and develops NAVAIR Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals and Technical Manuals using XML and PTC Arbortext. Produces documentation covering equipment operation, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and parts breakdowns according to MIL-STD-3001. Conducts technical reviews, interviews subject matter experts, validates content, coordinates multiple documents, and prepares publication outlines, agendas, and meeting minutes. The position is onsite in Indianapolis and supports Naval Air Systems Command.

Develop and maintain client-facing API documentation, programming guides, tutorials, knowledge-base content, and developer resources. Partner with engineers, product managers, architects, and business stakeholders to translate complex technical concepts into clear content. Lead documentation initiatives, mentor writers, maintain editorial standards, and use generative AI to improve content quality and workflow efficiency while validating accuracy, security, and technical validity.