Associate Technical Writer Document Designer (Hybrid)

Company Description

GO JOIN THE INNOVATORS WHO ENHANCE OUR LIVES AND EARN EIGHT PATENTS DAILY.

At the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, we know that every career matters. Which is why you should conduct yours on a grand scale. Headquartered in the northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect, we are a $990 million division of Bosch, a multinational engineering and electronics organization and the largest privately held employer in the world.

Guided by the principles of founder Robert Bosch, we offer a setting where social and environmental responsibility are part of our corporate DNA. Always mindful of our impact on the future, we are committed to sustainability, paying it forward, giving back, and lifelong learning. These are but a few of the reasons why our parent company has more than 400,000 associates and a legacy of success spanning 135+ years.

Our Mount Prospect location offers engaging opportunities for engineering and technology professionals to support our renowned brands of handheld power tools. As a leading global technology and services supplier committed to innovative R&D, we’ll empower you to explore many established and emerging areas of expertise. These include mechanical and electrical engineering for product design and testing; 3-D digital fabrication; the Internet of things (IoT); software development; chat bots and cognitive computing; robotics; and IT project management.

This is your chance to Go Big. Go Bold. And develop products that enhance the quality of life, with the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation!

GO BOSCH, AND EXPERIENCE BIG REWARDS.

Robert Bosch Tool Corporation offers the competitive compensation, career-development resources, and benefits you would expect of a world leader, including health, medical, and financial plans; work/life balance; and flexible work options.

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Job Description

This role is hybrid remote with 60% monthly in-office presence in Mount Prospect, Illinois. (3 days in office per week)

As Associate Technical Writer / Documentation Designer, with guidance of more senior colleagues you are responsible for preparing instruction manuals, warning labels, and other supporting documents for all brands of Bosch Tool Corporation.

You develop instructional content, photographs and technical illustrations that support manual creation, effectively communicating complex and technical product information. Aligning with project deadlines while developing, gathering, and disseminating technical information throughout Bosch Tool Corporation in North America and other regions, you coordinate the release of product manuals and other technical documentation.

Responsibilities will include:

• Writing or revising supporting content (manuals, instruction sheets, labels, etc.), producing high-quality and understandable documentation, which is appropriate for its intended audience, for all brands of Robert Bosch Tool Corporation’s products.
• Working collaboratively with internal teams on product and documentation requirements. Incorporate tables, graphs, illustrations, or photographs to increase users’ understanding of the material.
• Standardizing content across product platforms and media.
• Managing the consistency of technical content and its use across departments including product development, manufacturing, marketing, and customer service.
• Editing and maintaining existing manuals/documentation to ensure accuracy and compliance with latest product specifications, product safety, agency norms, and regulations.
• Adding and managing files in the corporate manual database and safety archive.
• Attending team meetings supporting the ongoing improvement of technical documentation.
• Identify new best practices and define improvements to existing processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, English, Journalism, or other writing-intensive program preferred, or Associate's degree required.
• Minimum of 3 years of technical writing experience in consumer goods environment (power tools industry preferred) for product manuals/operating instructions
• Solid technical writing skills, including the ability to research and document functionality, protocols and processes
• Knowledge of product safety related technical writing
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofreading and editing skills along with strong verbal communication skills
• Excellent organization skills, with the ability to maintain schedules and meet deadlines
• Personable with an ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to interpret product specifications, applications and product usage into product safety required text
• Ability to comprehend technical information explain in lay-person’s terms how to assemble and use power tools; Creative skills and usage of photographs, drawings, diagrams, and charts that increase users’ understanding
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to uncover errors with predefined business specifications
• Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization
• Self-starter with the discipline and ability to work under minimal supervision while keeping records of progress.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign and CAD preferred but not required

Additional Information

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

Thanks to the work of every associate, Bosch has been recognized for award-winning culture by the following organizations:

• Great Place to Work™ Certified, 2024
• Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, 2024
• America’s Best Large Employers, 2024
• America’s Best Employers for Diversity, 2024
• America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, Newsweek2024
• Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Newsweek 2024

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.