The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.
The RoleAs a Sr Technical Writer in our Technology Group, you will help AspenTech’s customers to learn about and use our market-leading software. Accurate and detailed documentation of capabilities, procedures and workflows is a key component to familiarizing and training end users in the value and use of AspenTech products. You will be responsible for creating documentation in various media, primarily HTML, for technical products.Your Impact- Work cooperatively with Product Management, R&D, and Quality Engineering groups to author new and update existing comprehensive technical user documentation for our sophisticated applications.
- Contribute to a range of technical documentation initiatives such as authoring workflow documentation, writing procedures, and creating documentation in a variety of formats (HTML, video, and release notes) to explain AspenTech products to various types of users.
- Collect metrics, user feedback, and suggest/implement improvements.
- Adhere to standard development process and standards for version control, documentation standards, and quality procedures. Identify areas for improvement and propose solutions.
- Continuously deliver documentation with each new product release.
Participate in the development of standards, policies, and templates
What You'll Need- Bachelor’s degree in a technical engineering field or a communications-related field (Technical Writing, English, Communications, Journalism), coupled with experience in a technical engineering field.
- 4-7 years of experience as a Technical Writer or other product development position that leverages cross-functional connections and technical knowledge to provide user solutions.
- Experience with documentation processes and authoring in markdown
- Exceptional written and verbal English language skills are a must.
- Experience with modern practices such as Doc as Code and leveraging AI for accelerated authoring and efficient editing is a strong plus.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment is preferred.
- Experience understanding internal technical documents and specifications and transforming them into logical, concise documentation for a variety of audiences.
- Willingness to learn engineering concepts and complex product workflows and translate those into documentation that can be easily understood.
- Ability to provide writing leadership on large-scale technical projects independently and with minimal supervision.
- Strong analytical skills and experience thriving in detail-driven work.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a technical engineering field or communications-related field such as Technical Writing, English, Communications, or Journalism
- Experience in a technical engineering field
- 4-7 years of experience as a Technical Writer or in a related product development role
- Experience with documentation processes and authoring in Markdown
- Exceptional written and verbal English language skills
- Ability to understand technical documents and specifications and transform them into clear documentation for varied audiences
- Ability to learn engineering concepts and complex product workflows
- Ability to independently provide writing leadership on large-scale technical projects
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
- Experience with Doc as Code and AI-assisted authoring and editing
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
Aspen Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as strong, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans and high-quality carrier options. Several recent remarks characterize the health insurance as "great" or "amazing," with low copays noted in some cases.
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Parental & Family Support — Maternity and paternity leave receive consistently positive mentions and are characterized as well-reviewed. Company materials also highlight family-oriented benefits alongside core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes vacation/PTO, paid holidays, and sick leave, with multiple indications of generous paid time off. Dedicated volunteer hours and well-regarded leave policies reinforce breadth in time-away benefits.
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What We Do
AspenTech is a global leader in asset optimization software helping the world’s leading industrial companies run their operations more safely, efficiently and reliably – enabling innovation while reducing waste and impact on the environment. AspenTech software accelerates and maximizes value gained from digital transformation initiatives with a holistic approach to the asset lifecycle and supply chain. By introducing effective AI modeling to traditional principles of process engineering, AspenTech delivers a faster and more accurate analysis of efficiency and performance boundaries. The real-time data and actionable insights delivered by our software help customers push the boundaries of what’s possible.
