About Us: Advantest India, located in Chennai, serves as the development center for Advantest Test Solutions (ATS) based in Lake Forest, CA. We are a global leader in the semiconductor industry, delivering cutting-edge, massively parallel test infrastructure (IaaS) to customers worldwide. This role provides a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of AI/ML, modern .NET platform development, and hardware/software integration, with challenging projects and high-impact outcomes.
Position Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Software Technical Writer to create and maintain documentation for semiconductor industry products. The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise with strong writing skills to produce user-focused content that supports our products and enhances customer success.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
· Develop, organize, and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including:
o User manuals
o API documentation
o Installation guides
o Release notes
· Testing and QA process documentation
· Use AI to develop content faster, more easily, and to increase capacity and efficiency.
· Write clear, user-centered content for new and updated features, based on feedback, UX research, support data, SME input, and editorial reviews.
· Develop and optimize content to improve the performance of AI.
· Use data to make informed decisions on content improvements and measure success of experiments/projects.
· Build strong relationships across R&D, UX, Marketing, QA, and Support teams.
· Maintain and improve problematic content with reference to the style guide.
· Establish timelines, delegate tasks, and provide communication for documentation projects.
· Participate actively in team discussions, reviews, and planning.
· Mentor team members at various skill levels.
· Act as a voice of the customer, ensuring documentation enables end-user success.
· Create diagrams, workflows, and step-by-step instructions where required.
· Maintain version control of documentation in sync with software releases.
· Contribute to knowledge base and internal wiki for developers and QA teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, English, or a related field.
· 5+ years of experience in technical writing/documentation.
· Prior QA or testing experience (manual or automation).
· Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies.
· Demonstrated ability to use analytics to prioritize and improve content.
· Built and managed a network of SMEs, with strong stakeholder collaboration skills.
· Strong writing skills with knowledge of documentation best practices.
· Excellent craft leadership, communication skills, and mentoring ability.
· Experience in fast-paced environments with changing requirements.
· Familiarity with AI, LLMs, vector search, and prompt engineering.
· Experience with documentation tools:
o Confluence, MadCap Flare, DITA
o Markdown, MS Office, Google Docs
o Diagramming tools (Visio, Lucidchart, Draw.io)
· Knowledge of Docs-as-Code practices and version control (Git).
· Technical literacy: ability to read/understand code, work with Markdown, and analyze data.
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What We Do
For over a half-century, Advantest has been designing innovative electronic measuring equipment and semiconductor test systems essential to the development and manufacture of advanced computer and telecommunications products. On April 1, 2012, Advantest completed its integration of Verigy Ltd.
Additional Information about Advantest can be found at www.advantest.com.
