Technical Writer - m/f/d

Technical Writer - m/f/d

Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Writer to join our team full-time in our Steißlingen, Germany office. The successful candidate will produce high quality customer-facing documentation by following our internal quality management process for reviews, revisions, and publication. As part of a larger technical communications group, you will use single-sourcing methodologies to create digital, interactive, and print documentation.

What You Will Do:

• You draft, update, and/or release user, software, installation, and service manuals, FRU and upgrade procedures, quick start guides, operation method sheets, and spare parts lists (in MadCap Flare XML editor).

• You maintain company documentation standards and write to the company style guide.

• You collaborate with engineers on subject-matter and attend design reviews.

• You will use CAD models to investigate key functions of Brooks products and draft procedural steps.

• You'll have the opportunity to collaborate weekly with other technical writers across the globe.

What You'll Bring

• At least 2-3 years of technical writing experience, preferably in hardware or software documentation.

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in related field such as English, Journalism, or Technical Writing or a certificate and/or minor in IT or Professional Writing/Technical Communications or Technical Writing.

• You are able to understand target audiences with the ability to create and develop content in effective ways.

• You possess the eagerness to interact with engineering models using Pro-Engineering, Solidworks, and Autodesk to help with the creation of documentation and training materials.

• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally domestically and internationally to other company offices to document off-site products.

• You are Willing to pivot between multiple projects with effective project management skills.

• Experience with MadCap Flare and structured XML.

• Familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Adobe Acrobat).

• Fluent in English and German.

Nice-to-have

• Smartsheet knowledge

• Experience with MadCap Lingo (for translations)

• Excel skills

• SharePoint experience

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