Technical Writer

Your Title: Technical Writer

Job Location: Westminster, CO - US

Our Department: Geospatial

Are you interested in developing Geospatial software that can be used to describe, model, and improve the world around us?

Do you strive to help create and document software and derive happiness from making other’s jobs easier using the software you help build?

Do you want to contribute to the software development process by shaping the UI and customer experience workflows to change the way the world works?

If so, you will be central to this productive team that builds our Geospatial flagship office software, Trimble Business Center (TBC).

What You Will Do

As part of an international software development team, you will help create and document cutting-edge solutions to real-world problems faced by professionals in the fields of Surveying, Construction, GIS, BIM and CAD.

• Plan and outline product documentation, and estimate the resources needed to produce it.

• Interview subject matter experts and developers.

• Write documents, including online help, release notes, product news, and tutorials.

• Publish and test the documentation.

• Review and edit program strings and other developer-written text.

• Help the delivery team groom user stories so that requirements are satisfied by the user interface (UI), and that features are not developed out of context.

• Assist the developers with UI design and consistency throughout the software.

• Work with UI Designers to create the requisite mockups, icon concepts, and conceptual graphics for help topics.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Bachelor’s English degree or related and/or equivalent professional experience

• Proactive team player mindset that strives to engage with distributed colleagues

• Demonstrated ability to describe complex technical concepts in clear, concise, and grammatically-correct American English

• Capable of meeting deadlines for deliverables despite changing requirements and scope

• Willingness to accept and integrate edits and rewrites of your deliverables

• The ability to prioritize tasks and work on multiple projects simultaneously

• Demonstrated understanding of the principles of technical writing and editing, documentation management, and graphic design

• Experience using AuthorIT, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, SnagIt, and HTML (or equivalent of each) to create and edit content

• Experience working within an Agile software development process and environment

• Experience using RoboHelp, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Flash, and Captivate, (or equivalent of each) to create and edit content is a plus

• Familiarity with principles of instructional design and quality assurance is a plus

• Familiarity with terrestrial and GNSS surveying, construction, mapping, CAD, and 3D modeling is a plus

Information For Your Review

The following links are recommended to provide a better understanding of Trimble and Geospatial.

• Trimble: Life’s Work (Video)

• Trimble

• Trimble Geospatial (Video)

• Trimble Geospatial

About Geospatial

By integrating sensors, field applications, real-time communications, field and back-office processing, modeling, and analytics, Trimble Geospatial solutions facilitate a high quality, productive workflow and data exchange to drive efficiency, productivity, safety and value in organizations of all sizes. The result is rich accurate data that can be transformed into the intelligence you – and your clients – require to make informed decisions.

Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.

Trimble’s Privacy Policy

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Pay Equity

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Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Hiring Range:

79924

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106000

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Bonus Eligible?

Yes

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Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our
candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals
without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including
childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic
information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and
harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal
history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider
qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for
individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs in our job
application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation for your job, contact

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