Description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
We are seeking an experienced technical writer to partner with our Test & Evaluation group to generate and maintain developmental test and operation-focused technical documentation.
The Technical Writer will play a foundational role in setting the tone and quality bar on written artifacts, as well as helping to grow the technical documentation function as a whole at Anduril.
Responsibilities:
- Build partnerships across the business to understand our users and our products, with specific focus on hardware and its supporting software components used by the Test & Evaluation group and operators.
- Generate, review, and edit documentation, that is Test & Evaluation-focused and of the highest quality.
- Research highly technical subject matter, organize information from multiple sources, and express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers.
- Contribute to Anduril’s technical writing toolkit, working on everything from style guides to the documentation lifecycle and review process.
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in English, communications, linguistics, or related field. May substitute equivalent technical experience in lieu of education.
- 5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation.
- Previous experience creating technical documentation in the Aerospace industry and/or DOD.
- Familiarization of military writing standards and verbiage (412TW-TIH-20-01).
- Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation.
- Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, XML, and Visio etc.
- Must have strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects.
- The ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, managing competing demands and occasional tight deadlines.
- Basic development proficiency.
- A passion for excellent documentation and user experiences.
- Must possess and be able to maintain an active Secret security clearance, Top Secret preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
- 7+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation.
- Previous experience creating technical documentation for developmental aircraft (Manned or UAS), weapons, or missile systems.
- Familiarization with team workspace software (JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Teamcenter).
- Experience drafting S1000D compliant technical publications (XML, Arbortext, Rapidauthor).
- Experience with and understanding of the DoD logistics process.
Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to ensure you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.