Description
We are seeking a Technical Writer, Photonics to join our team at Synopsys in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
As a Technical Writer, Photonics, you will write and maintain user documentation for Lumerical photonic design and simulation products. You will work directly with product teams and engineers to verify technical accuracy and gather the details you need to write clearly. You will also track your documentation projects in Azure DevOps, report progress, and manage multiple deliverables across product cycles.
Responsibilities:
- Write and maintain user documentation for Lumerical photonic design and simulation products
- Update existing documentation to reflect new product features, workflow changes, and AI-enhanced capabilities as releases ship
- Work directly with product teams and engineers to verify technical accuracy and gather the details you need to write clearly
- Track your documentation projects in Azure DevOps, report progress, and manage multiple deliverables across product cycles
- Use AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor to speed up content creation and improve consistency
- Learn Lumerical products hands-on so you can write from understanding, not just from notes
- Decide the right format for each piece of content, whether that is topic-based help, a tutorial, or an interactive guide
The Impact You Will Have:
- Enable engineers and researchers worldwide to adopt and use photonic simulation tools faster and with fewer support escalations
- Reduce time to productivity for new users by creating clear, accurate onboarding content that gets them to their first successful simulation
- Improve product adoption by making complex photonic workflows understandable to users across experience levels
- Support faster release cycles by delivering documentation that ships on time and reflects what actually changed
- Contribute to a documentation system that scales across a growing product portfolio without sacrificing quality or consistency
- Help shape how AI tools are integrated into technical writing workflows at Synopsys, influencing how the team works going forward
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Photonics Engineering, Optical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field, or a degree in Technical Writing, Technical Communication, Computer Science, English, Linguistics, or Journalism with demonstrated interest or coursework in photonics or optics
- Fluency in English with strong written and verbal communication skills that translate across global teams
- Ability to gather technical information from engineers, product specs, and software interfaces and turn it into documentation that users can follow
- Attention to detail when it comes to accuracy, consistency, and clarity across large documentation sets
- Comfort managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously without losing track of what needs to ship when
- Familiarity with photonic simulation concepts, Lumerical, Zemax, Speos products or other photonic simulation software is a strong plus
- Experience with documentation tools like oXygen, DITA, XML, Git, Camtasia, or Azure DevOps is helpful but not required
Rewards and Benefits: We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.