Sr. Technical Writer (FTE)

• Create software and hardware technical documentation
• Closely collaborating with the agile software development team for Software documentation
• Investigate relevant information from Offer development and Offer management
• Transfer technical input into readable, easy understandable content / topics with the right text and illustration mix for your target audience. Brief technical illustrators
• Being part of an international technical documentation team, collaborate on guidelines and new technologies for digitizing our information (e.g. html 5 responsive)
• Manage DITA content in our authoring system (PTC Arbortext) for efficient reuse and standardization
• Manage translation and localization process
• Publish created information on the web and prepare files for the printing office

• At least 7 years of experience as technical writer, ability to create technical manuals from scratch autonomously.
• Ability to structure information and translate complicated concepts into easy to follow instructions, education as technical writer is a must, e.g. tekom certificate
• Very good understanding of technical writing concepts such as ANSI safety warnings, consistent terminology, unambiguous language…
• Ideally a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Fluency in English, strong writing skills in English, native speaker an advantage
• Experienced with using technical writing tools (ideally Arbortext or comparable XML editor, Adobe technical communication tools) and collaboration tools (Teams, Planner…).
• Experience with working in an agile environment
• Strong communicating and coordination skills
• Motivated to introduce new methods for providing technical documentation
• Fluent in both spoken and written English
• Positive and open attitude, flexibility.
• Collaborative working style, team-player

Schneider Electric