Sr. Technical Writer, Mission Autonomy

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused. Work with engineering and test to deliver task, conditions, standard-centric documentation
• Document autonomy behaviors, operating modes, and failure and contingency handling so that users and integrators can predict system response, and keep that documentation current as behaviors change release over release
• Own interface and message reference documentation for the autonomy stack, working from government reference interface definitions, protobuf and schema definitions, and the source code itself, and support vendor…
• Produce developer and integrator reference material that is accurate to the implementation, including architecture and design documents, sequence and state diagrams, and configuration references
• Contribute to Anduril’s technical writing toolkit - working on everything from style guides to the documentation lifecycle and review process, and also relevant software tool procurement through definition requirements…
• Run the intake and triage path for documentation requests from across the program, and keep the published site accurate, navigable, and current release over release
• Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track.
• Communicate and help manage expectations. Ensure risks are noted with adequate time, mitigations are identified, and resources are allocated

Job requirements

• 5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation, including documentation for software or software-intensive systems
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation, including interface and message definitions, schemas, and requirements artifacts, and comfort reading source code
• Experience building content in a variety of content authoring tools including word editors and specialized authoring software (e.g. Arbortext, RapidAuthor)
• Working knowledge of S1000D structured authoring, including data module development against a Common Source Data Base and applicable business rules
• Comfort working in a developer toolchain: Git-based version control and pull request review, Markdown or MDX, and documentation that builds and deploys through CI as part of a software pipeline
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects
• Must thrive with autonomy and responsibility, managing competing priorities and tight deadlines. Impeccable project-management skills
• Passion for excellent documentation and user experience