- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Feb 2, 2026
- Salary
- $86,000–$149,000 a year
Full-time
Technical Writer, Defense Hardware & Systems
Job description
As a Technical Writer, your mission is to partner with our numerous product and operations teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use Anduril products. You will do whatever it takes to organize our engineering and program delivery functions in this mission. In this role, you will work closely with engineers, operations, and various subject matter experts to understand our products, identify user workflows, and use documentation to close the gap. As such, the Technical Writer will play a foundational role in setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across our written artifacts.
With Anduril’s focus on defense and national security, user…
Job responsibilities
- Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused. Work with engineering and operations to deliver task, conditions, and standard-centric documentation.
- 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 and shared with leadership.
- Help build a culture of technical documentation by contributing to the living documentation process, ensuring that those who come after you learn from your acquired Anduril experience.
Job requirements
- 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation for complex hardware, software, or aerospace systems.
- Experience writing technical, user-facing documentation.
- Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation (e.g., schematics, CAD, or software specs).
- Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, DITA, etc.).
- Strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on explaining highly technical subjects simply.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
- Ability to relocate, if not already local, to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.
- Military exposure and experience, particularly with military technical documentation writing and formatting standards, guidelines, and verbiage (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc.).