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Robot type
Drone · Defense
Location
Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Customer Success
Posted
May 11, 2026
Salary
$146,000–$194,000 a year
Full-time

Warfighter Systems - Senior Technical Writer

Job description

As a Senior Technical Writer, your mission is to partner with our 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 Engineering, 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.

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Job responsibilities

  • Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused. Work with Engineering and Operations to deliver task, conditions, standard-centric documentation
  • Research Anduril products and scope Tech Data deliverables for Programs of Record with DOD customers, and write Data Modules in Mil-Std-40051-E XML, using Raytheon Eagle (eventually migrating to Rapid Author)
  • 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
  • Help build a culture of technical documentation by creating process and training for others to contribute content.

Job requirements

  • 7+ years of demonstrated excellence generating XML-based technical documentation, preferably in a DOD space
  • Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation
  • Experience building MIL-STD-40051 content (preferably using RTX Eagle)
  • 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
  • Must be eligible for Secret and higher security clearance (US)
  • Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

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