Technical Writer (Ghost)

Requirements

5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation

Experience writing technical user-facing documentation

Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation

Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, etc)

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

(Desirable) Military exposure and experience, particularly with military technical documentation writing and formatting standards, guidelines, and verbiage (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc)

(Desirable) Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects

(Desirable) Passion for excellent documentation and user experience

(Desirable) Previous experience creating technical documentation in Aerospace and Defense (for DoD)

(Desirable) Experience delivering content on fast-paced, complex projects with multiple stakeholders

What the job involves

Anduril’s Mission Success team is a cross-functional group that partners with every business line and supports all products that Anduril builds. Our responsibilities include product operations, training and adoption, and user documentation

We are seeking an experienced Technical Writer to create and maintain user documentation across our diverse business lines. We believe that the quality of our documentation should reflect the quality of products, which are world-class

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 documentation plays a critical role in ensuring front-line operators know how to leverage the “arsenal of democracy.” Your mission is to make the process of learning how to operate systems as easy and seamless as possible, with exceptionally well written and presented artifacts

You will identify relevant stakeholders and lead them through a documentation roadmap with established key milestones and targets

You will engage subject matter experts at the right time, and you will guide them towards a finished user-facing document that plainly meets customer needs

Finally, you will work with our account teams to ensure that contract deliverables are accurate, on-time, and in the right format

Written content artifacts under this charter may include things like: technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes

You will partner with account, product, and engineering teams across all phases of product development to ensure users have the right documentation available

Along with our commercial offerings outlined above, Anduril is pursuing Programs with the GOV, which require documentation in standards such as MIL-STD-40051D, and S1000D, delivered via IADs. Familiarity with these standards and delivery methods, is highly desired

Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused. Work with engineering and operations to deliver task, conditions, standard-centric documentation

Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track. Help drive the best decision for the company by using a data-driven approach and consider input from stakeholders to ensure well-informed decisions

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 that come after you learn from your acquired Anduril experience

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