Job Description
Technical Writer || Lafayette Colorado 80026
5+ months
JOB DESCRIPTION
Contract Technical Writer supporting the CST Technical Communication team. Day-to-day work includes authoring and revising Instructions for Use (IFUs) and eIFU content in structured XML (DITA-like), managing content through the CMS and quality system publishing pipeline, performing IFU change effect analysis, supporting translation/localization review workflows, and coordinating with cross-functional partners (R&D, Regulatory, Quality, and software packaging/testing) to deliver documentation on project timelines. The role supports active medical device delivery and release work under regulatory oversight.
Top 3 technical skills that are required for the role:
1. Structured authoring (Structured FrameMaker, Oxygen, or comparable), including CMS-based content management
2. Medical device IFU development (regulated industry experience for technical communications)
3. Quality system processes (change effect analysis, requirements traceability, translation workflows)
Education Required: Bachelor’s
Years’ Experience Required: 5+ yrs
- Ability to manage structured content (such as HTML, XML)
- Adobe Framemaker
- Adobe FrameMaker
- Adobe FrameMaker or other professional publishing tools
- Structured FrameMaker