Engineering Technical Writer

Part-time remote work, 20 hours a week. Candidate needs to work in pacific time zone as per business needs.

Duties:

• Creates, develops, plans, writes and edits operational, instructional, maintenance or test procedures for paper, multimedia, web-based publications and user sites; may produce content for embedded user assistance technology.
• Conducts interviews with various users and technical staff to gather data for documentation.
• Researches and translates technical information into manuals and/or web-based documents for nontechnical and technical users.
• May document engineering processes and specifications. Recommends formats responsive to technical and customer requirements.
• Produces products that conform to the company documentation and quality assurance standards.

Required Skills:

• Excellent proficiency in English communication.
• Proficient in American English, including grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure.
• Experience working with and formatting “styles” in Microsoft Word.
• Experience creating and editing PowerPoint-based swim lane flowcharts.
• Able to independently engage with subject matter experts and document owners to facilitate content development and revisions.
• Able to provide technical writing support, ensuring that documents submitted to eDMS and iPLM comply with eDMS and EST content and formatting standards where applicable.

Additionally Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of document formatting for Engineering standards.
• Able to develop high-level process maps that link the Engineering standards, procedures, work instructions, and forms into a visual representation of their collective association and/or process flow.
• Able to provide contextual and hierarchical guidance for the SMEs prior to developing a new document.
• Work with the SMEs to develop and provide Engineering standards-related training material to the engineering community.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.