Remote Technical Writer Job in Livermore, CA CompuGain

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree certificate in Technical Writing or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum 7 years of technical writing experience with an emphasis in the preparation of written content for highly customized equipment Automotive Commercial Vehicle Aerospace or similar strongly preferred
• In-depth experience driving technical content creation processes via structured or semi-structured authoring content as data content management XML and related software solutions Siemens Teamcenter
• Experience with Web technologies for content transformation and delivery such as HTML JavaScript Perl Python and RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with technologies supporting innovation in the publications authoring and delivery space particularly the use of headless CMSs
• Demonstrated mastery of word processing publishing and technical illustration using Adobe Creative Cloud InDesign Acrobat Illustrator Photoshop
• Excellent knowledge of technical document lifecycle strategies
• Excellent computer skills in a range of OS environments
• Translation or localization skills for English to Spanish preferred not required
• Process certification experience ISO 9000 preferred not required

What the job involves

• Develop and maintain comprehensive and accurate technical information for GILLIG's customer-specific Operator's and Technical Service manuals, internal Sales support documentation, and other customer-facing content
• Help design and develop the architecture and page layouts for a new content system that optimizes content delivery with various reader experiences in mind including video and the Web
• Help build out processes for provisioning content to that new system
• Perform technical publications authoring in accordance to established procedures including ensuring on-time delivery
• Research and understand the required aspects of a component system or subsystem to be described and represented in the manuals or technical document
• Work with subject matter experts (such as engineers quality assurance program managers and technicians) to produce authoritative content from initial specifications through reviews to final outputs
• Interpret and understand associated source data such as Bills of Material technical summaries vendor documentation photos technical drawings and schematics
• Develop new manual content by extracting translating re-writing and transforming complex source data into appropriate language using established styles and templates for a wide audience from maintenance and repair technicians to drivers to fleet managers
• Analyze and identify illustration requirements for new content
• Source create or update graphics appropriately
• Consider all aspects of a document or content request
• Anticipate potential downstream issues that may not have been considered by others
• Support and collaborate with other team members to align on content strategy variations relationships and impacts