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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking an experienced Technical Writer to join the Mission Success team in Costa Mesa, California. This role focuses on creating and maintaining user documentation across diverse product lines, with a particular emphasis on Integrated Product Documentation (IPD) for aircraft interior products.
You will partner with product, engineering, operations, and subject matter expert teams to deliver accurate, comprehensive, and user-focused documentation. Your responsibilities include creating technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. You will analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, Bills of Material (BOM), and change orders to extract and organize component data. A key part of this role involves converting complex 3D CAD models and 2D engineering sketches into 2D line art, exploded views, and schematics.
You will ensure proper sequencing of assemblies, manage line-replaceable units, and verify accuracy of parts data in collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. The role requires authoring and maintaining manuals in compliance with S1000D standards and other military documentation standards (MIL-STD-40051D). You will manage multiple projects under tight deadlines, communicate risks to leadership, and help establish documentation standards and best practices across the organization.
Anduril's focus on defense and national security means your documentation directly supports front-line operators. You will play a foundational role in setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across written artifacts, ensuring that learning to operate systems is seamless and well-presented.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating IPD technical documentation
- Experience writing technical user-facing documentation
- Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation
- Experience building content in a variety of formats (3D CAD: PTC Iso Draw, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.)
- Must be eligible for Secret and higher security clearance (US)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Military exposure and experience with military technical documentation writing and formatting standards (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with emphasis on technical subjects
- Passion for excellent documentation and user experience
- Previous experience creating technical documentation in Aerospace and Defense for DoD
- Experience delivering content on fast-paced, complex projects with multiple stakeholders
