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Salary: USD 86,000 - 149,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology, AI, autonomy, and computer vision. The Mission Success team is a cross-functional group supporting all product lines with product operations, training, adoption, and user documentation.
As a Technical Writer, you will partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to create and maintain user documentation across Anduril's diverse business lines. Your mission is to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use complex hardware and software systems, ensuring front-line operators can leverage these capabilities effectively.
You will work closely with engineers, operations, and subject matter experts to understand products, identify user workflows, and close documentation gaps. You will play a foundational role in setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across written artifacts. Your responsibilities include:
- Generate, review, and edit user-focused documentation in collaboration with engineering and operations teams, delivering task, conditions, and standard-centric materials
- Evaluate and prioritize documentation tasks, using data-driven approaches to support decision-making and keep projects on track
- Communicate proactively, manage stakeholder expectations, and escalate risks with adequate lead time to leadership
- Contribute to building a culture of technical documentation and knowledge transfer
Documentation artifacts include technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. You will partner across all phases of product development. For government programs, you will work with documentation standards such as MIL-STD-40051D and S1000D, delivered via IETMs/IETDs.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation for complex hardware, software, or aerospace systems
- Experience writing technical, user-facing documentation
- Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation (schematics, CAD, software specs)
- Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, DITA, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on explaining highly technical subjects simply
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active security clearance
- Ability to relocate to Quincy, MA if not already local; role requires onsite presence
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Military exposure and experience with military technical documentation standards (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc.)
- 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
