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Salary: USD 112,000 - 149,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Technical Writer to partner with engineering, product, and operations teams to build and scale world-class technical documentation for defense and aerospace systems. This role sits at the intersection of advanced hardware, software, robotics, and autonomy, where accurate and actionable documentation is critical to national security and operational effectiveness.
In this position, you will bridge complex engineering concepts and user-focused execution. You will establish and maintain technical documentation standards, eliminate documentation debt, and define the tone, voice, and quality bar for technical artifacts across the organization.
Key responsibilities include:
- Author and maintain a broad spectrum of technical documentation across hardware and software product lines, including Operator Guides, Maintenance Manuals, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Data Sheets, Release Notes, and Troubleshooting Procedures.
- Collaborate closely with systems, hardware, software, and test engineers, as well as product managers and operations teams, to translate complex technical architectures into clear, user-friendly documentation.
- Establish and maintain documentation style guides, standard operating procedures, and templates across tools such as Confluence, SharePoint, and engineering repositories to reduce technical debt and support team scalability.
- Proactively identify documentation gaps, plan and track deliverables against product release cycles and program milestones, and communicate delivery risks to leadership.
- Ensure customer- and contract-required technical data packages meet quality, format, and compliance guidelines, including military standards and government delivery requirements.
- Advocate for end users—from internal developers to active-duty military operators—by ensuring all technical content is intuitive, accurate, and structurally organized for rapid operational use.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of technical writing experience developing documentation for complex hardware, software, or integrated systems.
- Proven ability to read, interpret, and synthesize complex engineering concepts, schematics, and technical specifications into concise, usable content.
- Exceptional written, editorial, and verbal communication skills tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience collaborating directly with engineering and product teams throughout the entire product lifecycle (design, build, test, and deployment).
- Proficiency with modern technical documentation tools and content management platforms (e.g., Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, XML, Markdown, or Word).
- Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, prioritize competing demands, and meet deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and possess, or be eligible to obtain and maintain, an active U.S. Secret security clearance (or higher).
- Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening as required by the company.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience within aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, or high-consequence hardware/software manufacturing environments.
- Working knowledge of military/DoD technical documentation standards (e.g., MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, IETMs).
- Familiarity with systems engineering artifacts such as Interface Control Documents (ICDs), system specifications, and Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) documentation.
- Experience with "docs-as-code" workflows, API documentation, or automation tooling used to manage high-volume technical documentation systems.
