Senior Technical Writer (Spanish) – Defense Tech Documentation

Al Tariq; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visa

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for dependents

Education allowances

Job summary

EDGE in Abu Dhabi seeks a Spanish-speaking Senior Technical Writer to develop and maintain technical content, manuals, proposals, and training materials for border-security programmes. You will work with engineers, project managers, and international stakeholders to translate complex information into clear documentation.

Fluent Spanish and strong English are required, with 5–8 years of experience in technical communication.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native Spanish language proficiency, with the ability to write formal, accurate, and professional technical documentation in Spanish.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• 5 to 8 years of experience as a Technical Writer, Documentation Specialist, Technical Communications Specialist, or similar role.
• Proven experience writing technical documentation for complex systems, technology programmes, engineering environments, security solutions, defence, aviation, telecommunications, command-and-control, surveillance, or government-related projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, write, edit, and maintain technical documentation for border-security programmes and related technology solutions.
• Produce system descriptions, user manuals, operating procedures, maintenance manuals, technical proposals, reports, concept documents, and training materials.
• Translate complex technical, operational, and engineering information into clear, well-structured documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Work closely with engineers, solution architects, project managers, operations teams, and subject-matter experts to collect, validate, and document technical content.
• Prepare Spanish-language documentation for customers and stakeholders across Latin American markets.
• Review and improve existing technical documents to ensure accuracy, consistency, clarity, completeness, and compliance with document-control standards.
• Support the development of tender responses, statements of work, technical submissions, project plans, and customer presentations when required.
• Ensure all documentation aligns with contractual requirements, customer expectations, quality standards, and programme timelines.

Skills

Spanish language

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication or related field

Job description

EDGE in Abu Dhabi seeks a Spanish-speaking Senior Technical Writer to develop and maintain technical content, manuals, proposals, and training materials for border-security programmes. You will work with engineers, project managers, and international stakeholders to translate complex information into clear documentation.

Fluent Spanish and strong English are required, with 5–8 years of experience in technical communication.