Staff Technical Writer

Aptiv PLC; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wind River is seeking a Staff Technical Writer to collaborate with engineers, PMs, and docs specialists to develop world‑class documentation for our software platforms.

You will author and maintain installation, configuration, customization, and troubleshooting content for Wind River products, using Ixiasoft DITA CCMS and aligning with agile releases.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical writing experience in software or embedded systems.
• Experience writing developer-facing documentation (guides, tutorials, reference).
• Strong ability to learn complex software and translate concepts clearly.
• Experience with DITA-based CCMS (Ixiasoft) and XML-based docs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Wind River engineers and product managers to document Wind River products.
• Develop and maintain deeply technical, task-oriented documentation (install, config, troubleshooting).
• Author and structure content in a DITA-based CCMS (Ixiasoft), with modular, reusable docs.
• Align documentation with agile release cycles for product deliveries.
• Engage with SMEs, participate in reviews, and incorporate global feedback.
• Serve as a technical bridge between engineering and the documentation team.

Skills

Technical writing

Collaboration with engineers

Documentation for developers

Agile development experience

AI-assisted authoring tools

English proficiency

Ability to learn complex software

Tools

Ixiasoft DITA CCMS

DITA

Version control systems

XML schemas

Job description

ABOUT WIND RIVER

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission‑critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

YOUR ROLE

As a Staff Technical Writer on our team, you’ll collaborate with software engineers, technical writers, product managers, system testers, and documentation tools specialists to contribute to the adoption of leading‑edge technology by developing world‑class documentation.

You’ll be writing about products such as:

• Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition -a product targeted at customers and systems that require consolidation of both safety‑critical and general‑purpose applications.
• Wind River Diab Compiler - a suite of software development tools for device applications.
• VxWorks Cert Graphics Stack - a collection of components that enable graphical user interfaces (GUIs), rendering, and display management.

In your daily job you will:

• Collaborate with Wind River engineers and product managers to document Wind River products.
• Develop and maintain deeply technical, task‑oriented documentation covering installation, configuration, customization, and troubleshooting of Wind River products.
• Author, structure, and maintain content in a DITA‑based CCMS (e.g., Ixiasoft), ensuring modular, reusable, and consistent documentation.
• Align documentation with agile release cycles, ensuring readiness for product deliveries.
• Engage with SMEs, participate in technical reviews, and incorporate feedback from globally distributed teams.
• Act as a technical bridge between engineering and the documentation team.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of technical writing experience.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in the English language.
• Experience writing in a DITA‑based CCMS (such as Ixiasoft).
• Ability to quickly learn complex software technologies and translate engineering concepts into clear, accurate, and user‑focused documentation.
• Experience collaborating with software engineers and subject matter experts to gather, validate, and organize technical information.
• Experience writing developer‑facing documentation, including user guides, configuration guides, tutorials, and reference documentation.
• Experience documenting command‑line workflows, APIs, configuration settings, or software deployment procedures.
• Comfortable working in version‑controlled environments.
• Ability to work efficiently with colleagues across geographic locations and time zones.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience using AI‑assisted authoring tools, to support content creation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with software development concepts such as compilers, build systems, operating systems, and software deployment.
• Experience documenting software platforms used by developers, system integrators, or solution architects.
• Knowledge of UX principles and accessibility standards in documentation.
• Experience or education in software programming.
• Knowledge of XML schemas and configuration.

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