Technical Writer User Documentation (m / w / d)

Leica Microsystems; Mannheim; Vor Ort; EUR 45.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join a forward-thinking company that has been shaping the future in life sciences and biotechnology for over 175 years. As a Technical Writer, you will play a crucial role in developing high-quality online help documentation, ensuring users can fully leverage advanced systems. Collaborate with a global team, engage in meaningful projects, and contribute to scientific discoveries that save lives. This position offers an exciting opportunity to innovate and make a tangible impact in a culture that values diversity and teamwork.

Leistungen

Comprehensive healthcare

Paid time off

Flexible working hours

Employee development programs

Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience in technical documentation and online help.
• Proficient in both English and German with excellent communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Create online help and coordinate with various departments for documentation.
• Conduct research to compile product-specific information for online help.

Kenntnisse

Technical Writing

Documentation

English Language

German Language

MadCap Flare

HTML

XML

XSLT

Ausbildung

Degree in Technical Writing

Degree in Technical Field

Tools

MadCap Flare

Jobbeschreibung

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where your unique viewpoint matters. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact—innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us!

Leica Microsystems has been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System, which makes everything possible.

As a Technical Writer, you will be part of and work in a global, cross-functional team to support the development of our latest innovations in the field of Life Science and Applied Solutions. You will coordinate and create product-specific online help in collaboration with various internal departments and external partners.

The goal is to provide our customers with comprehensive and high-quality online help to ensure their satisfaction and support the success of their research.

Your main task is to help our customers understand the overall functionality of our systems so that they can use them fully, efficiently, and safely.

This position reports to the Senior Manager of Global Product Compliance and Technical User Documentation and is part of the Technical User Documentation team located in Mannheim and Wetzlar. The role is on-site in Mannheim or Wetzlar.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Create online help, including preparation of data (text/graphics) and implementation in the online help system. Test the created online help on demo devices/prototypes to verify quality and usability. Provide the final localized online help in the required format.
• Conduct cross-site research and gather information from departments to compile product-specific information for documentation purposes in the online help.
• Coordinate timing and content with stakeholders and departments involved in the development process.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• A degree in technical writing or a technical field with specialized training as a technical writer.
• Several years of experience in technical documentation and/or online help.
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English and German.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environmental Requirements: if applicable for the role.

• Ability to travel 15%, overnight, within Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Knowledge of relevant software tools like MadCap Flare.
• Programming and markup languages (HTML, XML, XSLT, etc.).

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s healthcare or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of both visible and invisible differences within our workforce, workplace, and markets we serve. Our associates, customers, and shareholders contribute unique perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.