Autonomous Defense Systems Technical Writer

Anduril-1; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 97,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a skilled Technical Writer to partner with product and operations teams, delivering accurate, updated documentation for our defense systems. You will organize engineering outputs into clear user manuals, guides, and release notes, ensuring consistency and quality across artifacts.

You will work with engineers, program delivery, and subject matter experts to capture workflows, ensure MIL-STD-40051D/S1000D compliance where applicable, and maintain tone and clarity.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation.
• Experience writing technical user-facing documentation.
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation.
• Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, etc).
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Ashville, OH

Responsibilities

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused. Work with engineering and operations to deliver task, conditions, standard-centric documentation.
• Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track.
• Communicate and help manage expectations. Ensure risks are noted with adequate time, and shared with leadership.
• Help build a culture of technical documentation by contributing to the living documentation process, ensuring that those that come after you learn from your Anduril experience.

Skills

Technical writing

Documentation experience

Reading engineering docs

Security clearance eligibility

Relocation to Ashville, OH

Tools

Word

XML

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a skilled Technical Writer to partner with product and operations teams, delivering accurate, updated documentation for our defense systems. You will organize engineering outputs into clear user manuals, guides, and release notes, ensuring consistency and quality across artifacts.

You will work with engineers, program delivery, and subject matter experts to capture workflows, ensure MIL-STD-40051D/S1000D compliance where applicable, and maintain tone and clarity.