Senior Technical Writer

DeWinter Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

DeWinter Group seeks a Senior Technical Writer to partner with engineers, technicians, quality teams, and operational leaders. You will create work instructions, training materials, and process documentation to improve manufacturing quality and efficiency.

Focus areas include SOPs, safety guidelines, and compliance-driven content, with responsibilities spanning templates, workflows, and documentation standards across units.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of technical writing experience in manufacturing/engineering.
• Proficient with Oxygen XML Author and structured content workflows.
• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication or Engineering.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear content.
• Experience creating WIs, SOPs, training materials, and specs.
• Familiarity with ISO and APQP standards.
• Strong project management and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage work instructions and SOPs.
• Create training manuals and process documentation.
• Produce quality specifications and process diagrams.
• Improve documentation workflows, templates, and tracking systems.
• Collaborate with engineers, technicians, quality teams, and leaders.
• Adhere to documentation standards and style guides.

Skills

Technical writing

Oxygen XML

SOPs/WIs

Training manuals

Process diagrams

ISO/APQP knowledge

Project management

Git workflows

Stakeholder comms

Templates/workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communications/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Dozuki

Adobe tools

3DX

CAD visualization tools

Job description

Senior Technical Writer

Overview

Support the future of manufacturing through clear, accurate, and actionable technical documentation. As a Senior Technical Writer, you will partner with engineers, technicians, quality teams, and operational leaders to create documentation that strengthens production quality, improves training effectiveness, and enhances manufacturing efficiency.

This role will focus on developing and managing work instructions, standard operating procedures, training materials, process and equipment documentation, quality specifications, process diagrams, and safety guidelines. You will also help advance documentation workflows, templates, tracking systems, and standards while serving as a trusted resource for stakeholders and fellow technical writers.

Required Skills

• 10–15 years of experience in technical writing, preferably within manufacturing, automotive, engineering, or similarly complex technical environments
• Expert knowledge of Oxygen XML Author, including reusable content, facets, filters, conditional formatting, and related implementation features
• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, accurate, and user-friendly content
• Experience authoring, editing, updating, and managing:
• Work instructions
• Standard operating procedures
• Training manuals
• Product, process, and equipment documentation
• Quality specifications
• Process diagrams
• Safety guidelines
• Experience collaborating with engineers, technicians, quality teams, and operational leaders
• Familiarity with compliance-driven documentation and standards such as ISO and APQP
• Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Ability to manage and report on multiple documentation projects simultaneously
• Experience working with style guides, templates, documentation standards, and structured content workflows
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide project updates to stakeholders
• Ability to support workflow development and process improvement initiatives
• Experience using Git and supporting documentation workflows in Oxygen

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience developing training programs or applying instructional design principles
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Dozuki, Adobe tools, or other collaboration and documentation platforms
• Familiarity with 3DX or CAD visualization tools
• Experience creating technician-focused, step-by-step training content with visuals
• Experience using dashboards and tracking tools to monitor documentation progress and identify improvement opportunities
• Previous experience serving as a team lead, documentation lead, or point of contact for cross-functional projects

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, Engineering, or a related discipline
• 10–15 years of professional technical writing experience
• Background supporting manufacturing operations, automotive production, engineering, quality, or other compliance-focused technical environments

Other Requirements

• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Location: Foster City, CA
• Occasional travel to various locations may be required to support manufacturing operations teams
• Ability to work effectively with engineers, technicians, quality professionals, and operational leadership
• Ability to follow strict documentation standards while helping improve templates, workflows, tracking systems, and the broader documentation framework
• Employment type: W2 only