Senior Technical Writer - Radar Hardware & Docs-as-Code

Echodyne

Kirkland, Northern (WA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 125,000 - 187,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Medical insurance

401(k) match

Flexible PTO

Paid holidays

Pet insurance

Job summary

Echodyne, a leading radar technology company, seeks a Technical Writer to join our team and shape documentation for our radar hardware products. You will own planning, development, publication, and lifecycle maintenance of user guides, installation procedures, and system-integration content.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in technical writing, a portfolio of hardware/software documentation, experience with DITA/XML and Git workflows, and the ability to translate complex engineering content for

Qualifications

6+ years of professional technical-writing experience for hardware-software products or systems.
Portfolio or work samples demonstrating task-oriented technical documentation.
Ability to learn hands-on product use and validate documentation against hardware/software.
Experience with DITA XML and content reuse, metadata, conditional publishing.
Hands-on Git/docs-as-code workflows, PRs, reviews, and issue tracking.
Translate complex engineering material for technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong project-management, prioritization for multiple deliverables.

Responsibilities

Own planning, development, validation, publication, localization, and lifecycle maintenance of documentation for assigned radar hardware products.
Create user guides, quick-start guides, installation procedures, system-integration guides, and troubleshooting content for hardware.
Collaborate with systems, hardware, software, QA, product, support, program management, manufacturing, or operations teams.
Author and maintain modular content using DITA XML or other structured-authoring formats.
Contribute through Git-based docs-as-code workflows, including branches, commits, PRs, peer review, and publishing processes.
Manage multiple documentation initiatives independently, communicate risks early, and adapt plans as priorities change.