Senior Technical Writer - Scientific Software Documentation

Stellar Science; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

SEP IRA

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Federal holidays

PTO

Job summary

Stellar Science in Albuquerque, NM (HQ) is seeking a skilled technical writer to craft and edit scientific reports, proposals, and software user documentation for scientists and developers. You will document workflows, create training materials, and maintain help files in an agile environment, with common tools like Markdown, Sphinx, and Git.

Candidates need a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of technical writing experience, strong editing skills, and the ability to learn complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum five years of technical writing experience.
• Experience with user-focused writing and documentation.
• Ability to edit highly technical and scientific documentation.
• Excellent MS Word skills.
• Experience with version control systems.
• Excellent communication skills to include working within a distributed organization.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Previous experience in an agile software development environment.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit scientific technical reports.
• Edit technical proposals describing novel research.
• Deliver high-quality technical documentation.
• Create and maintain help files for software products.
• Create training documentation.
• Work in an agile software development environment.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Documentation

MS Word

Version control

Communication

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Markdown

Sphinx

Git

SharePoint

Job description

Stellar Science in Albuquerque, NM (HQ) is seeking a skilled technical writer to craft and edit scientific reports, proposals, and software user documentation for scientists and developers. You will document workflows, create training materials, and maintain help files in an agile environment, with common tools like Markdown, Sphinx, and Git.

Candidates need a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of technical writing experience, strong editing skills, and the ability to learn complex