Technical Writer for Intelligence Systems & Defense Tech

Anduril Industries; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Technical Writer to partner with our intelligence systems engineering team to generate and maintain engineering and developer-focused technical documentation. The role emphasizes documentation as a core part of product development, ensuring that artifacts meet high standards.

You will work with developers and users to close gaps in understanding, set tone and quality for written artifacts, and contribute to scalable tooling and infrastructure for documentation at

Qualifications

• 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation for various levels of technical audiences for a variety of product types.
• Reading and interpreting software and hardware user documentation for complex technical products and a highly structured certification process.
• Clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication skills for a variety of audiences from highly technical to layperson.
• Mission-first mindset; motivated to evolve national and allied defense capabilities.
• Adaptability; thrive in unstructured environments and work independently.
• Collaborate with engineering, SMEs and program management to translate complex concepts into clear docs.
• Passion for excellent documentation and user experience with curiosity for new technology.
• Basic development proficiency; apply software development best practices to documentation systems.
• Personal responsibility with autonomy and ability to manage competing demands and deadlines.
• Clearance: active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused and of the highest quality.
• Documentation covers the full development lifecycle – planning to deployment and integration.
• Collaborate with engineering to ship user-friendly documentation that informs and guides users.
• Contribute to the documentation toolkit, including style guides and lifecycle processes.
• Build partnerships across the business to understand users and products.

Skills

Technical writing

Documentation strategy

Collaboration with engineers

Clear communication

Autonomy

Tools

Docs-as-Code

Sphinx

VS Code

Git

Adobe Acrobat

MS Office

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Technical Writer to partner with our intelligence systems engineering team to generate and maintain engineering and developer-focused technical documentation. The role emphasizes documentation as a core part of product development, ensuring that artifacts meet high standards.

You will work with developers and users to close gaps in understanding, set tone and quality for written artifacts, and contribute to scalable tooling and infrastructure for documentation at