Technical Writer, Ghost

Anduril-1; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Technical Writer to partner with product and operations teams and deliver accurate, user-friendly documentation for complex hardware and software. This on-site role in Costa Mesa, CA requires coordinating with engineers, PMs, and SMEs to create clear manuals, guides, and release notes that meet customer needs.

Relocation assistance is provided. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of technical writing experience, familiarity with defense contexts, and the

Qualifications

• 4+ years of technical documentation for complex hardware, software, or aerospace systems.
• Experience reading engineering documentation (e.g., schematics, CAD, or software specs).
• Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, DITA, etc.).
• Strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on explaining highly technical subjects simply.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local, to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.

Responsibilities

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user‑focused. Work with engineering and operations to deliver task, conditions, and standard‑centric documentation.
• Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track. Help drive the best decision for the company by using a data‑driven approach and considering input from stakeholders to ensure well‑informed decisions.
• 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 who come after you learn from your acquired Anduril experience.

Skills

Technical writing

Engineering docs

Clear communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Word

XML

DITA

Job description

*** THIS ROLE IS ON-SITE IN COSTA MESA, CA. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED ***

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Mission Success team is a cross-functional group that partners with every business line and supports all products that Anduril builds. Our responsibilities include product operations, training and adoption, and user documentation. We are seeking an experienced Technical Writer to create and maintain user documentation across our diverse business lines. We believe that the quality of our documentation should reflect the quality of our products, which are world-class.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Technical Writer, your mission is to partner with our numerous product and operations teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use Anduril products. You will do whatever it takes to organize our engineering and program delivery functions in this mission. In this role, you will work closely with engineers, operations, and various subject matter experts to understand our products, identify user workflows, and use documentation to close the gap. As such, the Technical Writer will play a foundational role in setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across our written artifacts.

With Anduril’s focus on defense and national security, user documentation plays a critical role in ensuring front-line operators know how to leverage the “arsenal of democracy.” Your mission is to make the process of learning how to operate complex hardware and software systems as easy and seamless as possible, with exceptionally well-written and presented artifacts.

You will identify relevant stakeholders and lead them through a documentation roadmap with established key milestones and targets. You will engage subject matter experts at the right time, and you will guide them towards a finished user‑facing document that plainly meets customer needs. Finally, you will work with our account teams to ensure that contract deliverables are accurate, on‑time, and in the right format.

Written content artifacts under this charter may include things like: technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. You will partner with account, product, and engineering teams across all phases of product development to ensure users have the right documentation available.

Along with our commercial offerings outlined above, Anduril is pursuing Programs with the GOV, which require documentation in standards such as MIL‑STD‑40051D and S1000D, delivered via IETMs / IETDs. Familiarity with these standards and delivery methods is highly desired.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user‑focused. Work with engineering and operations to deliver task, conditions, and standard‑centric documentation.
• Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track. Help drive the best decision for the company by using a data‑driven approach and considering input from stakeholders to ensure well‑informed decisions.
• 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 who come after you learn from your acquired Anduril experience.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation for complex hardware, software, or aerospace systems.
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation (e.g., schematics, CAD, or software specs).
• Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, DITA, etc.).
• Strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on explaining highly technical subjects simply.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local, to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Military exposure and experience, particularly with military technical documentation writing and formatting standards, guidelines, and verbiage (MIL‑STD‑40051, S1000D, etc.).
• Passion for excellent documentation and user experience.
• Previous experience creating technical documentation in Aerospace and Defense (for DoD).
• Experience delivering content on fast‑paced, complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

US Salary Range

$86,000 - $149,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top‑tier benefits for full‑time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

As set forth in Anduril Industries’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.