Sr Technical Writer

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Carlsbad, CA

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. DESCRIPTION: When Thermo Fisher Scientific product teams need high-quality user guides or instructional content for reagent kits, software, or instruments, they partner with the Technical Communications team. We collect, analyze, and synthesize technical and product information from multiple sources, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver clear, accurate, and compliant end-user documentation to our customers. As a Senior Technical Writer, you will lead complex documentation projects and create high-quality user guides and related publications for RUO and IVD/CE-IVD instruments, assays, reagents, and software systems. Your work will make our technologies easier to understand and use for customers who rely on them every day.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field required
Minimum of 4 years of technical writing experience in a scientific or life sciences environment
Proven ability to lead multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously
Experience with topic-based authoring and structured content (XML, HTML, DITA preferred)
Proficiency with documentation tools such as FrameMaker, InDesign, RoboHelp, and/or Microsoft Word
Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to organize complex information logically and clearly
Strong understanding of technical and scientific concepts, with the ability to adapt structure, tone, and style to meet business and regulatory needs
Excellent interpersonal, project management, and critical-thinking skills
Self-directed and self-motivated, with the ability to work autonomously
Comfortable learning new tools, technologies, and processes quickly
Strong attention to detail and a high standard for quality and accuracy

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) or equivalent experience in life sciences strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing information from a wide variety of technical and scientific sources and translating it into clear, concise end-user documentation
Serving as a strong advocate for clarity, consistency, and usability of technical content in cross-functional program team meetings
Leading documentation-related decision-making for product commercialization, including legal review, regulatory review, graphics, style standards, translations, and document control
Managing multiple documentation projects or workstreams, including schedules, priorities, and deliverables
Training, mentoring, and coaching other writers within the Technical Communications team
Staying current with life sciences industry standards, regulatory expectations, and competitor documentation practices

Benefits

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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