Technical Writer 1

Onto Innovation•Hillsboro, OR

About The Position

The Technical Writer plans, creates, edits, organizes, and maintains technical content throughout the product lifecycle for semiconductor metrology products. Documentation may include product requirements, functional specifications, system architecture descriptions, operating procedures, service manuals, training materials, release documentation, and customer-facing technical content. The role requires learning complex technical concepts and turning them into clear, accurate, user-focused documentation for engineers, service personnel, manufacturing teams, and customers. The Technical Writer collaborates with Systems Engineers, Optical Engineers, Software Engineers, Applications Scientists, and Product Managers to gather information, participates in design reviews and engineering meetings, and helps ensure documentation remains accurate and consistent across product releases. The role also establishes documentation standards, coordinates reviews and approvals, supports product launches, manages documentation repositories, and improves engineering and customer-facing content.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Technical Communication, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, English, or a related field.
0–2 years of technical writing experience in engineering, semiconductor equipment, instrumentation, optics, or other highly technical industries.
Demonstrated ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them clearly.
Strong document organization, editing, and project management skills.
Experience developing documentation from engineering source material.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word, and document management systems.
Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering organizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience within semiconductor capital equipment, metrology, inspection, lithography, or process control industries.
Familiarity with optical systems, spectroscopy, imaging systems, motion control, or automation equipment.
Experience documenting software applications, APIs, and user interfaces.
Knowledge of systems engineering principles and product development processes.
Experience creating multimedia training materials and eLearning content.
Familiarity with Adobe Technical Communication Suite or similar authoring tools.
Experience with structured authoring approaches such as DITA or XML-based documentation systems.

Responsibilities

Create, edit, and maintain technical documentation for semiconductor metrology products.
Develop product specifications, system architecture documents, theory of operation documents, user manuals, service and maintenance procedures, factory acceptance and installation procedures, training materials and presentations, release notes and software documentation, and internal engineering best practices and process documentation.
Work with Systems Engineers, Optical Engineers, Software Engineers, Applications Scientists, and Product Managers to gather technical information.
Participate in design reviews and engineering meetings to capture technical content and product changes.
Ensure documentation accuracy and consistency across product releases.
Establish and maintain documentation standards, templates, and style guidelines.
Coordinate document reviews and approval workflows.
Deliver complete documentation packages on schedule to support product launches.
Manage documentation repositories within SharePoint and other document management systems.
Drive continuous improvement of engineering and customer-facing documentation.