Maritime - Technical Writer

Anduril • Quincy, MA

13h • Onsite

About The Position

Anduril's Mission Success team is seeking an experienced Technical Writer to create and maintain user documentation across its diverse business lines. The Technical Writer will partner with product and operations teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use Anduril products. This role involves working closely with engineers, operations, and subject matter experts to understand products, identify user workflows, and use documentation to bridge gaps. The Technical Writer will play a foundational role in setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across written artifacts, ensuring front-line operators know how to leverage complex hardware and software systems. The role requires identifying relevant stakeholders, leading them through a documentation roadmap with milestones and targets, engaging subject matter experts, and guiding them towards finished user-facing documents. Collaboration with account teams to ensure contract deliverables are accurate, on-time, and in the correct format is also key. Written content artifacts may include technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. The role involves partnering with account, product, and engineering teams across all phases of product development. Familiarity with MIL-STD-40051D and S1000D standards, delivered via IETMs/IETDs, is highly desired for GOV programs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation for complex hardware, software, or aerospace systems.
• Experience writing technical, user-facing documentation.
• 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 security clearance.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local, to be onsite in Quincy, MA.
• Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Generate, review, and edit user-focused documentation.
• 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.
• Partner with account, product, and engineering teams across all phases of product development to ensure users have the right documentation available.
• Ensure that contract deliverables are accurate, on-time, and in the right format.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures support in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed