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Technical Writer Job at Ursus in Foster City

Ursus, Foster City, CA, United States, 94420

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JOB TITLE: Technical Writer
LOCATION: Onsite in Foster City, CA
PAY RANGE: $29-39/hour
DURATION: 5 month contract

TOP 3 SKILLS:

  1. 2-5 years experience as a technical writer or 5+ years experience as Automotive Repair or Diagnostic Technician
  2. Proficiency with Google Suite and MS Office suite
  3. Experience with topic-based writing concepts

Writing Prompt: Write a step by step diagnostic procedure for a 2 wire wheel speed sensor with a short to ground.

Job Description:

Our client is developing autonomous mobility from the ground up, including creating a unique vehicle tailored to autonomous driving. The Base Operations team supports all fleet-level maintenance, repair, and upgrade operations. This includes the back-end engineering team that delivers various aspects of technical content and support, with a key focus on improving safety and operational efficiencies.

The technical writing contractor for BaseOps will author and maintain all types of BaseOps technical documentation to support technicians and engineers with maintaining our autonomous vehicle fleet. They will work cross-functionally with engineers and technicians to define, obtain necessary information, and deliver the required service documentation.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and update the technical documentation associated with the following:
  • Service remove/replace and vehicle maintenance procedures
  • Diagnostics/troubleshooting and wiring harness information
  • Software programming and post-repair bring-up
  • Fleet upgrade and rework procedures
  • Technical service bulletins
  • First responder documentation
  • Vehicle Owner's Manual

Qualifications:

  • 2-5 years experience as a technical writer or 5+ years experience as Automotive Repair or Diagnostic Technician
  • Proficiency with Google Suite and MS Office suite
  • Experience with topic-based writing concepts
  • Markup language experience (HTML, XML, or DITA XML)
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, and cross-functional teamwork skills
  • Exhibit high attention to detail and safety acumen
  • Ability to multi-task and manage workload to achieve project deliverable deadlines
  • Self-starter and ability to approach the role with a can-do, team player attitude

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree with focus in Technical Writing or Automotive Technology
  • Previous Automotive OEM service manual authoring experience
  • Experience with software used; Oxygen XML (DITA), JIRA, Github, Confluence, Adobe Creative Suite, CATIA 3DX

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