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Senior Technical Writer
| Company | Onto Innovation |
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| Location | Milpitas, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $91000 – $130000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- MS Office (Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Visio)
- Adobe FrameMaker
- Photoshop (or similar photo editing software)
- Strong verbal and written communication with audiences of varying technical backgrounds and expertise
- Meticulous, precise, and thorough attention to fine details and nuance
- Experience with all phases of documentation development from initial concept to final publication to end-user audiences
- Experience with writing user guide documentation for Optomechanical and/or similar systems
- Self guided and driven to research supporting information and documentation to produce professional end-results.
Responsibilities
- Establishes Best Known Methods (BKMs) and processes for end-users
- Capture, Transcribe, and Draft end-user documentation covering component-level and system-level optomechanical setups, tests, and/or assembly work
- Reports on key deliverables and statuses for projects and programs
- Ability to balance multiple, simultaneous, high-priority projects
- Works with Production Manufacturing group and work schedules/shifts
- Collaborates with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to capture and draft content
- Ability to work in clean room attire/PPE and clean room environment while standing for extended periods of time.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with SolidWorks models (and/or similar CAD and EPDM software)
- SolidWorks Composer
- XML editing/formatting for forms and web publication standards
- MS Visual Basic for creating scripts and macros (MS Word/Excel)
- Experience creating documentation with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software for high volume production environments
