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Date postedMay 2, 2024
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LocationHybrid
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Salary$115,500 - $192,500 / year
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Apply beforeAugust 31, 2024
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Career LevelSenior
Job Description
We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.
If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/.
Location: Lake Forest, California (Hybrid)
Type: Full Time Permanent
Path: Individual Contributor
About the Role
When you join AVEVA’s Research & Development team, you are joining a global team of over 2000 engineers and computer scientists. We work on more than 75 leading industrial automation and engineering products. Our focus, passion, and collaboration help us to deliver innovative, high-quality, and secure industrial software and user documentation that excites our customers.
At AVEVA, we’re all about limitless possibilities. Are you?
As a part of this function, the R&D Operations – Technical Writing team writes and publishes technical documents and associated content for products and solutions. The team is responsible for articulating complex technical concepts and tasks through simple descriptions and instructions.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Writer with a passion for writing and technology, strong communication skills, and a progressive outlook. You will be creative and innovative, curious and willing to learn, and wanting to make a difference. You will work directly with senior management to help us research and transform complex technical concepts, specifications, and procedures into user-oriented information for non-technical and technical audiences for developing high-quality software documentation that meets user needs. You will collaborate with various functions and closely work with the Chief Technology Office, Development, Product SME and Specialists, Test, Dev Services, Product Quality and Security, Program Management, Release Train Management, UX Design, and Cloud DevOps teams.
In this role you will:
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Learn complex technologies from self-learning, training, and mentors.
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Design, develop, review, and publish high-quality technical documentation
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Improve the quality of content, adhere to the established standards and guidelines, and deliver on time
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Demonstrate new learning to mentor, lead, and manager
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Work under minimal supervision on advanced, unstructured, and complex work
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Work with global teams in a fast, dynamic, and collaborative environment
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Seek limited guidance for improving collaboration and delivering in sync with multiple teams.
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or English (or equivalent experience)
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8-10 years of experience in technical writing and documentation development
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Knowledge of software product development and cloud computing services
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Knowledge of concepts, processes, and tools of technical writing and information development
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Experience using productivity tools from Microsoft and content management tools from Adobe, or equivalent
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Experience with DITA, structured authoring, and component content management systems.
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Products and solutions in industrial software
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Global agile and DevOps teams
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Author-it Cloud and Microsoft Azure
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Tools for screen capturing and recording and audio and video editing
We take pride in our core values and the diversity of our people, valuing the unique experience and expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we take pride in the diversity of our employees, valuing the special experience and expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. The ability to develop ground-breaking technologies is one of our key assets and our people make it happen.
Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.
Salary Range:
$115,500.00 – $192,500.00
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify AVEVA at
. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.