Anduril Industries - Seattle, WA
posted 4 months ago
Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Technical Editor to join our team on a 6-month contract basis. This position is crucial in implementing our content strategy and operations, ensuring a unified voice across various content-producing teams. The Senior Technical Editor will report directly to the Head of Software Documentation and will collaborate closely with product, engineering, QA, and user experience teams to produce and edit a range of content, including how-to guides, conceptual user documentation, error messages, and reference documentation. This role demands strong project management and organizational skills, a solid understanding of software, and a passion for delivering accurate, developer-focused content. In this role, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining design and content style guides, enforcing brand voice and standards across multiple channels, and working with technical writers and engineers to review technical documentation. You will define and implement the content strategy for technical documentation, create and edit content submitted by team members, and prioritize work to drive the content deliverable schedule to completion. Additionally, you will create templates, define standards, and develop guidelines for technical documentation, ensuring that all content meets the highest standards of quality and accuracy. This position requires a minimum of 8 years of experience as an editor, preferably in the software technology industry, and a proven track record of implementing content standards and strategies. The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, and experience writing and editing content for diverse audiences. Proficiency with GitHub is also desired, as it will be an essential tool in this role.