Technical Writer-Contract

Job Details

Job Description:

Join Altera as a Technical Writer-Contract! The Technical Writer creates clear, accurate, and concise technical content by leveraging technical writing principles, resources, technologies and tools.

Other responsibilities of the Technical Writer include but are not limited to:

• Analyzes and improves complex subject matter, leveraging direct product experience as well as product specifications.
• Researches, organizes, and writes easy-to-comprehend documentation that simplifies complex technical concepts into content consumable by all, ensuring appropriate syntax, style, and grammatical usage of data.
• Defines and manages projects from start to finish for self or a small team.
• Organizes and prioritizes work and schedule according to the business goals, product release cycle, and customer needs.
• Reconciles conflicting inputs, content priorities and deadlines with stakeholders.
• Tracks progress and issues in defect management system.
• Verifies that technical content is accurate, clear, complete, and user focused and ensures it adheres to standards for graphics, layout, format, style, terminology, and overall quality.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of content publishing and lifecycle processes.
• Validates documentation content against the software product by testing procedures described, often by installing, setting up, and running the software.
• Designs, develops, and publishes technical content for product/UI text, API documentation, web pages, user/installation guides, support articles, training material, blogs, videos, release notes, new feature documents and graphics.
  
  

Salary Range

Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$86.7k - $119.2k USD

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• The candidate must have an Engineering degree or equivalent with strong writing skills, or English degree or equivalent with strong technical skills.
• Good analytical and teamwork skills.
• Ability to research and manage projects successfully as a part of a team of writers.
• Manage multiple projects in fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision.
• Understanding of DITA, structured and minimalist writing.
• Proficiency or able to quickly learn authoring tools, such as Oxygen, Ixiasoft CCMS, Illustrator, and Acrobat or similar tools.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of FPGA technology a plus.
  
  

Job Type

Contract Employee (Fixed Term)

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

Oregon Hillsboro

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.