Technical Writer(Signal processing/ VHDL)

Location :Lexington, MA- 02421

Duration : 3 years

The technical writer will receive complex and highly technical descriptions from developers and/or engineers and will be required to translate those descriptions into technical reference manuals. The technical writer must be a highly skilled person who understands technical concepts down to the detail level and who can translate them into clear, concise, comprehensive documentation. The individual will be responsible for:

a) Consolidating manuals, field guides, and reference materials;

b) Developing and maintaining Wiki pages to collate data and information;

c) Creating a library of code written by Lincoln staff.

In addition, the individual will be required to run VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) simulations and document results along with performing functionality comparisons.

This job requires an experienced technical writer with an understanding of signal processing, design trees and drawings, and familiarity with communication hardware. A working knowledge of electrical engineering with a knowledge in RF and digital systems is highly desirable. The individual must be familiar with cables, connectors, miscellaneous parts, etc. and general knowledge of functionality.

In addition, the technical writer must have skills in the following areas:

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel in particular

Visio, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator: Engineering Diagramming programs

Understanding of VHDL

Understanding of networking technologies

Understanding of Modelism (Mentor Graphics) & Vivado (Xilinx): Hardware programming

Preferred Skills:

JIRA & Confluence: web based collaboration and Wiki designing

Adobe Framemaker: word processing tool for larger formats Interim clearance is sufficient for start.

Position will be hybrid. Candidate should be local to Lexington for onsite work a couple of days/week (likely 2 onsite, 3 remote)